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Designer: Børge Mogensen
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One of the most productive and influential Danish designers of the mid-20th century, Børge Mogensen became best known for his functional and attainable furniture. We celebrates Mogensen's contributions to the modern movement and have presented more than 200 works by the artist, achieving strong results in the marketplace.

My goal is to create items that serve people and give them the leading role, instead of forcing them to adapt to the items.

Børge Mogensen

3 Things to Know About Børge Mogensen

Mogensen cited design inspiration from international cultures and styles including ethnographic arts and crafts, Japanese wood carvings, historic works, and lithography

After the death of mentor Kaare Klint in 1954, he went on to succeed him as the designer of the Danish Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen

He frequently participated in the Copenhagen Cabinetmaker’s Guild Exhibitions presenting nearly every year

Showroom at the Copenhagen Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition 1949 presented by Erhard Rasmussen and Børge Mogensen

Auction Results Børge Mogensen

Børge Mogensen, Hunting chairs, pair

Børge Mogensen

Hunting chairs, pair

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $27,500

Børge Mogensen, Hunting chairs, pair

Børge Mogensen

Hunting chairs, pair

estimate: $10,000–15,000

result: $22,680

Børge Mogensen, cabinets, pair

Børge Mogensen

cabinets, pair

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $18,750

Børge Mogensen, Hunting chair

Børge Mogensen

Hunting chair

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $17,500

Børge Mogensen 1914–1972

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One of the most productive and influential Danish designers of the mid-20th century, Børge Mogensen became best known for his functional designs. His work is characterized by simple lines, modest proportions, and clarity of design. His high quality craftsmanship remains approachable and attainable. He began his training as a cabinetmaker in 1934 then studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ School of Architecture where he graduated in 1941. Mogensen was a student and teaching assistant of Kaare Klint later working in the designer’s studio in Copenhagen. In 1948, he participated in the Museum of Modern Art, New York’s Low-Cost Furniture exhibition with friend, Hans J. Wegner and frequently exhibited his furniture designs at the Copenhagen Cabinetmaker’s Guild Exhibitions as well.

Throughout his career Mogensen developed a keen interest in contemporary lifestyle and the modern home creating intricate home storage systems through dedicated research. A highly celebrated designer, he received the Eckersberg Medal in 1950, the Danish Furniture Prize in 1971, and both the Honorary Royal Designer for Industry at the Royal Society of Arts in London and the C.F. Hansen Medal in 1972.

I do become more and more narrow in my devotion. Within a very limited field, I strive to live out to the utmost border of possibilities within both the material and the shape. Sometimes I cross that border—and then I learn.

Børge Mogensen

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