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Denmark Design

Sompo Museum of Art
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Artists

Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl et al.
Denmark is the Northern European country that produced Andersen’s fairy tales, Lego, and other items well-known even in Japan. Approximately 5.7 million people live in this small country, which is about the size of Kyushu and known as the happiest country in the world. Denmark is also a design powerhouse that continues to turn out great numbers of design masters, even within the Northern European design boom of recent years. In particular, in the so called mid-Century period following World War II - the golden age in the history of design - Danish designers such as Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner and Finn Juhl produced a large number of outstanding items. These objects’ simple beauty, combined with high quality unpinned by functionality and technological strength, has been a major characteristic of Danish design up to the present day. They reveal Denmark’s approach as a welfare state, an approach that advocates everyone having a good quality, comfortable home. Drawing on academic cooperation from Denmark’s Designmuseum Danmark, this exhibition focuses on the appeal of Danish design by presenting furniture, tableware, light fittings, daily necessities and other items from the latter half of the 19th Century, through the mid-Century period to the present day, under one roof.

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*Events in Japanese.

Schedule

Nov 23 (Thu) 2017-Dec 27 (Wed) 2017 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
Notice
Closing at 19:00 on Fridays. Open on Dec. 25.
FeeAdults: ¥1200, Seniors Over 65: ¥1000, University Students and High School Students: ¥800, Junior High School Students and Under: Free.
Websitehttp://www.sjnk-museum.org/en/5075.html
VenueSompo Museum of Art
https://www.sompo-museum.org/en/
Location1-26-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8338
Access5 minute walk from the West exit of Shinjuku Station on the JR, Keio or Odakyu line. 5 minute walk from exit A15 at Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi line. 5 minute walk from the West exit of Shinjuku-nishiguchi Station on the Toei Oedo line.
Phone050-5541-8600
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