A neutral, minimalist home curated by Karakter and Ark Journal

I recently went to Copenhagen for 3 Days of Style and design – Denmark’s annual style competition showcasing the best in Scandinavian structure. The occasion is no cost and open to everyone – style and design fans flock to the capital to get a peek inside showrooms and galleries, and see the newest exhibitions and design and style talks. It was so wonderful to finally be ready to see design and style up near and personalized, immediately after two a long time or so predominantly caught at household many thanks to the pandemic. There is nothing like seeing a piece of furnishings in person, touching the products with your possess arms and viewing the craftsmanship in depth.

One of my favorite exhibits of the festival was Co/Do the job by Danish structure manufacturer Karakter and design and style journal Ark Journal. Their exhibition, impeccably styled by Pernille Vest and established in a neutral, minimalist condominium in the metropolis centre, concentrated on the interplay among residence and perform. Featuring new designs and relaunched classics, it offered a refined, classy world that blurred the boundaries among formality and convenience.

Karakter’s furniture has a sculptural good quality that lends by itself to a resourceful way of dwelling. The place presented could be a sculpture’s atelier, but it could also equally be an artist’s property or a collaborative get the job done studio. It presents the query, are Karakter’s designs a piece of artwork or a purposeful piece of home furnishings? Probably they never need to be just one of the other. But alternatively this is evidence that you can curate your residence like your very own particular art gallery, and design your business as you would at home.

All photos Cate St Hill

I to start with identified Karakter for the duration of Milan Style and design Week and later on at 3 Times of Design and style in 2018. Karakter’s ethos pairs the Scandinavian design custom with an international outlook (they’re component of the similar company as Italian manufacturer Cassina).

They operate with modern designers these types of as Aldo Bakker and PlueerSmitt, but they also have the legal rights to a selection of design icons by the likes of Bodil Kjær, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paul McCobb and Joe Colombo. It is this meeting of outdated and new that offers the model a timeless aesthetic that defies time intervals or traits.

For 3 Days of Layout, in the environment of this minimalist apartment, Karakter showcased the GB Lounge chair by Dutch industrial designer Gijs Bakker. Designed in 1972 and influenced by a level of competition held by Dunlop, Bakker produced a comfy modular chair by bending a piece of foam and securing it with a steel frame. To start with upholstered in denim, it was originally dubbed ‘the Levi’s Chair’. Just like a pair of perfectly worn denims, Bakker wanted to create a comfortable, easygoing style and design that expressed the flexibility of the Seventies.

The GB Lounge can be arranged in a wide variety of means, using connectors to renovate it from a a single-seater chair to a generous several seating procedure.

The basic strains and refined kinds unite Karakter’s home furnishings into 1 family members. I appreciate how the black body of the GB Lounge is mirrored in the black legs of the desks, the floating black shelves and the black activity lights. It can help create a cohesive space that feels calm and controlled.

My favourite Karakter parts 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 locate out extra about the stunning home furniture and person items in this minimalist condominium at karakter-copenhagen.com.