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April 6, 2015
ACTUS Aoyama: Exhibition "SIX DANISH DESIGNERS"
ACTUS | Aoyama
Introducing Six Designers Leading Contemporary Danish Design
Exhibition "SIX DANISH DESIGNERS" Held
The exhibition "SIX DANISH DESIGNERS," co-hosted with the Danish Embassy, will be held at ACTUS Aoyama from Tuesday, October 8th to Sunday, October 20th, 2013. Six designers who participated in the furniture design competition for the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber, held last year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Finn Juhl's birth, will gather. The winning designs from the competition and design presentations by the participating designers will be exhibited.
Text by KAJII Makoto (OPENERS)
Finn Juhl's Chair "FJ51" Reissued
Finn Juhl, a Danish architect and furniture designer, established Denmark's reputation as a design powerhouse. While renowned for designs like the Easy Chair No. 45 and the Pelican Chair, in his prime during the 1950s, he also designed the furniture for the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber, affectionately known as the "Finn Juhl Hall."
The exhibition "SIX DANISH DESIGNERS" features a project to reissue Finn Juhl's "FJ51" chair, used when the chamber was completed, and highlights six Danish designers invited to a furniture design competition by the Danish government.
The exhibition will showcase six designers—Søren Ulrik Petersen, Kasper Salto, Christian Flindt, Hans Sandgren Jakobsen, Mia Gamberg, and Thomas Sigsgård—who represent contemporary Danish design. It will also feature the reissued masterpiece "FJ51 Chair" by Finn Juhl and, for the first time in Japan, the actual works by Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgård that won the design competition.
Exhibition "SIX DANISH DESIGNERS"
Period | Tuesday, October 8 - Sunday, October 20, 2013
Hours | 11:00 - 20:00
Venue | ACTUS Aoyama
2-12-28 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission | Free
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