Introducing
Colours in Cultural Context

A TAKT collaboration with visual artist Malene Bach.

A TAKT collaboration with visual artist Malene Bach.

Good design should speak to us over a long period of time. That’s how we develop furniture and how we approach design. It’s also how we approach working with colours. We had the pleasure of working with awarded visual artist Malene Bach to develop a colour palette that is both immediately compelling, but also has cultural roots – an approach that aims to bring aesthetic durability to the colours.

Some colours never go out of style

Thus, our new palette is culturally based and proud stables of Danish architectural history. They are classic colours that never go out of style, colours that adhere to our idea of timelessness. They are just as timeless as the design of our Cross Chair Tube.

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When Malene Bach developed a palette for our Cross Chair Tube, she took a starting point in classic colour pigments associated with the proud Danish wood-construction tradition. We can always recognise these colours and their rich history because we have seen them grace doors, windows, benches, gates – both in our cities and in rural areas.

Easily blend into many different colour contexts

We have chosen three primary core colour pigments: red, green, and blue. Not pure colours, but mixed and slightly dusty colours that blends easily into many different colour contexts. While pure colours only match with themselves, mixed colours are versatile and inclusive colours that speak to a wide array of colours. They shed a wide range of light and they are flexible enough to fit to the widest varieties of interior style – including your own personal taste.

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Colour is a constant source of energy, power and motivation.

Malene Bach

Interview with Malene Bach

Malene Bach’s works are permeated by her knowledge of art history, and draw constant inspiration from traditional composition and painting techniques. At first glance the artist’s systematic focus on the interplay of colour, light and spatiality might seem formalist, but her works always go beyond.
Malene Bach is also a member of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts and The Danish Artists’ Society, and lives and works in Copenhagen.

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The interior and the exterior can coexist

We have re-interpreted the use of colours in the Danish building tradition and transferred the colours we all know from houses, parks, and buildings onto a timeless piece of furniture. A natural and familiar colour palette brought into your home from the outside. This way, the interior and the exterior can coexist in the everyday space where people’s lives unfold; where they gather to create meaningful moments that highlights the importance of furniture design, and the colours we surround ourselves with at home.

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Customise your own Cross Chair Tube