When something is exceptionally fascinating, interesting and innovative the word travels like wild fire and automatically everybody wants a piece of it. When faced with the task of decorating the Fredericia Town Hall in 1963, Poul Kjærholm especially designed a large 440 lb black marble bowl, which was to serve as an ashtray.
Later that year due to the remarkable success of this large marble bowl (PK-600), Kjærholm designed it?s offspring, the PK-Bowl, so that everybody could enjoy it as a part of their household. The PK-Bowl is made in granite, making a stark mysterious contrast between the smooth inside and the rough outside.
Whether used as a bowl, ashtray or simply decoration, the PK-Bowl is primarily a timeless work of art whose functionality lends itself to be appreciated by generations to come.
Brand:ArchitectMade of Denmark
Designer:ArchitectMade of Denmark
SKU:
AM-600-FJ
Material:
Granite
Dimensions:H: 2.6" x L: 5.9" x W: 5.9"
Poul Kjærholm
Poul Kjærholm (1929 - 1980) designed modern functionalist furniture that was praised for its understated elegance and clean lines. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen where he would later teach from 1952-56. In 1976 he was appointed Professor of furniture design at Copenhagen's Royal Academy, a position he held up until his death in 1980.
Over all these years he designed dozens of chairs, long chairs, and tables that became landmarks for Danish furniture design, but his design efforts spread much wider, as exemplified with the granite PK-Bowl.
The goal of "making form a part of function" was expressed uncompromisingly in all of Kjærholmâ?s work. It was a process of purification, a catharsis, in which all superfluities were peeled away and the pure utilitarian form emerged so clearly that it became a type not confined in time.
Kjærholm was uncompromising in his insistence on structural clarity and technical quality. However, his personal concern for everyday use did much to popularize the austere functionalist style with which he is associated. His furniture is like an elegantly written character that gives the room in which it stands solidity and calm.
His works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the V&A Museum in London and other museum collections in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. He won numerous awards in industrial and graphic design, including two Grand Prix at the La Triennale di Milano (1957 & 1960), the ID Award, and the legendary Lunning Award.
ArchitectMade of Denmark
Architectmade is a theology of precise and beautiful things. Architectmade collaborates with some of Denmarkâ?s leading architects, families and estates that are willing to share drawings and rare design objects that were created along the way to design mastery.
These are beautiful hand made Architecture made design objects that you'll never tire of looking at. With excellent craftsmanship and high-level quality control, these things are made to stand the test of time, just as when they were first designed. Bring joy and smiles by giving and sharing these important Danish Design objects that can will stand the fads and tests of time and tastes.
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