While in Copenhagen last year, we had a chance to stop off at the Danish Design Center to see Denmark by Design . The exhibit shows the development in Danish design from 1945 to 2010, with iconic pieces popular in the homes, workplaces and public arena from the time it was introduced to today. The exhibit starts out with Kay Bojesen’s wooden toy monkey, an assortment of LEGO bricks, and Arne Jacobsen’s City Hall clock, designed in 1956. The aluminum coffee and water jugs were designed by Erik Herlow in 1955. See the aqua nesting bowls in the foreground?

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Denmark by Design Exhibit at the Danish Design Center

The Vipp Annual Color 2012—Copenhagen Green—is a tribute to the Danish capital, which also happens to be Vipp’s hometown, and now the site of the company’s very first flagship store. The shade is derived from the many shades of green evident in the cityscape of historical architecture with oxidized copper roofs. Three products are being produced in the new color in the US starting in February 2012: a soap dispenser, a toilet brush and pedal bins in three sizes. Meanwhile, you can still pick items in this year’s annual color (which, ironically, looks like this year’s Pantone Color of the Year ). Did you know that Vipp’s first pedal bin was designed back in 1939?

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Vipp’s New Color of the Year: Copenhagen Green

FAVN is the Danish name for embrace, but now it’s also a new sofa by Jaime Hayón for Fritz Hansen . “I wanted the sofa to be based on a shell. A shell being hard on the outside, soft and welcoming on the inside,” explains Hayón. “I wanted to create a form that embraces you, something really organic — that’s why we named it FAVN.” FAVN will be available in ten color selections: light grey, sage green, clear beige, taupe, chocolate, moutarde, red, violet, dark blue and black.

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FAVN by Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen

FAVN is the Danish name for embrace, but now it’s also a new sofa by Jaime Hayón for Fritz Hansen . “I wanted the sofa to be based on a shell. A shell being hard on the outside, soft and welcoming on the inside,” explains Hayón. “I wanted to create a form that embraces you, something really organic — that’s why we named it FAVN.” FAVN will be available in ten color selections: light grey, sage green, clear beige, taupe, chocolate, moutarde, red, violet, dark blue and black

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FAVN by Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen

Ideal for small spaces, Tilt is a simplistic, eco-friendly coat and shoe rack.

Made from an oak frame of FSC-certified wood, the Tilt is hand-finished in a Danish oil. The hooks are hand-turned in steel and then covered in a powder white coat. The shelves for shoes are also made from powder-coated steel, and are removable for easy cleaning.

As you can see in the photos, Tilt gets its name from its slight angle. With angled legs, each foot has a rubber piece to prevent slipping and sliding.

Tilt is designed by Lewis Mitchell, a London-based designer.

Read more: sixdifferentways.com

Thanks to ARCHITECTMADE , Danish architect Finn Juhl’s 1954 Circle Bowl — after over 60 years — is going into production. This beautiful piece of design history is directly a product of what he called being an “all round designer” — he was fully immersed in the act of designing everything in a house from its interior to its external form. When one looks at the bowl from above, two circles superseded on top of each other reveal themselves

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Circle Bowl by Finn Juhl