Brdr Krüger’s first showroom options smooth colors and rococo references
Danish furnishings model Brdr Krüger has opened its first standalone showroom in Copenhagen, with an inside by Bunn Studio that references the historical past of each the corporate and the situation.
That is the primary time in Brdr Krüger’s 133-year historical past that it’s displaying its whole furnishings vary outdoors of its workshop in Værløse.
The brand new showroom sits on the entrance to Odd Fellow Mansion, a rococo-style property in Copenhagen’s outdated city.
“The historic tackle matches our heirloom, however we additionally need to be related within the current,” defined artistic director Jonas Krüger, who’s descended from firm founders Theodor and Ferdinand Krüger.
The problem for Bunn Studio was to create an inside that matched the historic exterior, but additionally offering a recent backdrop to Brdr Krüger’s fashionable collections.
The studio’s response was to create a layering of colors, materials and textures. Colored curtains overlay decorative wall panels, in shades of yellow, brown, cream and blue.
“It was vital for us to raise, interpret and add depth to the idea,” defined Louise Sigvardt, who leads Bunn Studio alongside accomplice Marcus Hannibal.
“Our preliminary thought, once we noticed the area and the large home windows, was that it reminded us of an LA seashore home overlooking the ocean in a hazy afternoon mild,” she instructed Dezeen.
“We needed to create the same sensation of homeliness, however on the identical time break the mould of the New Nordic wave.”
The designers teamed up with Flugger – a Danish paint firm virtually as outdated as Brdr Krüger – to develop the color scheme for the area. It echoes the shades present in among the furnishings items.
For the curtains, Bunn Studio used textiles that Sigvardt had beforehand designed for Kvadrat. They’re organized in various lengths, to create an assemblage that references conventional rococo interiors.
“We needed so as to add components of shock that the customer would subconsciously bear in mind,” mentioned Sigvardt.
“The purpose was by no means to let the area stand within the background, however extra to make furnishings and surroundings complement one another, with smooth heat colors that hug the picket furnishings.”
Brdr Krüger designs taking centre stage within the opening association embrace the Phoenix sculpture by Farshad Farzankia, the Ferdinand Lounge Chair by OEO Studio and the Karm Couch by Studio David Thulstrup.
These are complemented with lighting designs by showroom accomplice Nuura.
Different new retail areas in Copenhagen embrace a flagship for sneaker model Axel Arigato and a minimalist boutique for designer Mark Kenly Domino Tan.
Pictures is by Michael Rygaard.
Undertaking credit:
Inside design: Bunn Studio
Lighting accomplice: Nuura
Paint: Flügger
Curtain manufacturing: &Drape
Textiles: Kvadrat
Objects: Kähler, Holmegaard, Kay Bojesen, Georg Jensen
Rugs: Ege Carpets