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“Art is art, and a chair is a chair”—for architect and furniture designer Finn Juhl, there were no gray areas. Yet Juhl’s creations often strike a delicate balance between fine art and applied art. As one of the leading figures in the “Golden Age” of Danish furniture design—amplified by his commissions and collaborations in the United States—Juhl played a key role in bringing attention to the aesthetics and craftsmanship of the Danish chair.
*Life, Work, World* tells the story of Finn Juhl from the advent of modernism around 1930 to the heyday of the cabinetmaker’s furniture in the 1940s and 1950s, and to the re-emergence of his almost forgotten masterpieces in the 1990s, their sublime execution admired anew. Originally published by Strandberg in 2018 and reissued by Phaidon the following year, this augmented edition includes more pages and over 400 illustrations. The new “Selected Presentations” section features
