101 Danish Design Icons

The table of contents page from a book, with the title Contents at the top left. The page features a numbered list from 1 to 101, organized into three columns. Each entry consists of a title, such as Blue fluted service, LEGO brick, or The Egg, followed by a page number. An index and other sections are listed at the bottom right.

A page from a book about Danish design, featuring an article titled From an affordable everyday product to Danish cultural heritage. On the right is a large photograph of a white porcelain plate with a fluted rim, decorated with a delicate, symmetrical blue floral pattern by the Royal Porcelain Factory.

A two-page spread from a book, featuring a vintage 1937 poster for the Danish railway, DSB, by designer Aage Rasmussen. The art deco style poster on the left depicts a red, streamlined train speeding towards the viewer on tracks at night. A large speedometer is superimposed over the dark sky, with the needle pointing to 120. The right page contains text analyzing the poster under the heading Danish streamline – the high-speed train in the DSB poster.

A two-page book spread contrasting industrial machinery with a consumer product. On the left is a large, black-and-white historical photograph of a massive hydraulic press in a factory with a worker standing beside it. The right page features an image of a sleek, black and cream vintage Bang & Olufsen Beolit 39 radio, along with explanatory text.

A two-page spread from a book featuring a cream-colored, cylindrical Vipp pedal bin from 1939. The bin has a domed chrome lid, black handles, and a foot pedal. Accompanying text on the right page is titled Hands-free cleanliness and details the history and design of the bin by Holger Nielsen.

A page from a book about Danish furniture design, featuring a large black-and-white photograph of John F. Kennedy sitting in a modern wooden chair on the left. On the right, there is text about designer Hans J. Wegner, alongside a studio photo of his black Wishbone Chair with a woven seat.

A page from a design book featuring Hans J. Wegner's Flag Halyard Chair from 1950 against a white background. The modernist lounge chair has a tubular steel frame, a woven seat and back, and is made comfortable with a large, shaggy off-white sheepskin throw and a tan leather headrest. The page includes text and the heading Casual modernism.

A flat-lay photograph of sleek, silver-colored cutlery, including various spoons, forks, and knives, scattered across a dark blue textured background. In the upper left corner, a white box with text reads Aesthetic tools and provides details about the Grand Prix cutlery by Kay Bojesen.

A two-page spread from a design book about the iconic wooden monkey toy designed by Kay Bojesen in 1951. The page is titled Toy animals for all ages and features several photographs of the monkey from different angles, showcasing its articulated limbs and two-tone wood construction against a plain background with columns of text.

A two-page spread from a design book or magazine. The left page features a large close-up of a vibrant red Kobenstyle enamel pot with its distinctive crisscross-handled lid. The right page shows a smaller photo of a vintage stainless steel can opener on a light blue background, surrounded by columns of text.

A page from a book or magazine featuring an article titled The king of vacuum cleaners. On the right is a vintage, silver, canister-style Nilfisk G70 vacuum cleaner from 1958, shown with its braided hose and metal floor nozzle against a white background. Text describing the history of vacuum cleaners is on the left.

A two-page spread from a design book featuring Verner Panton's iconic S-shaped chair. A large photograph of the glossy red chair dominates the left side against a plain white background. The spread is filled with columns of text describing the chair's design and history. A small black-and-white inset image on the right shows several of the chairs in various colors arranged outdoors.

A top-down view of an open, orange hard-shell emergency medical kit, identified as the Ambu case from 1981. The left side has clear compartments for supplies, while the right side is densely packed with resuscitation equipment, including a blue oxygen tank, a manual resuscitator bag, gauges, and tubing.

101 Danish Design Icons

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Edited by: Designmuseum Danmark

October 2016, 464 Pages, 250 Photos

hardcover

218mm x 276mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-4212-2

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