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Designer: Henning Koppel

Item #: GJ3587566X

Availability: 24 Hours

Dimensions: Dia: 5.9"

Material: Stainless Steel, ABS Plastic

Country: Denmark

KOPPEL: fundamental values of Scandinavian design, updated for today.

KOPPEL first began designing timepieces in 1978; from there he expanded his offerings to include weather implements and other practical pieces.

Designer Henning Koppel was one of the leaders of Danish design in the post-war period. He led the movement to mix functionality with cutting-edge design.

The KOPPEL barometer measures atmospheric pressure with remarkable precision. The readings predict quite accurately whether it will be stormy or fair. For anyone who loves the outdoors, this is a great tool as well as an attractive decoration.

The KOPPEL barometer combines internal excellence with outward elegance.

about the designer

Henning Koppel is responsible for what we have come to think of as "Danish design."

Koppel was an earlier pioneer of functionalism in design: his mission was to make everyday life products beautiful as well as practical. He was trained as a sculptor and began collaborating with Georg Jensen in 1946.

Henning Koppel is born to a wealthy Jewish family and showed an early talent for art, leading him to train in both drawing and aquarelle early on. He continued studies in sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy and later in Paris. His superb drafting skills, developed as a child, helped him in to produce outstanding product renderings of his designs. Even on their own, they form an exceptional body of work.

Like many Danish Jews, Koppel fled to Sweden during the Second World War. At 27, he returned and began working at Georg Jensen, which marked his start in jewellery, hollowware and flatware design. His first works – a series of necklaces and linked bracelets resembling whale vertebrae and microscopic organisms - were small masterpieces in imaginative modelling. Henning Koppel was in every way groundbreaking and his jewellery was unlike anything ever created at the silver smithy in its first 40 years.

When Henning Koppel died in 1981, aged 63, he had created an astonishing range of work: from stainless steel cutlery such as "New York" which found its way into the homes of millions, to magnificent one-off signature pieces such as the silver and crystal chandelier he designed to celebrate the 75-year anniversary of Georg Jensen in 1979.

During his life, he won many awards including the Milan Triennial, the International Design Award and the Lunning Prize. Accolades are important, but what means even more to us is that people still choose to wear a watch by Henning Koppel or to serve coffee from one of his pots. The integrity and appeal of his designs remain vital and undiminished.

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