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*When Two Minds Are Better Than One: Iconic Collaborations in Danish Design* At our shop we see a lot of beautiful single-designer pieces. But some of the most enduring icons of Danish modernism weren’t made alone. They were made by duos — two architects who pushed each other to be more precise, more minimal, more perfect. That’s exactly the story behind the lamp in our latest arrival: the *P376 pendant in copper*, pictured bellow. 1. Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm - The P376 (1963-1964)...

When people hear “IKEA” they think flat-pack and affordable. But vintage IKEA from the 1960s-1980s is a completely different story. We’re talking Swedish-made, designer pieces, built from solid teak — and now they’re rare, collectible, and seriously sought after. Here’s why. 1. It Was Made in Sweden* Before global production, IKEA made a huge amount of furniture in Sweden. In the 60s and 70s they worked directly with Swedish factories and top Scandinavian designers. Find the “Made in Sweden”...

If Danish mid-century furniture is the backbone, Danish mid-century lighting is the soul. You know the pieces even if you don’t know the names. The copper pendant with three layers of shades that throws a perfect cone of light over a table. The sputnik-style chandelier that looks like it belongs in a 1960s space age film. The mushroom lamp that glows like a warm ember at night. Almost all of it came out of Denmark between 1955 and 1975. And it’s still the most copied, collected, and shipped...