PK 600 / PK Bowl / PK Marble
Sculptural
design
In 1963,
Poul Kjærholm designed the Fredericia Town Hall and created PK-600, a large,
250kg black marble bowl. This form, part sculpture, part functional object, was
welcomed with remarkable public success. In response, Kjærholm designed its
offspring, the PK-Bowl, so that everybody could enjoy it as a part of their own
household. Made of granite, the PK-Bowl is a stark contrast between square and
round as well as the smooth inside and rough outside symbolizes the contrast
between the feminine and masculine.
PK-Marble
elegantly combines the timeless Nero Marquina marble of the PK-600 with the
size of the PK-Bowl. Its smooth and rounded inner black marble surface softly
reflects incoming light, adding contrasts to the raw and unpolished exterior.
Material: PK BOWL - Granite
bowl in black, PK MARBLE & PK 600 - Nero Marquina marble
Dimension: L15 W15 H7 cm & PK 600 L60 W60 H30 cm
| About Designer | |
|---|---|
Poul Kjærholm |
A purist,
Poul Kjærholm is known for his modern, functionalist furniture, praised for its
understated elegance and clean lines. His uncompromising goal of "making
form a part of function" helps peel away the superfluous, creating a
refined, timeless and utilitarian object. Throughout his tenure, he insisted on structural
clarity and technical quality, emphasizing its application in the design of
everyday objects by celebrating the assembly details and showing the components
of every object– from nails to screws and joints. His furniture quickly
benchmarked Danish design, as did his objects (the PK-Bowl is one of our
favorites!), leading the way in the development of the austere, yet functional
style that would help define this era.
It’s not surprising that his rigor and attention
to detail have won him a place 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. |
