Thomas Lykke of OEO Studio and Garde Hvalsøe collaborated on a modular kitchen furniture solution called the Lykke Model.

Garde Hvalsøe creates kitchen and interior solutions, designing spaces for world-famous chefs like René Redzepi of Noma. Designer Thomas Lykke, who runs OEO Studio together with Anne-Marie Buemann, needed a new kitchen in his Copenhagen flat. Like pieces of a puzzle, the two came together to collaborate on the Lykke Model, a modular made-to-order kitchen furniture solution that highlights the beauty of wood and classic craftsmanship.

Like Garde Hvalsøe, Lykke admires the nature and characteristics of wood, an appreciation stemming from his childhood spent with his grandfather, a cabinetmaker often in his workshop. He shares: Wood is special. You have to understand its nature, and it is important to remember that the tree grew for twenty, fifty, sometimes hundreds of years to produce the wood for my cabinetmaker?s kitchen.

Designing the Lykke Model came from OEO Studio and Garde Hvalsøe?s previous project, ?Cabinet of Love”, a showpiece the pair designed for the Wallpaper* Handmade X exhibition in 2019. The furniture was designed for the enjoyment of playing vinyl records and listening to music. Lykke?s ?Kitchen of Love? follows the same craftsmanship and functionality. A metal plinth creates contrasts with the solid wood body. Metal is also used in slender vertical divisions in between cabinets. A marble tabletop seemingly floats a...