Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce: Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition at DAC
Exhibition
Nov 8, 2019 - May 3, 2020
Politiken
Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce in 2019 was the Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition in DAC’s Golden Gallery, presenting 35 proposals for future furniture shaped by reuse, durability and reduced material use.
How do we design for a climate-challenged future? On November 8th 2019, The Cabinetmaker’s Autumn Exhibition opened at DAC to unveil innovative and experimental examples of tomorrow’s furniture design.
In DAC’s Golden Gallery, The Cabinetmaker’s Autumn Exhibition displayed contemporary Danish furniture design created for a climate-challenged future. More and more people are moving to the world’s cities, resulting in less room and higher prices per square foot. We need to get used to more versatile living spaces with fewer and more durable objects. And we need to reevaluate, recycle and minimize our consumption of materials.
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Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce
Under the title Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce, you could see 35 examples by Danish designers and manufacturers of the furniture of the future – all of which were revealed to the public for the first time when the exhibition opened. The materials ranged from compressed sawdust with mushroom glue to hemp, willow, grass wrack and surplus industrial materials. The designs were experimental, flexible and eminently aesthetic. Even the exhibition design itself, a raw scaffolding structure, could be used again and again – mindful of the future and the need to do something now.
Photo: Hampus Berndtson
Photo: Hampus Berndtson 
Photo: Hampus Berndtson
About The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition
The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition (SE) is a platform for development and exposure of contemporary and experimental Danish furniture design. It is a non-commercial association of 86 furniture manufacturers and designers who collaborate once a year to create a new furniture design based on a theme chosen by the SE Board.
In addition to Copenhagen, the exhibition has been featured in Tokyo, London and Stockholm, attracting the attention of both Danish and international manufacturers, which often handpick projects from the exhibition to put into production.
Every year, the furniture is exhibited in a new location in collaboration with a new creative team. The members of the team behind SE 2019 were Jacob Manz, exhibition architect, Casper Sejersen, photographer, and Claus Due, graphic designer.
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What was Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce?
Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce was the Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition in DAC’s Guldgalleri, presenting new Danish furniture design for a climate-pressured future.
When did the exhibition take place?
The exhibition ran from 8 Nov 2019 to 3 May 2020.
How many furniture proposals did the exhibition include?
The exhibition presented 35 proposals by Danish designers and producers.
Which materials are highlighted in the description?
It mentions materials such as compressed sawdust with fungal glue, hemp, willow, eelgrass, and industrial surplus materials.
What was special about the exhibition design?
The exhibition design is described as a raw scaffold structure that can be reused again and again.
What should I know if I only read one thing?
Re-think, Re-use, Re-duce (8 Nov 2019–3 May 2020) presented 35 furniture proposals at DAC, focusing on rethinking, reusing and reducing material use in design.