Ieronymus

Hello!

As one of three teachers of cabinetmaking at the Copenhagen Technical College, I have the chance to experience in different contexts the impact that the Danish Modern style continues to have on the Danish cabinetmaking scene.

At the same time that the national design and architecture museums regularly revisit the themes explored by the architects, designers and craftsmen of the golden era of Danish Modern, my students, willfully or unknowingly, continue to create during the school periods of their apprenticeships new and unique pieces furniture that echo the Danish Modern style.

Granted, these students have grown up and have cut their cabinetmaker teeth surrounded by these icons of design. Nonetheless, they work with their projects within the context of design summed up in the words of Arne Jacobsen: Good design is when you can't remove any more elements. How true.

Personal preferences? I won't discuss these. Good woodworking and relevant design? This is the essence of any good piece of furniture. Danish Modern, as a style in itself or as a source of inspiration for new design, will be with us for a long time.