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Designer | 31.08.2011

Copenhagen Design Week: Monique Engelund & Jonas Pedersen

Last August we made an ill-fated trip to Copenhagen and CODE 10. A trip that caused us to ponder the question if Danish furniture design is still relevant. To help us explore this point a little further we decided to speak to two young Danish designers and ask them for their views and opinions on the current state of furniture design in Denmark. Monique Engelund and Jonas Pedersen both studied architecture in Aarhus, graduating with a degree in furniture design. And no they didn't change

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Designer | 28.04.2011

EuroDesignExhibition: Monique Engelund

On May 6th the inaugural, and quite possibly concluding, EuroDesignExhibition opens in Düsseldorf. Under the title "“Sit down please” 40 Stools from 40 Countries" an array of young international designers have been challenged with describing their country in a stool. Ahead of the opening we spoke to Denmark's representative Monique Engelund about her entry: When I got the brief for the exhibition and read "How do you sit in your country?", "Make a stool that tells a story about your country",

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