If the corona virus means that you are in lock down - in social isolation at home - the end of the crisis may seem to be a very long way in the future but surely we should not let it stop us day dreaming.

Fritz Hansen have just released their new catalogue and it's available now on line.

There are the room settings for the furniture that we now take for granted but they seem to have a slightly different style …. something more of the 1950s or 1960s. Maybe that is the colour tone of the photographs that seems to be moving towards that distinctive look of Kodak Ektachrome or maybe it’s because some of the models are wearing what look frighteningly like trouser suits or flares.

Of course there is the traditional catalogue of all the furniture but it looks as if all colour options are shown rather than simply listed under a single photograph and this fits with the policy from Fritz Hansen for releasing classic designs in new colours. Those colours seem to be following the current and distinct move from white walls and pale wood to much stronger colours.

the new Fritz Hansen catalogue