Anne Brandhøj

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"I really like that people have developed an allergy to cheaply produced furniture." Furniture designer, Anne Brandhøj goes out to the woods and with a chainsaw, fells the trees she uses in her designs, herself. She’s aware that there’s already a lot of furniture in the world, but has found her own imperfect path […]

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[…] in a bit of a border zone with my furniture for people with functional impairments, since the manufacturers don’t find it sexy, and public institutions don’t understand wood. I am working with a large Japanese manufacturer that is taking an interest in the area. However, in Denmark, I haven’t found an opening yet.  The […]

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Spatial wood There is a fine line between art and architecture, which often gets blurred. When artists and architects work together, remarkable things can happen. Wood artist Ilona Rista makes spatial artworks that are part of interiors. She uses an automatic milling machine and is very conscientious about creating results that are just as rich […]

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The art project consists of 54 negative woodcuts and 8 text panels in which the court cases are outlined and put into perspective by experts. The brief was to create a connection between the building’s architecture, design and history as a former state and university library and business archive, on the one hand, and […]

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Actual driftwood is included in Christine Bukkehave’s far too few contributions to the exhibition, all subtle updates of the traditional brooch form. Wood is also a recurring feature in a series of wall objects by Anne Brandhøj, who has crafted pieces of maple, ash and other types of wood into silky smooth, perfectly rounded […]

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Straw on time

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[…] shredded the straw into tiny squares measuring 1 mm x 1 mm and arranged them in an intricate straw mosaic. 'What you can do with straw, which you simply can't with wood, is that you can cut it very, very, very small. If you did the same with wood, it would just turn into dust.'

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[…] client, the leadership of the company that had commissioned the design and the company’s technical staff that would typically prepare the construction drawings. Tangible models on a 1:1 scale, created by model maker Alf Rimer in wood, acrylic or other materials, were also used to facilitate the clarifying discussion among everyone involved in the project.

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The adorned human

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[…] a bracelet around their wrist. For millennia, humans have adorned themselves with everything from body tattoos to chains and rings made from shells, animal teeth, and carved wood, stone, and bone beads. The interest in completing a style expression with jewelry runs so deep within us that today, one can even find jewelry in […]

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