Mix Chair and Propeller Stool in New Hues

Kaare Klint 90 years

On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Kaare Klint’s Mix Chair and Propeller Stool, Carl Hansen & Søn marks this milestone with a limited edition combining Klint’s minimalist and precise design with Kvadrat/Raf Simons’ playful and painterly approach.

Kaare Klint designed the Mix Chair and Propeller Stool in 1930. The Mix Chair was designed in collaboration with his student Edvard Kindt-Larsen, hence the name “Mix”, and has been in production ever since. The Propeller Stool, however, was too complex to put into production at the time and the design was left in the drawer until 1962 before the design saw the light of day.

Originally, only available in transparently treated solid wood, leather and canvas, both the Mix Chair and Propeller Stool are now – and for the first time ever - available in vibrant, lacquered versions combined with Kvadrat/Raf Simons’ vivid Ria fabric in cool and warm hues.

Kaare Klint

1888 – 1954

Recognized as the father of modern Danish Design, Kaare Klint made a name for himself as a craftsman, visionary designer, and educator. His best-known works include the KK96620 Faaborg Chair (1914) and the KK47000 Safari Chair (1933).

As the son of an architect, Kaare Klint was immersed in architecture from an early age, but would become best known for his work in furniture design. As one of the first designers to elevate functionalism and the practical study of design above style and academic tradition, Kaare Klint was a true reformer. Focusing on human scale, proportions, and everyday functionality, Klint created “human furniture” based on studies of the human body.

In all of his work, Klint insisted on clear, logical design, clean lines, the best materials, and superb craftsmanship. In 1924, he helped establish the Department of Furniture Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. As a professor, he would teach some of the greatest designers of the 20th century, including Hans J. Wegner, Mogens Koch, Arne Jacobsen, and Poul Kjærholm. Inspired by Klint, these designers would go on to shape the Golden Age of Danish Design.

“By mixing Kaare Klint’s mathematical and minimalist approach with the opulent and playful angle from the Kvadrat/Raf Simons textile something magical happens - infusing a modern vibe into the classic pieces”

Knud Erik Hansen, CEO and 3rd Generation owner of Carl Hansen & Søn

The use of color in the Ria upholstery takes inspiration from Pointillism, the painterly technique through which vibrant fields of color are built up through the application of pure pigment in precise, individual dots.

The Propeller Stool is an exercise in mathematical construction and expresses Klint’s vision of the ideal fold, while the Mix Chair has earned iconic status for its flowing form and its intricate construction based on the culmination of a sophisticated geometric concept.