Interiors / Society

Børge Mogensen: The Danish design legend defining the world's coolest spaces

By Linnéa Pesonen

Danish designer Børge Mogensen's most indelible pieces in The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, in Humlebaek, just north of Copenhagen. See credits at the end. Photo: Nicolaj Didrikesen

When we think of Danish Modernism – the marriage of form and function, the reverence for wood – we think of Børge Mogensen. The renowned designer’s straight-to-the-point pieces are as relevant today as they were when he designed them some 70 years ago, democratically dotting homes and apartments of all iterations. We delve into the for-the-people designer’s most indelible pieces