Danish Design at MoMA

95 percent of the furnishings in the museum’s public areas, selected by museum staff, is coming from Danish designers. Design icons such as Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner, and Poul Kjærholm are represented, as well as the younger generation of Danish designers.

As a result of outstanding cooperation between New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Danish Foreign Service, the newly expanded and renovated MoMA is prominently featuring modern Danish design selected by MoMA.

A total of 33 Danish designers is represented, with approximately 150 different items and several thousand units (chairs, tables, couches, coffeepots, flatware, candle holders, etc.) produced by 13 different Danish manufacturers.

All of the partners in the project are very excited to be giving the new MoMA an extraordinary design profile throughout its public spaces, including restaurants and galleries.  Every object has been carefully evaluated and chosen by the museum’s curators and project interior designers to highlight and complement the incredible beauty of the new building.