LUMEN // 80
Copenhagen / Est. 1980

Light, held
in quiet form.

LUMEN // 80 is a Scandinavian atelier for furniture and spatial design. Each piece is drawn once, prototyped by hand, and built to outlast the room it enters.

View Catalogue The Atelier
Series N°14 · Oak / Wool / Brass
oak · wool · basalt · brass SAMPLE CARD N°14
1980Copenhagen, established
40commissions a year, no more
11makers in the workshop
3winters of air-drying
Material Honesty

Four materials, no substitutes

i.

Nordic Oak

Slow-grown, quarter-sawn, air-dried for three winters before a single cut is made.

ii.

Undyed Wool

Sourced from two Gotland flocks. The colour is the sheep's, not a factory's.

iii.

Honed Basalt

Volcanic stone finished to a matte touch that reads as warm rather than cold.

iv.

Patinated Brass

Left unlacquered on purpose. Every fingerprint becomes part of the record.

How a piece is made

Drawn once, built to last

  1. 01

    Drawn once

    One drawing, one maker. No committee, no second version.

  2. 02

    Prototyped by hand

    A full-size model in the workshop, sat on and lived with before any wood is cut.

  3. 03

    Built

    Quarter-sawn oak, honed stone and unlacquered brass, joined without shortcuts.

  4. 04

    Oiled & signed

    The lead maker finishes the piece by hand and signs the underside.

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Furniture should be met in person before it is chosen.

LUMEN // 80 — the atelier

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Inside the Atelier

Built by eleven hands, signed by one

Our Copenhagen workshop keeps a deliberate ceiling of forty commissions per year. Every piece carries the mark of the lead maker who saw it from rough plank to final oiling.

Visits are by appointment, and we encourage them. Furniture should be met in person before it is chosen.

By appointment

Meet the piece
before you choose it

Choose a day and tell us what you would like to see. A maker will show you the pieces and the materials in the workshop.

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