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Designer
Hvidt & Mølgaard
Hvidt & Mølgaard is the Danish partnership of Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993). They met at the cabinetmakers' school of the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts, where Hvidt began as Mølgaard-Nielsen's student…
Biography
Background
Hvidt & Mølgaard is the Danish partnership of Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993). They met at the cabinetmakers' school of the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts, where Hvidt began as Mølgaard-Nielsen's student and later taught beside him. Their first success as a duo was winning the 1943 competition of the Swedish Slöjdföreningen. Their Copenhagen firm, founded in 1944, grew into a design and architecture practice that lasted until 2009.
Signature Style
&Tradition describes a simple and precise aesthetic and a forward-looking approach to industrial production. The AX lounge chair of 1950 used laminated wood, so that it could be made in large numbers and exported.
Notable Works
- Portex series, 1944, flat-pack furniture in Danish beech made for export
- AX chair, 1950
- Boomerang, Drawn, Drop Leaf, X and Tripod pieces from the 1950s, now in the &Tradition range
- Guild shelf, dated 1954
Legacy
Their furniture is exhibited at MoMA, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Melbourne's National Gallery and Copenhagen's Design Museum.
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Collections
Products
AX HM11
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1950 plywood lounge chair with continuous curved armrests, in oak and walnut
Boomerang HM1
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 lounge chair with a hand-polished wooden frame and brass or steel legs
Boomerang HM2
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 Boomerang lounge chair with armrests, on slender brass or steel legs
Guild HM14
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1954 wall shelf HM14: 75 cm of solid oak or walnut on cast aluminium brackets
Drop Leaf HM6
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 table with a hinged leaf each side, solid walnut or oak, brass hinges
Guild HM15
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1954 Guild HM15: a 120 cm solid oak or walnut shelf on cast aluminium brackets
X HM13
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1959 X HM13, a 120 cm coffee table in form-pressed veneer on a steel frame
Pinwheel HM7
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1953 table with solid wood top on brass or stainless steel legs, 65 x 65 x 43 cm
Drawn HM4
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 Drawn chair with armrests and a hand-woven paper cord seat
Drawn HM3
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 Drawn chair in oak or walnut with a hand-woven paper cord seat
Drop Leaf HM5
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1956 foldable lounge table in solid walnut or oak with brass hinges
X HM10
Hvidt & Mølgaard's 1959 lounge chair in oak with a walnut insert and a natural rattan seat
