ABOUT THE DESIGNERS

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Space Copenhagen

Established in 2005 by two graduates of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ School

of Architecture, Signe Bindslev Henriksen (born 1973) and Peter Bundgaard Rützou

(born 1966), Space Copenhagen is a design studio working across multiple disciplines.

Driven by curiosity, the studio’s ambition is to forge new paths by balancing opposites

— classic and modern, industrial and organic, sculptural and minimal. Their work is

characterized by dualities and contrasts, the result of a thoroughgoing exploration of

concept and a meticulous attention to detail.

Space Copenhagen’s intuitive approach leads to designs shaped by given

circumstances, functional needs, and a fundamental interest in human behavior. For

any project, whether object or interior, they focus on refining design ideas until they

reach a solution that is both coherent and beautiful.

The products and spaces they create have an emotional dimension that invites a

personal connection with the user — a slow aesthetic that foregrounds quality and

encourages longevity. For Henriksen and Rützou, a successful piece of design is one

that becomes a part of the family and is passed down lovingly from generation to

generation. They call this approach ‘Poetic Modernism’ — a term which expresses

both the simplicity and functionality of their work, as well as its richer transcendent and

intuitive qualities. In Space Copenhagen’s hands, an object is both an expression of

purpose and an agent of metaphor.

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