27 June 2024
12 minutes
Photo: Designmuseum Danmark
Design Museum Denmark’s new permanent exhibition explores the evolution of furniture design in the Nordic nation in the past century. Monocle’s Michael Booth reports from Copenhagen.
27 June 2024
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