A neutral, minimalist home curated by Karakter and Ark Journal

I just lately went to Copenhagen for 3 Times of Design – Denmark’s annual design and style competition showcasing the best in Scandinavian structure. The celebration is cost-free and open to every person – layout lovers flock to the capital to get a peek inside showrooms and galleries, and see the hottest exhibitions and style talks. It was so good to lastly be ready to see structure up near and personal, following two several years or so mainly trapped at dwelling many thanks to the pandemic. There’s practically nothing like looking at a piece of household furniture in man or woman, touching the materials with your own palms and looking at the craftsmanship in detail.

A person of my favourite shows of the festival was Co/Perform by Danish layout brand name Karakter and style magazine Ark Journal. Their exhibition, impeccably styled by Pernille Vest and established in a neutral, minimalist condominium in the town centre, concentrated on the interplay concerning property and work. Showcasing new designs and relaunched classics, it offered a refined, exquisite world that blurred the boundaries among formality and ease and comfort.

Karakter’s furnishings has a sculptural quality that lends itself to a artistic way of living. The room offered could be a sculpture’s atelier, but it could also equally be an artist’s household or a collaborative function studio. It offers the problem, are Karakter’s models a piece of art or a functional piece of home furniture? Maybe they do not need to have to be a person of the other. But somewhat this is proof that you can curate your house like your very own private artwork gallery, and design your office environment as you would at residence.

All images Cate St Hill

I first identified Karakter through Milan Style Week and afterwards at 3 Times of Layout in 2018. Karakter’s ethos pairs the Scandinavian style custom with an global outlook (they are aspect of the identical corporation as Italian manufacturer Cassina).

They get the job done with modern designers such as Aldo Bakker and PlueerSmitt, but they also have the legal rights to a variety of style and design icons by the likes of Bodil Kjær, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paul McCobb and Joe Colombo. It is this assembly of old and new that gives the brand a timeless aesthetic that defies time durations or developments.

For 3 Times of Layout, in the environment of this minimalist apartment, Karakter showcased the GB Lounge chair by Dutch industrial designer Gijs Bakker. Created in 1972 and encouraged by a level of competition held by Dunlop, Bakker established a cozy modular chair by bending a piece of foam and securing it with a steel body. Initially upholstered in denim, it was originally dubbed ‘the Levi’s Chair’. Just like a pair of perfectly worn denims, Bakker needed to build a calm, easygoing structure that expressed the liberty of the Seventies.

The GB Lounge can be organized in a range of strategies, making use of connectors to rework it from a one particular-seater chair to a generous many seating procedure.

The simple traces and refined types unite Karakter’s household furniture into just one family. I like how the black body of the GB Lounge is mirrored in the black legs of the desks, the floating black shelves and the black task lighting. It will help create a cohesive area that feels serene and managed.

My favorite Karakter parts are the TriAngle stool by Aldo Bakker, the Bronco stool by Guillaume Delvigne, and the Libreria Pensile cabinets by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.

You can locate out more about the beautiful home furnishings and unique pieces in this minimalist apartment at karakter-copenhagen.com.