Cabinet Makers' Autumn Exhibition - Pitch Black October 2016

An astounding exhibition that highlights the huge skill and the boundless and seemingly immeasurable inventiveness of Danish furniture makers and designers. Except of course highlighting is not exactly the appropriate word here as the theme of the exhibition this year is the black line on paper - the draft - and the full title of the exhibition is Pitch Black - shadows and transparency.

Norm Architects have been responsible, as they were last year, for the overall design and arrangement of the exhibition, but they have moved away from the mirror glass and complex reflected light of Øregård, last year’s venue, and created a dramatic setting of shadows and mystery: the works are shown over the two main floors of a 17th-century brewhouse building in Copenhagen with windows covered to exclude all natural light and the massive posts and beams of the structure and the huge sculptures that are permanently on display here are sunk in gloom. The shadows are palpable and become a significant part of the display. 

The forty-eight designs cover an amazing range of styles and explore the potential of many very different materials, from leather to Corian, but above all it is the form and shape of pieces and how they occupy space that is explored most strongly. 

Den Lille Sorte Kjolestol - The Little Black Dress Chair

designer and maker: Anne Fabricius Møller
material: wood frame with various upholstery materials and fabrics

Flexible Standard

designer: Carlo Volf, MAA
sponsored by Copenhagen Technical College
material: oak

Sileo

designer: Chris Liljenberg Lalstøm
material: charred beech, bronzed brass and horsehair

Restless

designer: Christina Strand
sponsored by ES Stålindustri
material: laser-cut sheet steel

Lille spejl på foden der … - Mirror, mirror on the stand …

design: Claus Bjerre
sponsored by Mardam Agentur
materials: ash, felt and mirror

Stabelstol - Stacking Chair

designer: Ditte Hammerstrøm
manufacturer: JM Rør A/S
material: powder-coated steel

Nesting Wall

design: Dögg Design studio
material: wood in cooperation with Pierre Greenway, halyard and wool in cooperation with Halla Ben

Glowing in the Dark

designer: Erling Christoffersen
materials: smoked oak and paracord

Thor

designer: Hans Sandgren Jakobsen
manufacturers: GH Form
materials: ash and cast iron

Trio

designer: Henrik Sørig Thomsen
manufacturer: Kvist Industries
material: stained oak

Hiding Prosperina

design: Iskos-Berlin and knit designer Karen Honour
manufacturer: JM Rør
materials: steel pipe, knit polyester yarn, plaster casts

Sort Mare - Black Incubus

designers: Henckel & Sievers
material: pine

3 i 1 - 3 in 1

designers: James Stoklund & Sine Ringgaard
manufacturer: Hans Knudsen Instituttet, Aluscan A/S
materials: black anodised aluminium and black-stained oak

Dark Crafts - Relics from a production process

designer: Jeremy Walton
materials: mixed ‘natural’

Black Nest

designers: Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen
manufacturer: Cane-line
material: rattan

Arch Table

designer: Jonas Trampedach
manufacturer: Claus Mølgaard
materials lacquered aluminium and oak with black-oiled finish

Blackout

designer: Leif Hagerup
manufacturer: Barlby Carlsson
materials: steel and oak

Symfoni - Symphony

designers: Lise and Hans Isbrand
material: ash

Studie i sort - Study in Black

designer: Lovorika Banovic
materials: steel and leather

Syrsa

designer: Mia Lagerman
material: metal wire

Bijou

designer: Mia Lagerman
materials: metal pipe and leather

Darkness Falls

designers: Monique Engelund & Mathilde Witt Mølholm
manufacturer: Anton Balle A/S
materials: steel and Corian

Corner

designer: Niels Gammelgaard
manufacturer: Magnus Olesen A/S
material: smoked oak

Snaregade Bench

designers: Norm Architects & Frederik Werner
manufacturers: Sørensen Læder, upholsterer Louise Vesti Nielsen and smith Toke Bitsch Lauridsen
materials: blackened steel and black leather from Dunes

ABC (A Black Chair)

designer: Peter Johansen
materials: steel tubes ‘powder-coated’ wood and veneer

Black Block

designer: Philip Bro Ludvigsen
materials: rotatation-moulded plastic and steel straps

Tableau

designer: Rasmus B Fex
manufacturer: Genbyg
materials: slate, glass and wood

Thin

designers: Rasmus Fenhann & Søren Risvang
materials: recycled Brazilian rosewood and glass

The Vanta Box

designer: Rikke Frost
manufacturer: Godsbanens Værksteder and Glas Gjerulff
materials: powder-coated steel, leaded ornamental glass and black-stained ash

Juvel - Jewel

designer: Steen Dueholm Sehested
material: black oak

Leia - lounge chair

designer: Thomas E Alken
manufacturers: Formatdesign, TL Maskinfabrik Aps
materials: powder-coated metal pipe and braided linen halyard

En Stabel Stole - A Stack of Chairs

designers: Marie Berri & Tinna Sommer
manufacturer: Anton Balle A/S
material: black-stained ash

Tube Chair

designer: Torben Skov
manufacturer: Peter J Lassen, Montana
materials: square metal tube and perforated metal sheet

Ember

designer: Troels Flensted
manufacturer: Brdr. Krüger
materials: Douglas fir and powder-coated steel

Dé-esse

designer: Troels Grum-Schwensen
manufacturer: Egeværk
materials: walnut finished with black pigmented oil and black halyard

Black Hole

designer: Örnduvald
manufacturer: Thyge Braad Hansen
material: terrazzo