This year, The J39 Mogensen Chair is

celebrating its 75th birthday, the chair being

one of the strongest manifestations of Børge

Mogensen’s unsurpassed ability to create

timeless furniture. Furniture that, with natural

materials and their austere expression, has

managed to stay current through generations

across times and cultures.

Denmark has a unique and impressive

design history built on a strong foundation

consisting of legends such as Kaare Klint,

Hans J. Wegner, Finn Juhl, Arne Jacobsen,

Verner Panton, Nanna Ditzel and not least

Børge Mogensen. Today, new generations

and names such as Cecilie Manz and

Space Copenhagen are well on their way

to continuing the story of Danish design,

which is stronger than ever internationally.

In this series of famous classics, J39 lights

up as one of the most significant and one of

the best-selling wooden chairs in Denmark

through time.

But just because you were born in 1947,

you do not have to be old-fashioned. And

the J39 is popular as ever. The chair has

long since become not just a Danish but an

international icon, found in restaurants,

educational institutions, and private homes

from Madrid, London, and Paris to Stockholm,

Osaka, New York, and Melbourne. J39 has

embraced the whole world with its simple,

informal and solid design language: The

round wooden poles, the simple back piece,

and the casual seat in paper cord.

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