EL ROLLS ROYCE DE LOS SOFAS

La tapa del frasco en lo que a diseño de muebles se refiere,se trata de los muebles de la casa Knoll.
y Florence Knoll su dueña se dedico a llevar estos al nivel de Rolls Royce.



Florence Knoll
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United States 1917

Florence Knoll - later Knoll Bassett - is an American architect and furniture designer who studied under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She graduated from the Kingswood School before studying at the famous Cranbrook Academy of Art (both institutions are located on the same campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). She briefly worked with leaders of the Bauhaus movement, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Wallace K. Harrison. In 1938, Hans G. Knoll founded his furniture company by that name in New York. In 1943, Florence convinced Hans she could help bring in business to his company even in America's wartime economy by expanding into interior design by working with architects. With her architectural background and design flair, she succeeded. They married in 1946, she became a full business partner and together they founded Knoll Associates. A new furniture factory was established in Pennsylvania and dealers in Knoll's furniture were carefully added over the next several years. Florence Knoll felt architects should contribute their design ability to furniture as well. Some of these furniture designs would become design icons of the 20th century and have remained in the Knoll line for decades due to their timeless design. When Hans Knoll died in 1955, Florence Knoll took over operation of the company. Florence Knoll herself designed chairs, sofas, tables and casegoods during the 1950's, many of which remain in the Knoll line to this day. In 1958 she married Harry Hood Bassett. Her American interpretation of minimalist, rationalist design theories is clearly evident in Knoll's storage pieces. She mixed woods and metals to great effect and added laminates as they became popular. Dressers and desks are all square in design but never lack for quality. Hanging cabinets have glass shelves, sliding doors and drop down fronts that can be used as bars. As an architect, Knoll's most famous creations are the Connecticut General Life Insurance building in Bloomfield, Connecticut and the interior of the CBS Building in New York City. In the 1950's Florence Knoll's work was often displayed at the Museum of Modern Art's "Good Design" exhibits. Although Knoll did a great deal of residential work, the International Style she worked in was specially successful in corporate offices. Knoll's vision for the new office was clean and uncluttered, and the corporate boom of the 1960's provided the perfect opportunity for her to change the way people looked at work in their offices. Her open plan spaces were a perfect venue for her furniture. Knoll retired as Knoll president in 1960, but remained with the company as the director of design until 1965 when she retired completely.

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EL GRAN DANES DE HANS WEGNER- SU GETAMA

Hans Wegner nunca perdio la calidez a pesar de ser un diseñador vikingo.

Su línea de muebles fabricados por la casa Getama, habla por si solo.
En especial este super sofá de 4 puestos con 2,70 m de longitud, capaz de atrapar la mejor de las vistas comodamente.
Cen Chenile (lana) con cojines sueltos, en una pieza de teca impecable en lo que a construccion se refiere.

Si les gusto este Getama, ya esta a la orden en Freak Hansen. Espectacular!!!


Hans J Wegner
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Denmark 1914 - 2007

Hans J. Wegner must be considered as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Wegner has become a worldwide icon, particularly famous for his influence on Danish furniture design. Son of a shoe-maker in southern Jutland, Wegner began his long career at the age of 14. Over the years, he designed over 500 chairs with many different wood types and styles. His style is based on clean, simple lines and to Wegner a chair was an artwork as much as a functional object. One of his well-known philosophies was that a chair should be beautiful from every angle and that it should not have a backside. Though Wegner designed for series production, all of his work bears the stamp of the traditionally trained craftsman. Wegner's most famous chairs are the "Peacock", the "Y-chair", and "The Chair" which was used by Kennedy and Nixon in their famous CBS TV debate of 1960. Most of his designs were produced by Johannes Hansen, Fritz Hansen or PP Möbler, some of which are still in production today.

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ARNE VODDER BIOGRAPHI

Otro gran maestro Danes que nos asombra con su trabajo y creatividad.

Su biografía resulta corta para dejarnos entender todo su mundo, 

Definitivamente hay que ver sus piezas para captar todo su dedicación.

Los muebles publicados aquí estan en Freak Hansen a su disposición.

Los espero.

Arne Vodder

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Denmark 1926 - 2009

Danish architect and designer Arne Vodder should be counted among the most influential Scandinavian mid-century designers. A student to famous furniture designed Finn Juhl, Mr Vodder started designing furniture for Fritz Hansen, France & Son ans Sibast, the latter for which he designed a wide range of furniture which received worldwide recognition and success. His beautiful designs were nicely detailed and modest in their expression, almost without exception based on natural materials. Rosewood and teak - according to the fashion at the time - seem to have been the preferred materials, often combined with colourful panels catching the eye. Today, Vodder is perhaps most appreciated for his beautiful rosewood and teak sideboards designed in the 1950-1960's and produced by Sibast Furniture. Pieces by Vodder are regularly seen at high-end 20th century design auctions, and rare pieces can reach really high prices.

