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TRADITIONAL VALUES
IN TODAY’S CONTEXT
We also partner with contemporary designers who uphold
the core Danish Modern principles of simplicity, functionality
and craftsmanship while breathing new life into modern
spaces.
These collaborations are rooted in shared respect for
thoughtful design and production, and in perspectives that
bring new dimensions to our portfolio. Our partnerships
with the design duo Strand + Hvass, the designer
Thomas Bo Kastholm, and the multidisciplinary artist
Naja Utzon Popov – modern Danish visionaries who have
embraced the legacy of the great designers before them
to create tomorrow’s classics – embody these values.
Carl Hansen & Søn’s recent international partnerships with
Japanese architect Tadao Ando and the Austrian design trio
EOOS have expanded our collection with works that reshape
their categories and highlight their designers’ creative
edge, ability to push the latest technologies to new limits,
and focus on marrying innovation with sustainability.
Since Knud Erik Hansen, Carl Hansen’s grandson, became
the third-generation leader of the family-owned business
in 2002, Carl Hansen & Søn has significantly expanded
its international presence.
Today, the furniture we manufacture can be found all
over the world. Our flagship stores and showrooms span
New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Milan, Oslo and
Copenhagen, and we have sales subsidiaries in the USA,
Japan and Hong Kong.
Yet with all this change, our century-long commitment to
producing world-class design has remained constant.
We manufacture our furniture at our modern production
facilities in Denmark to ensure the highest quality
standards, using a combination of traditional techniques
and new technologies to create timeless, modern design
that endures for generations. From the start of production
to the moment our furniture takes pride of place in a new
interior, we are guided by dedication to honest, sustainable
practices that uphold the legacies of our founder and
designers.
Today, Carl Hansen & Søn chairs, tables and sofas complete
many of the most exciting, beautiful and daring modern
spaces. They set the tone at some of the world’s best
restaurants. They serve in meeting spaces where world
leaders make history. They enhance millions of people’s
travel experiences in hotels and airports. They bring a new
dimension to healthcare and wellbeing facilities, elevating
the human experience. They regularly appear on the pages
of top architecture and design publications showcasing the
work of the best architects and interior designers working
today.
And they tell the story of Danish Modern in the permanent
collections of such seminal museums as the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
