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Today we’re talking about bedroom sets, something that many people don’t really like. For those who don’t know about them, they’re groups of bedroom furniture (usually a bed with some additions) that allow people to quickly furnish their sleeping quarters. A bedroom set will most likely not include a mattress, but that imaginary mattress will always show on the retail pict …

Created in 1946, the Womb chair was designed to try and retrieve a feeling of comfort that, according to its designer, could not be felt by anyone after they’d left their mother’s womb. It’s a primal kind of comfort, one that has to do with surrendering oneself to the chair. Though its name and description might point out to a particular demographic, the Womb chair is definitely …

Copenhagen, 1902. Danish merchant Johan Jacobsen and his wife Pouline, a bank clerk, have just given birth to a son that they named Arne. The child’s restlessness and artistic prowess both flourish at the same time on his early school years, setting the stage for one of the most important legacies in Danish furniture and design. Suggested Item: Swan Chair Travelling across the world, J …

Creator of the iconic, and weird, Flag Halyard chair, the Peacock chair, and a 1949 design that’s just called “The Chair”, we present to you  Hans Jorgensen Wegner: Danish furniture designer, pioneer, iconoclast, and artist. Born in Tønder, south Denmark, in 1914, Wegner was the son of a cobbler, and became pretty interested with craftsmanship at a very early ag …