"Danish design brand invited Marrakesh and Paris-based Studio KO to conjure an ephemeral guesthouse for 3daysofdesign, creating a temporary sanctuary where North African sensibilities meet Nordic restraint. This is not merely cultural exchange but material alchemy where the weathered textures of ancient craft traditions find themselves in intimate conversation with Denmark's celebrated design legacy. Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty, the duo behind Studio KO, arrived in Denmark as pilgrims to an uncharted landscape."
"Their reverence for Jean Nouvel, whose Louisiana Manifesto emerged from contemplation on a museum bench facing the Øresund, guided them toward this collaboration with Vipp. Where Parisian kiosks traditionally employed painted metal and glass, Studio KO chose timber subjected to the ancient Japanese technique of shou sugi ban. The charring process creates a surface that is simultaneously protective and vulnerable, permanent, and ephemeral."
Vipp invited Marrakesh and Paris-based Studio KO to create an ephemeral guesthouse for 3daysofdesign that fuses North African warmth with Nordic minimalism. Studio KO worked from a reverence for Jean Nouvel and substituted painted metal and glass with timber treated by the Japanese shou sugi ban technique, producing charred surfaces that feel both protective and fragile. The installation features the modular Vipp Loft sofa softened by Pierre Frey textiles and a Vipp Swivel chair reimagined in hand-woven fabric, turning textile irregularities into strengths. The space aims to challenge expectations, generate dialogue between aesthetics, and engage tactility, audio, and scent with playful surprises.
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