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'Classic with twist' style sustains designer’s work
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Who is he?
Lars Vejen was educated as a furniture architect and is head of design for shldesign — a design studio with the international schmidt hammer lassen architects firm with headquarters in Denmark and offices in London and Shanghai. Vejen, in his early 40s, has been with the studio for 17 years in furniture and product design, interiors and exhibitions and as a lecturer.
Tell us of your works and which one you are most proud of.
I always find it extremely awarding to collaborate with engaged people and to bring out the best product balanced in design, functionality, quality and price. I have deliberately chosen to spread my design into very different product types — both to get a great variety in my daily work with design and to meet as many different people and creative challenges as possible! I have a special feeling for the first serially produced product I ever designed — a reading lamp, the “DKB lamp” for The Royal Library in Copenhagen (launched 1999) and today still in production, including various added family members using same design origin.
What projects are you currently involved in?
Always around 20-30 small and big projects in progress on my desk and in my head at the same time. Currently I work a lot with a new interior ceiling system, design radiators, upholstered furniture and outdoor LED lighting.
Describe your design style.
Classic with a twist. I have always worked also commercially with my designs — knowing that they must be a success on the market to have a life. And have always said that “good quality is always sustainable” — I simply cannot work with poor quality.
Where are you most creative?
I always find myself getting ideas as a natural part of everyday life, whether at the office, when traveling or in any active context where my senses are alert and extra open to creative thinking.
What does your home mean to you?
I love being at home. A necessary and cherished place for recreation and recharging — for intimacy with family and friends.
What would you collect?
I do not actually collect but love antique flea-markets and to find simple, beautiful everyday objects in, for example, ceramics and wood.
Where would you love to go most in Shanghai?
With wonderful people to a place with wonderful food. And to the flea-market...
What will be the next big design trend?
So many things are possible and “allowed” today. ... I hope consumers will direct themselves toward a more personal lifestyle — mixing objects, designs, functions, cultures, creating a very personal style.
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