Wegner : Just One Good Chair

Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2 April - 2 November 2014

The name Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is inseparable from his unrivalled chairs, which helped Danish design to achieve its international breakthrough. Today, there is a hardly a glossy interior design magazine that does not include an illustration of one of his 500 creations, like the China Chair (1943) or the Y Chair (1950), or the Round Chair, now simply called The Chair (1949). Trained as a furniture maker, Wegner usually made his prototypes himself by hand, using traditional joinery techniques. In the process he pushed the limitations of wood, giving his designs an unmatched elegance.

This monograph celebrates the one hundredth birthday of the great Danish designer.