Icon: Sony TV8-301

The Sony TV8-301 was the world’s first truly portable television. There had been earlier ‘portable’ TV sets, but you needed to be very strong to carry them. When the sets went on sale in 1960, television was still considered a luxury commodity for the average family. For the price, most people considered a large console set more practical than a portable model. In fact, most of the early Sony TV owners were either very rich or eccentric.

TV8-301, by Sony

Alice Mirror by Sebastien Servaire

Alice, Limited Edition of 8, by Sebastien Servaire, for Gallery R’Pure

Photographs of an Aerospace Museum in China

Portfolio 6, by Markku Lahdesmaki

Icon: Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm

Fabricius & Kastholm met each other at the School of Interior design, subsequently formed a partnership and together founded an architect’s office in 1961. They specialised in designing furniture and single-family housing. Although they have individually created some interesting designs, it is in partnership that they have achieved their greatest successes. Their furniture is elegant, refined, and designed with an amazing sense of functionality, detail and quality.
Preben Fabricius (left) [1931-1984] He served his apprenticeship as a cabinet maker with master joiner Niels Vodder in 1952, followed by a course at the School of Interior Design. On completing his studies he was employed by architect Ole Hagen.
Jorgen Kastholm, (right) [1931-2007] first trained as a blacksmith, and later as an architect at the school of interior design, he worked for a period of time with Arne Jacobsen, who became an inspiration to him, he later travelled to Beirut, where he designed the local SAS office (Scandinavian Airlines System). Since then Kastholm has had a successful career and received many prizes and awards.

[from top to bottom] Grasshopper Chair, X Chair, FK Lounge Chair, Skater Chair, Scimitar Chair, by Fabricius & Kastholm

Drink Self-Watering Planter by Joan Gaspar

A Planter or flower box with a self-watering system through a unique internal capillary system to transmit moisture. The cone is made of rotomolded polyethylene.

Drink, by Joan Gaspar, for ABR

Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid to Move to China for Expo 2010

BIG’s latest project is the Danish Pavilion for Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The exhibition takes the best of living in Copenhagen and placing it in China for visitors to experience. This includes the The Little Mermaid as the center piece, a statue that has become a symbol for Denmark, this time, it will be moved temporarily to China.
“it is considerably more resource efficient moving The Little Mermaid to China, than moving 1.3 billion Chinese to Copenhagen”
- Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG

Denmark Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010, by BIG, in collaboration with Arup and 2+1
via: Arc daily

Icon: Royal Suite 606 designed by Arne Jacobsen

In the centre of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves a microcosm of the definitive masterwork of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen. Room 606 is the last surviving interior of the SAS House: an unparalleled example of modern architecture and design, completed in 1960. With the grey, blue-green colours, the wengé wood and a selection of the most representative furniture designed for the hotel, this room takes its visitors to another time and place.

Hotel guests with an interest in design are welcome to visit Room 606, when it is available. Arne Jacobsen designed the famous Egg and Swan chairs for the Royal as well as the lesser known and rare Drop chair. The room features other details like built-in makeup mirrors, radio and intercom system.

Room 606, starting at 1,295.00 DKK per night, by Arne Jacobsen, at Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark

Room 606, A survey of the work of architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen.
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Airflake by Abstracta

Airflake is a sound absorbing screen made from moulded fiber felt. This modular system is built around the shape of a hexagon in a variety of designs and colours, which can be freely combined to create the screen.

Airflake, by Stefan Borselius, for Abstracta

Freshwater House by Chenchow Little

A Beach house in Australia, designed to beat the summer heat by simply adjusting the shades.

Freshwater House, Australia, by Chenchow Little

Wogg 43 Table by Jörg Boner

The arrangement of the legs on this table affords a maximum space for legroom. Due to the tangential deviation and by incorporated an enforcing core the elegant construction guarantees extraordinary stability. The shape of the legs together with the rounded corners of the table top result in a fresh and contemporary feel.

Wogg 43, by Jörg Boner, for Wogg