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BORGE MOGENSEN BIOGRAPHI

Estimados amigos la biografia de Borge Mogensen, definitavamente se queda corta ante el despliegue de piezas producidas por el a lo largo de su vida.

Las piezas que están en el artículo se encuentran a su disposición en Frek Hansen.

Los espero.

Børge Mogensen

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Denmark 1914 - 1972

Mogensen was one of the most important among a generation of furniture designers who made the concept of "Danish design" known throughout the world. Together with colleagues such as Arne Jacobsen and Hans Wegner, Mogensen created international respect for Danish furniture design, and his simple and functional designs have for more than half a century enjoyed worldwide demand. He trained at the School of Arts and crafts and at the Furniture School of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1936-42). Between 1942 and 1950, he was head of FDB´s furniture design studio, but left to found his own design studio in 1950. During his time with Kaare Klint, Mogensen fostered a deep commitment to producing classical, simple and highly functional furniture. He also became interested in researching contemporary lifestyles, in order to develop domestic objects that are customized for specific uses. Continuing Klint's innovative studies in how the size and proportion of objects should influence their design, Mogensen, collaborating with Grethe Meyer, produced a project in 1954 called the Boligens Byggeskabe (Construction Cupboards of the House), which introduced the idea of building shelving and storage units as part of a room, rather than purchasing and placing them in the space. Mogensen did studies to determine the standard measures for common objects, such as cutlery and shirts, and how many of each item the average person owned. With this information he developed a set of figures for the base width and depth of drawers and shelves, and his information tables were published as a manual on building storage systems. Between 1955 and 1967 he worked on the related "Øresund" shelving series that took on the mammoth task of solving every storage need that could arise in the modern home. By the end of the decade Mogensen had re-embraced a more straightforward functionalism, a redesigned "Spanish" chair in 1959 was praised for its elegance and materials. Mogensen also collaborated extensively with weaver Lis Ahlmann on textile designs, and after Klint's death in 1954, succeeded him as designer to the Danish Museum of Decorative Art.s, and rare pieces can reach really high pric

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HANS WEGNER BIOGRAPHI

Estimados amigos, ante ustedes uno de los grandes maestros de el mobiliario Danes.

Anexo su biografia, espero la disfruten.

Los mubles anexos en las imagenes están a la disposición en la tienda.

De lunes a viernes a las 7,30 pm.

Los espero.

Hans J Wegner (Denmark 1914 - 2007)

Hans J. Wegner must be considered as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Wegner has become a worldwide icon, particularly famous for his influence on Danish furniture design. Son of a shoe-maker in southern Jutland, Wegner began his long career at the age of 14. Over the years, he designed over 500 chairs with many different wood types and styles. His style is based on clean, simple lines and to Wegner a chair was an artwork as much as a functional object. One of his well-known philosophies was that a chair should be beautiful from every angle and that it should not have a backside. Though Wegner designed for series production, all of his work bears the stamp of the traditionally trained craftsman. Wegner's most famous chairs are the "Peacock", the "Y-chair", and "The Chair" which was used by Kennedy and Nixon in their famous CBS TV debate of 1960. Most of his designs were produced by Johannes Hansen, Fritz Hansen or PP Möbler, some of which are still in production today.

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ATRAPADO POR VERNER PANTON

En nuestra tienda nos gusta encontrar algo que pocas veces se ve en la casa de un coleccionistas, 

y esta pieza en especial de vernere Panton no se escapa.

Si les gusta Verner Panton, vengan a visitarnos a Freak Hansen

Esta en las condiciones originales como fue creada, con su tela AGO GO, y si les gusta estan a tiempo de quedarse con ella asi como esta o de decidir de color les gustaria tenerla en casa.

DECOPEDIA.

Verner Panton

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Denmark 1926 - 1998

Verner Panton broke with the Danish tradition of simple, pure and elegant lines in wooden furniture, and experimented with colour and new materials. He was a craftsman who used plastic and metal to create objects with a more international look. Verner started his career working in Arne Jacobsen's office in 1951. He had graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts the same year. He then established his own studio in 1955. In 1960, he presented the result of a dream he had had for a long time; a chair moulded in one piece of plastic. This chair, simply called "Panton chair" is one of the clearest icons of its time and made Panton's name internationally famous. Verner Panton was a prolific designer of not only furniture, but also lighting and textiles. His colour-system "Pantone" is still used all over the world.

