Hello. Just coming back from a trip to Denmark and the wife has tasked me with a Danish/Scandinavian style modern chair order from my woodshop. I’m looking for some decent plans (or even good articles or books) and am surprised on how little I’ve been able to find. It seems like there is minimal interest in the woodworking community for this style. Am I missing something? Anyone have some leads on plans I can use? Tak/thanks.
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Try danish design.com I've looked, I think there is quite a lot out there. Try looking by specific designers...like Hans Wegner, Eric Buck for example. Search by manufacturers,Mogler ,Knolls. Opps thats Mobler..I don't know about books specifically but Tage Frid books would pretty much cover anything you might encounter as to technique in building Danish furniture. Right now there is a huge resurgence in interest in Danish Modern design , now repackaged as " Mid-century modern". Best I think is find some actual chairs and study them.
I think Caleb James has a couple of articles and plans for a chair you might like.
Thanks all. Much appreciated. I’ll look more into mid century modern and will plan to check out the Tage Frid books. I think I’d need to keep the design pretty simple (I’ve never bent wood and don’t turn much…), but just checking out designers like Wegner is inspiring. The Caleb James work looks pretty great too. Thanks again!