Image source: Audo Copenhagen — The Penguin
© Audo Copenhagen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Collection Story
Origin
Audo describes The Penguin Chair as a mid-century bestseller by Ib Kofod-Larsen and says it was first introduced in 1953. The collection name comes from the characteristic flipper-like projections at the sides of the chair backs.
Design language
Across the collection, large curved seat and back surfaces are balanced by carefully proportioned supports. Audo emphasises elegant silhouettes, organic lines and comfort shaped around the sitter.
Key pieces
The current Audo collection connects dining, lounge, rocking and wooden lounge interpretations. Each linked product retains its own frame construction, dimensions, finish choices and current price.
Pieces in this collection
The Penguin Lounge Chair
The Penguin Lounge Chair by Ib Kofod-Larsen, with a curved plywood back and angled seat.
The Penguin Wooden Lounge Chair
A compact Penguin lounge chair with solid oak frame and form-pressed veneer seat and back.
The Penguin Dining Chair
Ib Kofod-Larsen's 1953 dining chair with an organic plywood shell and slender steel frame.