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Birgit Tarp show-home in the new Bellakvarter area

The biannual Northmodern fair took place in Copenhagen last week with fresh talents bringing the excitement and a new neighbourhood promising a cultural revolution in the area. Pictured: the Birgit Tarp show-home in the new Bellakvarter area

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By Sujata Burman

last updated 27 October 2022

Our 2016 Design Awards City of the Year Copenhagen's cultural offerings continue apace. With openings, installations and shows popping up all over, an August highlight comes in the form of the biannual Northmodern fair.

As always, an emergence of fresh talent was cause for excitement, and the fair honed in on this for its fifth edition with an emerging names section greeting visitors at the entrance of the Bella Centre.

Three new names stuck out among the crop. Firstly, Central Saint Martins graduate Matias Moellenbach launched his inaugural collection, that includes a Dorset glass blown lamp and clean ceramics. Meanwhile, Ida Elke debuted her sculptural and ornamental sand-casted aluminium mirrors, and Amanda Lilholt launched her contemporary drinks trolley series, with a geometric mobile door system and acetone-treated streamlined framework.

Also new on the block were møbel & rum and Million, both of which celebrate modern Nordic aesthetics and production. Both based in Copenhagen, they channel a Scandinavian minimalist style with a mix of international influences.

From the established players, Ferm Living’s new venture of pick-n-mix style lighting is a playful direction for the brand; while Paustian welcomed the reissue of a 1944 Philip Arctander ‘Clam’ chair in flattering Kvadrat upholstery. Over in the special projects section, Fredericia Furniture set up its FF Hotel concept, that launched at 3 Days of Design, bringing a host of colour-coordinated hotel interiors that threw us back to the 1960s with mustards and deep maroons.

The fun transcended the enclaves of the Bella Centre this year. At the new Bellakvarter neighbourhood, we were invited to view a show home designed by Birgit Tarp from Design Circus. Tarp transformed one of the new plush townhouse-style living spaces with products from the fair; from clean Paustian sofas to an oversized lamp by Roam.

And that's not the only change. Northmodern is evolving into an annual fair that will now take place in May starting from next year. Watch this space.

New brand Million launched at the fair with furniture and lighting that mixes classic Danish flair with a variety of international aesthetics

Central Saint Martins graduate Matias Moellenbach launched his first collection, featuring a Dorset glass blown lamp and simple ceramics

Ida Elke debuted her sculptural and ornamental sand-casted aluminium mirrors

Experimental design studio Rive Roshan created a suspended composition of textile and wood, titled ’Loom Bound’

hanging pick-n-mix lighting — Ferm Living’s new venture of pick-n-mix lighting is a playful direction for the brand

Available in chrome, brass and black are new graphic tealight holders

Danish brand Woud sleek blue interior

Danish brand Woud offered up a sleek blue interior set-up to show off a whopping 22 new products

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New graduate talent Amanda Lilholt’s contemporary acetone-treated drinks trolley series brought a high level of sophistication to the show

colour-coordinated set up of mustards and deep maroons furniture and large plants — FF Hotel by Fredericia Furniture threw us back to the 1960s with a colour-coordinated set up of mustards and deep maroons, overlooked by large plants

exhibition furniture — The FF Hotel concept was originally launched at 3 Days of Design earlier this year

Paustian welcomed the reissue of a 1944 Philip Arctander chair with Kvadrat upholstery

The mid-century piece celebrates the late architect’s classic ’Clam’ chair curves

OK Design celebrated multiple launches including these new wire planters

møbel & rum flower vase — Also new on the block is møbel & rum. The Copenhagen based collective works with international designers and artists for their minimalist range

This collapsible chair by Robert van Embricqs is made up of wood beams that can flatten then tranform into a seat with brass hinges

La Petite Papeterie offered up a selection of smart eco-friendly stationary

stool and chair — Pictured left: Chmara Rosinke’s ’Cucina Futurista’ chair realised in a new leather upholstered finish. Right: Sixten::Erfurt’s leather upholstered stools

We Design presented new technicolour drop vases

living spaces with clean Paustian sofas to an oversized lamp by Roam — Over at Bellakvarter, Birgit Tarp transformed one of the new plush townhouse-style living spaces with products from the fair; from clean Paustian sofas to an oversized lamp

Bellakvarter exterior — Bellakvarter will see the introduction of new restaurants, shopping and homes

INFORMATION

For more information, visit the Northmodern website

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Sujata Burman is a writer and editor based in London, specialising in design and culture. She was Digital Design Editor at Wallpaper* before moving to her current role of Head of Content at London Design Festival and London Design Biennale where she is expanding the content offering of the showcases. Over the past decade, Sujata has written for global design and culture publications, and has been a speaker, moderator and judge for institutions and brands including RIBA, D&AD, Design Museum and Design Miami/. In 2019, she co-authored her first book, An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture, published by Hoxton Mini Press, which was driven by her aim to make the fields of design and architecture accessible to wider audiences.

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