Ilse Crawford Curates a Fresh Palette for 5 of Hans J. Wegner?s Iconic Chairs
Carl Hansen & Son celebrate five of Hans J. Wegner's iconic chair designs with a fresh color palette curated by designer Ilse Crawford.
Carl Hansen & Son are celebrating the legacy of furniture designer Hans J. Wegner and more than 70 years of collaboration with another partnership. London-based designer Ilse Crawford has partnered with the brand to introduce a raw, rich color palette to the first chairs Wegner created for Carl Hansen & Son.
Wegner and Carl Hansen & Son first teamed up in 1949, and after a year the CH22, CH23, CH24, CH25 and CH26 chairs were ready to be introduced to the world. The First Masterpieces collection includes these five iconic Wegner designs, including the CH24 ? also known as the Wishbone Chair ? and the woven CH25 lounge chair.
“I’ve always been an admirer of the great Danish designers, but in particular Hans Wegner,” Crawford said. “I have always liked that, in some way, his furniture is an extension of the human being.” Choosing the five color palette began by thinking about how Wegner himself might use color and how it would best be appropriated for his work. “We were drawn to the paintings of Per Kirkeby. That abstract expressionism, his raw interpretation that references geology and Danish landscapes. We’re becoming far more aware of the actual colors of nature, its earthy richness.”
The opposite of trendy or pretty, these are colors with real integrity and a co...
Carl Hansen & Son are celebrating the legacy of furniture designer Hans J. Wegner and more than 70 years of collaboration with another partnership. London-based designer Ilse Crawford has partnered with the brand to introduce a raw, rich color palette to the first chairs Wegner created for Carl Hansen & Son.
Wegner and Carl Hansen & Son first teamed up in 1949, and after a year the CH22, CH23, CH24, CH25 and CH26 chairs were ready to be introduced to the world. The First Masterpieces collection includes these five iconic Wegner designs, including the CH24 ? also known as the Wishbone Chair ? and the woven CH25 lounge chair.
“I’ve always been an admirer of the great Danish designers, but in particular Hans Wegner,” Crawford said. “I have always liked that, in some way, his furniture is an extension of the human being.” Choosing the five color palette began by thinking about how Wegner himself might use color and how it would best be appropriated for his work. “We were drawn to the paintings of Per Kirkeby. That abstract expressionism, his raw interpretation that references geology and Danish landscapes. We’re becoming far more aware of the actual colors of nature, its earthy richness.”
The opposite of trendy or pretty, these are colors with real integrity and a co...
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