EL GRAN DANES DE FINN JUHL

 Uno de los mejore sofas del coleccionismo escandinavo, especificamente Danes...

es este GRAN DANES...

Rara vez se puede coincidir con la grata experiencia de apreciar en vivo esta pieza magistral, 

de colores atrevidos. Finn Juhl fué capaz de colocar el color más claro para el asiento y el más oscuro para el respaldo, 

cuando la regla llama a todo lo contrario.

Si les gusto Finn Juhl y su GRAN DANES, llamen pronto ya que es la pieza de colección deseada por todos. Fabricada por Bovirke en Dinamarca

Freak Hansen de lunes a viernes a las 7,30 PM previa cita.

Denmark

circa 1950

A pair of sculpted sofas by architect Finn Juhl for Bovirke

SUPER BENCHS DE LOS SUPER DISEÑADORES

En cada casa de un coleccionista debería en algún momento de haber un banco largo...

tienen tantas utilidades que son indefinibles.

Pero se pueden usar para sentarse, colocar libros, tenerlo al pié de la cama, para colocarse los zapatos, de división de ambientes, para colocar obras de arte...y simplemente para verlos...

En Freak Hansen hicimos una selección de los mejores benchs del mundo, 

y están a su disposición, para verlos en caracas.

Si les gusto, Bertoia, Kurt, Borge, y Juhl... los esperamos para conversar.

Por cierto de Finn Juhl tenemos 4 de su bancos.

2 en formica marrón oscura, uno en formica blanca, estos tres con las patas en acero y teca, y los perfiles en aluminio, y el mas dificil de conseguir de todos, con tope de teca, patas de aluminio pintadas en negro, y los perfiles en bronce. 1,70m X 0,40cm

SUPER SOFAS

Siempre queremos un par de buenas butacas en casa, o por lo menos una buena butaca para crear ese maravilloso y tan esperado punto de lectura,  donde podamos colocar un ottoman y levantar los pies a la luz de una bella lampara.

En Freak Hansen tenemos una estupenda selección de íconos del diseño, que además no están en todas las revistas de decoración.

Si necesitan un par de butacas, vengan a Freak Hansen a revisar.

SUPER SOFAS

Todo el mundo quiere un sofá, y si estas coleccionando o comenzando a coleccionar, quieres algo muyyyyy bueno...!

Muchas veces no se sabe por donde comenzar, y para ello les presentamos una recomendación de cuatro de los mejores sofás a nivel internacional, en "el mundo del coleccionismo" Moderno:

-Barras Paralelas de la casa Knoll, el Getama diseñadop por Hansen Wegner, Peter Huvit ¬ Orla M. con su day bed, fabricado por France & Daver Kosen, Y el sofa de Marco Zanuso...muy raro y dificil de conseguir, especialmente en Venezuela.

Si quieren comenzar su colección, o cambiar por un super sofá, los esperamos en Freak Hansen, de lunes a viernes a las 7,30 pm.

KURT ØSTERVIG

Seguramente este nombre nunca antes lo habran escuchado, pero eso es muy interesante, ya qe descubrir nuevos diseñadores en el mundo del coleccionismo, abre los horizontes, y apertura la idea de renovar y seguir coleccionando.

Y tal como se dice en coleccionismo.

LA MEJOR PIEZA ES...LA PROXIMA QUE VOY A COMPRAR.

 Este diseñador maravilloso cumple con el reto de hacer ver organicas todas sus propuestas, tiene una mesa producto de su propio estudio y fabrica de muebles.

Esta mesa de 2,40m impresiona a la vista, ademas de la bella combinacion de entre la teca oscura y el bronce en la estructura inferior.

Si les gusto Kurt Ostervig, vengan a Freak Hansen para que la puedan admirar.

Anexo biografia.

Kurt Østervig 1912 - 1986.

Kurt Østervig was educated as a ship building engineer at Odense Stålskibsværft, which soon led to his employment as a furniture designer with one of the leading furniture producers during the 1930s and 1940s - E. Knudsen's Design Studio, Odense, . 

In 1947 he opened his own studio becoming a freelance furniture designer.

During his career he developed all types of modern furniture and worked with many of the leading Scandinavian furniture factories of the period.

In the 1960s one of Kurt Østervig's design was accepted for exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 

His search for challenges resulted in many original design solutions for specialized furniture used in rest homes, ships, hotels, and movie theaters.

Kurt Østervig's favourite material was oak, especially in combination with leather. He was well-known for his unusually detailed and perfect drawings, which resembled pieces of art or coloured photos than working drawings.