Mogens Koch’s Folding Chair from 1932.Simple functionalism and elegant aesthetics.

Folding Chairmogens koCh

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eVerY pieCe Comes wiTh a sTorYWhen you choose a piece of furniture from Carl Hansen & Søn, you are bringing a story into your home. Each and every piece of our furniture has a story to tell: About the furniture designer’s unique design. About the materials and how they are processed.

And about the craft smanship mastered by Carl Hansen & Søn for over a century. Craftsmanship is our contribution to the story. We hope that you will pass on the story. This is why we produce furniture.

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mogens koCh The designer who inspires oTher designers

Mogens Koch worked within many diff erent areas – buildings, monuments, furniture, texti les, silver and writi ng. His works are not many in number, but they are all important, original and someti mes audacious. Koch is most famous for his legendary wall unit from 1928, which has inspired many designers the world over. And for the Folding Chair, which characterises his enti re pro-ducti on output: Simple functi onalism with a strong and elegant, aestheti c expression. Throughout his career Koch had a strong passion for materials, for example in his choice of wood and his approach to craft smanship as a skilled trade were characterized by a very high sense of quality.

The Folding Chair was originally designed for a church in 1932, but since it was so radical in its expression, it did not achieve success unti l 1960, when it was also put into producti on.

Mogens Koch worked together with Kaare Klint between the years 1925 and 1930 and was a professor at the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole) in Copenhagen between 1950 and 1968.Koch was awarded many honours, including the Eckersberg Medal in 1938, the C.F. Hansen Medal in 1963 and the ID Prize in 1992.

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The design of Mogens Koch’s Folding Chair combines a simple and strict functionalism with a playful and elegant aesthetic and a stylish form. The Folding Chair can, as its name would suggest, be effortlessly folded thanks to the four brass rings that slide

backwards and forwards. This very design means that the chair is self-stabilising when it is sat upon. It is a well thought-out design both in terms of form and function.

The Folding Chair:simple FunCTionalism wiTh eleganT aesTheTiCs.

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Folding Chair in beech and canvas.Rack in beech for 6 Folding Chairs.

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Folding Chair in beech and canvas.

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The Folding Chair is available in oil-treated beach and mahogany. The upholstery for the chair and cushion is available in canvas (natu-ral) and leather in selected colours. The cushion can be purhased

separately for extra comfort. The arm straps are made of saddle leather (natural). You can also choose an elegant rack in beech or mahogany to attractively and practically store 6 Folding Chairs.

Rack in beech for the storage of 6 Folding Chairs. Folding Chair in mahogany and black leather.

design: mogens koch. 1932Folding Chair

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