01 of 09*Print:* by contemporary Danish artist Michael Kvium. “I really like the universe Kvium creates around the personalities who appear in his pictures.”
02 of 09*Red perspex piece:* by Copenhagen artist, Ebbe Stub Wittrup.
*Painting:* by Kai Führer. “My ex-wife gave this to me on our wedding day. He was a modernist, active in the 1950s and ’60s.”
03 of 09*Table and chairs:* by Ibsen’s brand, Please Wait To Be Seated. “The table frame and chairs are a 1950s design by [German Functionalist architect] Egon Eiermann. I made the Oregon pine top myself.”
04 of 09*Upstairs music room:* “I play drums, my son plays guitar; the mixing desk is his.”
05 of 09*Artwork:* by Ebbe Stub Wittrup. “It’s made from a photograph of a fjord he found in a junk shop, blown up and manipulated.”
*Mobile:* by Ib Geertsen. “I lost lots of money in literally one day in the crash.
06 of 09*Concertina art work:* “That’s by my ex-wife, Mette Kjær.”
*Chair:* by Egon Eiermann.
*Oxidised mirror:* by Dutch artists Lex Pott and David Derksen. “I met them years ago. We now sell these Transience mirrors via our company.”
07 of 09*Wall system:* by Hans J Wegner. “I bought it through [Danish online auctioneers] *Lauritz.com*. I still use the Polaroid camera occasionally.”
*Vintage B&O sound system:* “I passed the shop where this Beocom 5500 in white was in the window
08 of 09*Drawers:* “I painted the drawers black; the plan is to change the work surfaces to black too.”
*Bas relief:* by Edith Willumsen. “That came with the house.” Hanging from the relief is a poseable *wooden monkey*, a Danish design icon made by Kaj Bojesen.
09 of 09*‘Hunting Chair’:* by Børge Mogensen. “I shot Mogensen’s house 10 years ago; this chair ended up as the focus of the shoot and the furniture company, Fredericia, put it back into production. I like to think I had a small part in reviving a classic.”
Photographer Thomas Ibsen’s house, a classic of the post-war ‘funkis’ style characterised by simple lines and clever use of light, is filled with design treasures and new pieces that he’s created.