IT’S ALL ABOUT

THE FEELING

The works of the two Lassen brothers is a lighthouse in the Danish design tradition

and their innovative og playful approach to design and architecture is what many

following architects and designers stand on the shoulders of. Their free upbringing in

the home of their grandmother enriched the brothers with an open mind and a liberal

and almost anarchistic perspective of working with functionality, materials and shapes.

Their choice of materials and the stringent shaping wasn ́t always appreciated and

valued as part of the Danish culture at their time, as decoration and richness in details

were more common. Cabinetmakers and welders were pretty exhausted with the two

gents, who continuously wished to push the boundaries of the materials. ‘The craftsmen

are shaking their pants when they see me arrive’, Mogens Lassen once stated in an

interview. But sometimes all the experiments were successful and this would result in an

attention and recognition in the press. And end out as the design icons we know of today

that have been passed on through generations. The Kubus candleholder (Mogens

Lassen 1962) and The Tired Man (Flemming Lassen 1935) are good examples of their

timeless design and it is our honourable mission to give life to several of the original

designs from the brothers. All of which most definitely deserve to see the light of day as

they are just as relevant today as they were then. The mantra of the brothers was: It ́s

all about the feeling. When you sit in a piece of furniture or step into a room it all has to

add up. It is the feeling that tells you whether it’s good design or architecture.