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‘Danish Modern’ is a term that has become very familiar to design writers, design and architectural historians, collectors, museum curators and visitors, and even consumers, and sits alongside such ubiquitous concepts as Scandinavian Modern, Swedish Modern and even Mid-Century Modern. It also features prominently in the familiar story of the ways in which it may be seen to have evolved from the craft traditions of cabinetmaking in Denmark, bolstered by the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers Guild Exhibitions from the 1920s onwards, and the influence of furniture maker and teacher Kaare Klint, widely described as one of the ‘founding fathers of a golden era of Danish furniture design’. The idea of Danish Modern was further energized through international attention paid to Scandinavian design in the various national pavilions at the New York World’s Fair of 1939–1940 and, in the years immediately following the Second World War, by US journalists in the pages of...
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