Design: What fascinates Germans about Scandinavian furniture? – Your SZ

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Joachim Gores

It can be found in many German children’s rooms: the Tripp-Trapp chair by the Norwegian Peter Opsvik, which grows with the children as they get older. A chair made of light wood, durable, the seat easy to change, practical, the rounded corners oriented towards the user’s well-being and at the same time an eye-catcher. One example among many that Tobias Hoffmann cites when it comes to furniture and furnishings from Scandinavia that have become established in German living rooms. In 2019, as director of the Bröhan Museum in Berlin, Hoffmann conceived the “Nordic Design” exhibition, which can be viewed under this title on the Internet Homepage of the Lübeck Museums can look at.

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