Finn Juhl Centennial at Designmuseum Danmark
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The main exhibition gallery for Designmuseum Danmark's Finn Juhl centennial exhibition, "Furniture for the Senses." The museum building was first opened in 1895 in central Copenhagen. -
One of our favorite Juhl collections is the sideboard and low side table (not pictured) with gradient-color sliding trays from 1955. It is said that Juhl's color selection is based on his "fascination with Goethe’s famous colour circle, which placed the colours in a harmonious cohesion." Any way you look at it, this is a piece that screams Danish modernism. -
Two bright red Poet sofas face off in the vestibule leading into "Furniture for the Senses." Juhl designed the sofas in 1941 for use in his own home (more on that to come!). -
Left, the Pelican double chair, designed in 1940 and still rather outré in terms of its radical silhouette. (Bonus: It's also extremely comfortable, and you can buy a reproduction from OneCollection via Design Within Reach.) Sofa 4600 (right) was designed in 1946 for a small Danish upholstery company called Carl Brørup. -
One of the most fascinating parts of the Finn Juhl exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark is the in-depth archive section framed along the walls. You can see individual furniture elevations, plans for the UN Council Chamber he designed in 1950 (now being renovated), and detailed plans for Juhl's own office. -
The detail on this chair elevation watercolor is a work of design unto itself. -
Here, another sketch by Finn Juhl, this one of the quietly revolutionary 45 Chair (one of the first to free the seat and back from the frame). -
The same 45 Chair upholstered in a mod yellow. -
The Double Chieftain Chair (right), designed in 1949 and fabricated from teak, bent plywood, and leather, is one of Juhl's most recognizable pieces. This seat, along with its single chair brother, heavily influenced the organic modernism movement seen from Denmark to Brazil. At left, a lesser-known chair design with a rattan back. -
That adjusts ingeniously with small leather cords on its back. These two pieces also represent the era when teak and rattan started filtering in as indoor furniture materials. -
More expressive furniture by Juhl, including the groovy Ross Coffee Table (1948).
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