John Pawson and Dinesen continue their 30 year collaboration with a new minimalist, made-to-order furniture collection made from wood floorboards.

British architectural designer John Pawson first worked with Dinesen, Denmark?s leading manufacturer of handcrafted wooden flooring and products, over 30 years ago. The new Pawson Furniture Collection is a made-to-order celebration of the relationship that’s formed and the collaborations created since 1992. Projects during the interim have included everything from private homes to exhibitions and museums, even chapels.

One might say that the collection got its start back then, when Pawson was designing his own home in Notting Hill, London. Using Dinesen’s Douglas fir for the flooring, the planks were laid uncut in one single piece. Wood of a corresponding width was then used to create a table and stools. The successful commission budded into a friendship and business partnership that’s now lasted more than three decades.
The forms of the Pawson Furniture Collection for Dinesen are based on the span of one of the brand’s floorboards and transformed into the Dining Series and complementary Lounge Series. Meanwhile, the collection distills the Danish word umage, meaning to go beyond what is expected or thought possible, as they expand and progress through the designs.

When I look at this new furniture collection for Dinesen, I see the essence of the thinking that has shaped my work since the begin...