Karakter
Karakter is a Danish design brand for furniture, lighting and interior objects — based in Copenhagen — founded on rebellious curiosity and a passion for the unique. Rooted in the proud Danish design tradition but always maintaining an international outlook, Karakter presents a striking portfolio of furniture, lighting and objects from designers who have already written the history of design and those who aspire to write its future. The company researches unrealised sketches and plans by renowned late designers — including Bodil Kjær, Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Paul McCobb — and produces these for the current market. The Karakter portfolio connects the heritage of mid-20th century modernists with the work of contemporary designers. In 2019 Karakter became part of the Haworth Inc. group (Haworth Lifestyle), which includes among others Cassina, Poltrona Frau and Cappellini.
Designer portfolio: Historical masters — Bodil Kjær (Principal Desk 1959 — "most beautiful desk in the world", appeared in three James Bond films; Principal Chair), Joe Colombo (Chair 300 — democratic design), Angelo Mangiarotti, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paul McCobb, Afra and Tobia Scarpa (121 Scarpa Dining Chair — plywood, European leather). Contemporary designers — Aldo Bakker, PlueerSmitt, Laura Straßer, Anatomy Design, Michael Anastassiades. Product categories: chairs (dining, desk chairs), tables (desks, side tables, dining tables), sofas, lighting, interior objects. All products manufactured in Europe.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality and public projects a Copenhagen-based Danish design brand that — since 2019 part of the Haworth Lifestyle Group — with rebellious curiosity produces unrealised sketches of great late modernists (Bodil Kjær, Castiglioni, Colombo, Mangiarotti) in European manufacturing for today's market and formulates new positions with contemporary designers such as Aldo Bakker and PlueerSmitt — Karakter has proven that the most beautiful desk in the world (Bodil Kjær, 1959) can appear in three James Bond films and still remain an unrealised design: until Karakter lifts it from the archive and produces it in Europe.
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Karakter
Karakter is a Danish design brand for furniture, lighting and interior objects — based in Copenhagen — founded on rebellious curiosity and a passion for the unique. Rooted in the proud Danish design tradition but always maintaining an international outlook, Karakter presents a striking portfolio of furniture, lighting and objects from designers who have already written the history of design and those who aspire to write its future. The company researches unrealised sketches and plans by renowned late designers — including Bodil Kjær, Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Paul McCobb — and produces these for the current market. The Karakter portfolio connects the heritage of mid-20th century modernists with the work of contemporary designers. In 2019 Karakter became part of the Haworth Inc. group (Haworth Lifestyle), which includes among others Cassina, Poltrona Frau and Cappellini.
Designer portfolio: Historical masters — Bodil Kjær (Principal Desk 1959 — "most beautiful desk in the world", appeared in three James Bond films; Principal Chair), Joe Colombo (Chair 300 — democratic design), Angelo Mangiarotti, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Paul McCobb, Afra and Tobia Scarpa (121 Scarpa Dining Chair — plywood, European leather). Contemporary designers — Aldo Bakker, PlueerSmitt, Laura Straßer, Anatomy Design, Michael Anastassiades. Product categories: chairs (dining, desk chairs), tables (desks, side tables, dining tables), sofas, lighting, interior objects. All products manufactured in Europe.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality and public projects a Copenhagen-based Danish design brand that — since 2019 part of the Haworth Lifestyle Group — with rebellious curiosity produces unrealised sketches of great late modernists (Bodil Kjær, Castiglioni, Colombo, Mangiarotti) in European manufacturing for today's market and formulates new positions with contemporary designers such as Aldo Bakker and PlueerSmitt — Karakter has proven that the most beautiful desk in the world (Bodil Kjær, 1959) can appear in three James Bond films and still remain an unrealised design: until Karakter lifts it from the archive and produces it in Europe.