While show-stopping design is often equated with grand gestures - a sculptural sofa, a marble dining table - smaller objects shape our day-to-day just as meaningfully. Gejst's newest designs, the Kydo tray and Sina salt and pepper mills, are small in scale but grand in intention - a testament that everyday tools can be just as impactful as statement pieces. Both embody the Danish brand's quiet philosophy: that good design lives in the balance between simplicity, presence, and purpose.
Instead of making noise or flashing lights like smartphones or smart speakers, these wooden robots by Swift Creatives move quietly and use physical gestures to give alerts. Each of them has its own kind of movement: Beamer tilts its head on the sides, Bot bobs its head up and down and pushes its wooden ear in and out, and Hover rotates and stops at one point.
In the 1950s, Danish design legend Arne Jacobsen began an investigation into molded plywood. His American peers, Charles and Ray Eames, had already been experimenting with the technique, and he wondered how he might put his own twist on the material of the moment, where thin layers of veneer were glued together and molded into sculptural forms. Several icons would be born out of these trials,
Mette and Rolf Hay are founders of the furniture and home accessories brand Hay, and Barbara "Bibi" Husted Werner is a fashion impresario (known for her now-shuttered cult Copenhagen boutique, Holly Go Lightly) married to film director Martin Werner. All four believe in living surrounded by contemporary art and good design, and they approached their acquisition as a delicate historic restoration awakened by the addition of their far-ranging collections.
"People are always at the core of my designs," Bak shares. "With this desk, I consciously made room for both work and leisure - side by side. When our surroundings adapt to us and our lives, it means we have more time and energy for both work and family."
