Scandinavia Design

Mogensen 23 sofa – Fredericia

Børge Mogensen, 1971

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The Mogensen 23 collection includes 2 sofas created by the designer Børge Mogensen towards the end of his life. His son, the architect Peter Mogensen, completed this collection by adding an easy chair and a mid-size sofa.

It allows to furnish a large variety of interiors, large and small. This simple-shaped collection is typical of the Mogensen style, minimalist and organic, and perfectly represents his vision of Scandinavian design.

Easy chair W85 x D78 x H78 cm – 2,5-seater W180 x D78 x H78 cm – 3-seater W207 x D78 x H78 cm 

Seat Height 43 cm

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light oiled oak

black lacquered oak

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Examples: 

Primo 86 leather (leather price group 2)

Hallingdal 180 (price group 2)

Hallingdal 130 (price group 2)

Mapple 192 (price group 2)

Mapple 222 (price group 2)

cuir Max 91 (leather price group 3)

Børge Mogensen

Børge Mogensen’s (1914-1972) creative process produced long-lasting pieces with humans at the center. He became a highly influential post-war designer and a leading representative of Danish Modern.

Mogensen’s democratic design included simple and functional wooden furniture for both private and public spaces, with calm aesthetics and strong construction from quality materials. He believed in visual clarity and minimal decoration or experimentation, as seen in his classic Hunting Table and Deck Chair Set.

As a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Mogensen was inspired by Kaare Klint’s use of human proportions with visual calm and functionalism. Mogensen, however, also placed emphasis on informal interior décor and the use of modern production facilities.

Mogensen completed his cabinetmaker training in 1934, followed by studies in furniture design. During this period he worked in the studios of Klint and Mogens Koch until he was hired as chief designer for the Danish furniture cooperative FDB in 1942, where he pioneered democratic design.

He began his own design studio in 1950, making modern, useful furniture produced from local, Nordic materials. His inspiration, however came from many cultures and styles, including international modernism, ethnic arts, Japanese carvings, and historic works.

Mogensen also taught furniture design and participated in exhibitions and competitions, such as the 1948, international competition for Low-Cost Furniture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which he entered together with his friend Hans J. Wegner.

He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1950 and won the Danish Furniture Prize in 1971. In 1972 he was awarded the C.F. Hansen Medal and appointed Honorary Royal Designer for Industry at the Royal Society of Arts in London.