In the exhibition, Designmuseum Danmark tells the story of how Danish design turned into an international mega brand. The Danish Chair is a wunderkammer of chairs. Guests can embark on a scenic journey of the many types of chairs, which draw a picture of the 20th century Danish success story and export adventure known as Danish Modern. With an emphasis on the golden age of Danish furniture art in the years 1920-1970, visitors can discover about 100 Danish, and a handful of international chairs framed like individual works of art. Boris Berlin is the exhibtion designer.

Since 1926, Designmuseum Danmark has been housed in one of Copenhagen’s finest rococo buildings, the former Royal Frederik’s Hospital. The building was constructed during the reign of King Frederik V in the years 1752-57 based on drawings by the architects Nicolai Eigtved and Lauritz de Thurah. In the 1920s, the buildings were renovated and adapted to museum use by the architects Ivar Bentsen and Kaare Klint. Kaare Klint (1888-1954) furnishes the museum and he designs its entire inventory en the late 1920s. Known as the grand old man of Danish furniture design, he has a decisive influence on Danish design. Kaare Klint lived and worked at the museum and also served as a teacher for several of the best-known Danish architects and designers of the 20th century. As a lecturer at the School of Furniture Design and Interior Decoration at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Kaare Klint was known for his extensive analytic examination of spatiality. Today the museum’s buildings are known as the finest example of Kaare Klint’s work with function and tradition.