Ib Kofod-Larsen is regarded as one of the most underrated but exciting names in the Danish mid-century design scene, developing straightforward, simple yet transformative pieces that have proven to be timeless classics. The Penguin Dining Chair embodies his organic approach to design, with a curved back and seat shell that provides an exceptionally comfortable place to sit, enhancing your dining tables and living spaces.
The upholstered seat combines with the wing-like flippers projecting from the backrest to support the body. Typical of his sophisticated and well-proportioned approach to design, the Penguin Dining Chair is a design classic brought back into circulation by Audo Copenhagen, exposing a new generation to this titan of the mid-century period.
Ib Kofod-Larsen, born in 1921, was a Danish born architect and furniture designer. Graduating from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, he opened his own studio in 1948. Kofod-Larsen's prolific body of work has enshrined him alongside other mid-century masters like Kaare Klint, Hans J. Wegner, and Borge Mogensen.
Kofod-Larsen's lifetime work demonstrates simplicity of line coupled with the use of comfortable materials, whilst he worked particularly closely with his craftsman in order to ensure the quality of every product he designed. Many of his designs became particularly sought-after during the 1950's and 60's, again becoming popular in more recent years due to the upsurge in demand for high quality Scandinavian modernist furniture.
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