A neutral, minimalist home curated by Karakter and Ark Journal

I just lately went to Copenhagen for 3 Days of Layout – Denmark’s annual design festival showcasing the very best in Scandinavian layout. The party is no cost and open to every person – structure enthusiasts flock to the money to get a peek inside showrooms and galleries, and see the newest exhibitions and style talks. It was so pleasant to last but not least be ready to see design up shut and individual, following two yrs or so predominantly caught at house thanks to the pandemic. There is almost nothing like observing a piece of furniture in human being, touching the supplies with your personal fingers and viewing the craftsmanship in detail.

A person of my favourite demonstrates of the competition was Co/Do the job by Danish structure model Karakter and style magazine Ark Journal. Their exhibition, impeccably styled by Pernille Vest and established in a neutral, minimalist condominium in the metropolis centre, focused on the interaction among dwelling and function. Featuring new patterns and relaunched classics, it presented a refined, elegant globe that blurred the boundaries among formality and comfort.

Karakter’s furniture has a sculptural high quality that lends by itself to a resourceful way of dwelling. The place introduced could be a sculpture’s atelier, but it could also similarly be an artist’s dwelling or a collaborative get the job done studio. It offers the problem, are Karakter’s styles a piece of art or a practical piece of household furniture? Maybe they never want to be one particular of the other. But alternatively this is proof that you can curate your property like your possess particular art gallery, and fashion your business as you would at property.

All pictures Cate St Hill

I very first identified Karakter in the course of Milan Layout Week and later at 3 Days of Structure in 2018. Karakter’s ethos pairs the Scandinavian design tradition with an global outlook (they are component of the exact same enterprise as Italian brand Cassina).

They operate with contemporary designers this sort of as Aldo Bakker and PlueerSmitt, but they also have the legal rights to a assortment of design and style icons by the likes of Bodil Kjær, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paul McCobb and Joe Colombo. It’s this meeting of outdated and new that gives the model a timeless aesthetic that defies time periods or developments.

For 3 Days of Structure, in the location of this minimalist apartment, Karakter showcased the GB Lounge chair by Dutch industrial designer Gijs Bakker. Intended in 1972 and encouraged by a competition held by Dunlop, Bakker made a cozy modular chair by bending a piece of foam and securing it with a metallic frame. Initially upholstered in denim, it was originally dubbed ‘the Levi’s Chair’. Just like a pair of nicely worn denims, Bakker wished to make a comfortable, easygoing layout that expressed the independence of the Seventies.

The GB Lounge can be organized in a variety of techniques, making use of connectors to change it from a one particular-seater chair to a generous numerous seating program.

The simple traces and refined kinds unite Karakter’s furnishings into one spouse and children. I appreciate how the black frame of the GB Lounge is mirrored in the black legs of the desks, the floating black shelves and the black job lights. It allows create a cohesive house that feels calm and managed.

My favorite Karakter pieces are the TriAngle stool by Aldo Bakker, the Bronco stool by Guillaume Delvigne, and the Libreria Pensile cabinets by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.

You can uncover out much more about the gorgeous furnishings and particular person items in this minimalist condominium at karakter-copenhagen.com.