The Journal
Design stories, interviews and recommendations. To keep you inspired.
Profile
Maria Foerlev
Maria Foerlev’s Copenhagen gallery, Etage Projects, showcases her remarkable ability to identify artists who have something to say to the future.
DESIGN
BEAUTY MARKS
Do natural imperfections make great designs more beautiful? Opinions vary but a diversity of opinions is only natural.
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Profile
Sean Kelly
The gallerist tells us how his obsession with Poul Kjærholm began and why PK furniture complements contemporary modern art perfectly.
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DESIGN
TEXTURE EFFECT
Studies show that textures influence our moods and perceptions, but texture is usually considered late in design.
PROFILE
MARK TAN
The Copenhagen-based fashion designer Mark Kenly Domino Tan talks about what constitutes good design.
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PROFILE
CARLA SOZZANI
Why the Italian editor, gallerist and businesswoman admires and collects Danish design.
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DESIGN
STAR AXIS
Forty-four years into building, artist Charles Ross pauses to reflect on his life’s work: a naked-eye observatory hidden deep in the deserts of New Mexico.
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PROFILE
DAN STUBBERGAARD
Danish architect and founder of architectural firm Cobe, Dan Stubbergaard, talks to Dossier Magazine about what sustainable buildings and products mean to him.
CULTURE
A Closer Look at Ikebana
Discover the principles behind the centuries-old Japanese art of floral design.
CULTURE
THE GREAT INDOORS
Emily Anthes’s latest book explores the surprising science of how buildings shape our behaviour, health, and happiness.
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ARCHITECTURE
Wooden Architecture
Alvar Aalto once said that wood is the most deeply human of all materials. More and more architects see it as the future.
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Profile
Sonny Side Up
Sara Wreschner, co-owner of Sonny – a Copenhagen café offering great coffee and homey food in elegantly modern surroundings – reflects on design and comfort.
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ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE OF INFINITY
How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom?
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CULTURE
Working with colour
How does colour affect your workplace? Look around you and imagine the possibilities.
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Design
Ecological Design
When Facetiming with Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero, longterm partners and the Italian co-founders of east London-based ecoLogicStudio, one is immediately transported into the experimental, scientific ethos of their practice.
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Design
PHILOSOPHY OF STEEL
For Poul Kjærholm, simplicity was essential. He insisted on materials of the highest quality and designed for transparency. Indeed, nothing in Kjærholm’s designs is unnecessary or cosmetic.
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