Design Love: Kubus

One of my favourite Scandinavian designers is Danish architect Mogens Lassen (1901-1987).  I am now the proud owner of one of his designs - Kubus 4.  Thank you family; I've had a love affair with this candleholder for years.  <br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSy5nIVrmoLNxvW0lZZoGCkXjUHgNdArFBpvk2ojLDXSS11RNt7B4fhWYst7eWcJf1zY3sxql5wmn7W2r8x4DDjqXLiCN1O_5e2O3WRh5Ps1k9BnNvOpKIP_Fgpbvmk8Q-pdmhtC_glRF/s1600/Kubus-4-Lassen-Designing-Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubus 4 Lassen accessories " border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSy5nIVrmoLNxvW0lZZoGCkXjUHgNdArFBpvk2ojLDXSS11RNt7B4fhWYst7eWcJf1zY3sxql5wmn7W2r8x4DDjqXLiCN1O_5e2O3WRh5Ps1k9BnNvOpKIP_Fgpbvmk8Q-pdmhtC_glRF/s1600/Kubus-4-Lassen-Designing-Home.jpg" title="Design Love: Kubus 4, Designing Home" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus 4 candleholder in my living room</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> I've begun to think up all the things I can do with this beauty, as well as  sizing up the various spots that are crying out for its presence. Its colour and bold form is not easily ignored.  I love the large space in the cube beneath the candles because it allows you to add additional objects to create lovely vignettes. Right now I have my bird bowl by local potter, <a href="http://www.northeasternfolkart.com/contact.htm">Erin McArthur</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiDODLVgHnv4px3geQkWoHsUIDA4B0Z7POToxh5QP7u2WDmhy8xY1_YhL6tw0QM4Op-xo6j1Vo1cJyEWJCDkGFzzg0aRsn245-iuy82NMoGRlC7Ejvs3wLmGrM3zPRo22L-W1pXRXtUKg/s1600/Kubus-4-+advent-+wreath-Lassen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubus 4 adventh wreath " border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiDODLVgHnv4px3geQkWoHsUIDA4B0Z7POToxh5QP7u2WDmhy8xY1_YhL6tw0QM4Op-xo6j1Vo1cJyEWJCDkGFzzg0aRsn245-iuy82NMoGRlC7Ejvs3wLmGrM3zPRo22L-W1pXRXtUKg/s1600/Kubus-4-+advent-+wreath-Lassen.jpg" title="Design Lov: kubus, Designing Home" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Idea for next year- advent wreath</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thatnordicfeeling.com/2013/11/20/advent-with-a-nordic-twist/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">source  </span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://bylassen.com/shop/frontpage.html">by Lassen i</a>s a family business whose simple mission is to carry the Lassen legacy forward - because good design lives on through new generations. Here are some of the products available today. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ASkP68_p-GT3rr8PAIa1v3r7wE1G7EU0Eg-HEsYH2dAMd6uu0_ChIO6sXyYNWwTQu3CI7x0NQNLd4CjCs1m6TV9tkwp7_gIx-5O3MhK9eWDdc52ICM5mTG2Yy6yghge_UqBPIv1Xso_6/s1600/kubus-designs-Lassen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ASkP68_p-GT3rr8PAIa1v3r7wE1G7EU0Eg-HEsYH2dAMd6uu0_ChIO6sXyYNWwTQu3CI7x0NQNLd4CjCs1m6TV9tkwp7_gIx-5O3MhK9eWDdc52ICM5mTG2Yy6yghge_UqBPIv1Xso_6/s1600/kubus-designs-Lassen.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus 8, Kubus 4 and Kubus bowl</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://flor-linckens.polyvore.com/">source </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGEfqHvSIsQ_qysWAs9LbQ_sAtYUW573JNJ-2ip4WGskPoi_t3lcEeNbJUKMPGDWyz-JFJwOjchvanmpUxGt1KX1x4W3A_nLf-j5vOvtWY5ybxzywXFKdj5GRg_WT9qAAL_ASg7QB6xaw/s1600/Kubus+-objects-Lassen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGEfqHvSIsQ_qysWAs9LbQ_sAtYUW573JNJ-2ip4WGskPoi_t3lcEeNbJUKMPGDWyz-JFJwOjchvanmpUxGt1KX1x4W3A_nLf-j5vOvtWY5ybxzywXFKdj5GRg_WT9qAAL_ASg7QB6xaw/s1600/Kubus+-objects-Lassen.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus 1 has its own design potential</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQxhY9rE3E8d4k1lQgphv2XtTCm82cfQkdJKfRzaVyRIATQMiIsCNeK4WVUyuRMUcGccGbYNdhiNaIAAHlxEULr8F_1eoYoX51tQuGtsDZP0aXkowsxTRBBQ1d-LIKXi7fr9Hl05jPjAk/s1600/bylassen_5615_beige.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQxhY9rE3E8d4k1lQgphv2XtTCm82cfQkdJKfRzaVyRIATQMiIsCNeK4WVUyuRMUcGccGbYNdhiNaIAAHlxEULr8F_1eoYoX51tQuGtsDZP0aXkowsxTRBBQ1d-LIKXi7fr9Hl05jPjAk/s1600/bylassen_5615_beige.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus bowl in beige </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZZedASrs_zWnRPgqCHQjoMJUNk6uNaeKuYrWVTs4U9VHuXtwTrc7fNC87OIKXHhIIgp7bWJIbiIl7rp5-QVF_ewsLzVLc_FqNd0Mo-ED18VK7ODbEE7cy6yN4fDTKiQ2x9P7EXNy6P6i/s1600/kubus-flowers-white-Lassen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubus white with flowers Klassen" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZZedASrs_zWnRPgqCHQjoMJUNk6uNaeKuYrWVTs4U9VHuXtwTrc7fNC87OIKXHhIIgp7bWJIbiIl7rp5-QVF_ewsLzVLc_FqNd0Mo-ED18VK7ODbEE7cy6yN4fDTKiQ2x9P7EXNy6P6i/s1600/kubus-flowers-white-Lassen.jpg" title="Design Love; Kubus, Designing Home" width="322" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus in white with mounded roses</td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="http://m.lannamobler.se/sv/ljusstakar-och-lyktor/by-lassen-ljusstake-kubus-4?group=prod_brd-s2/31"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Kubus Bowl was inspired by the Kubus 4 candleholder. This design is available in several colours, and the design potential is limitless.  You can add a range of things to it:  snacks, plants, flowers, ornaments etc.and/or add new elements under it to create a vignette. Of course it is a beautiful sculpture all on its own.  </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLrMNFOF1HAyF_sX-opkZxwVaBXNi12iRUM5jiHfH0NqTB8z5xhSKQaRKLfXCxPRw5c5G5GuTjxAU5IQrnL0p1XkOpWtPQF7mNMDF6FAX0XhOP7igGikod3J2-BGesTTkFPO36hC8v7Hf/s1600/Kubus-copper-Lassen-+vignette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="kubus 4 copper vignette Lassen " border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLrMNFOF1HAyF_sX-opkZxwVaBXNi12iRUM5jiHfH0NqTB8z5xhSKQaRKLfXCxPRw5c5G5GuTjxAU5IQrnL0p1XkOpWtPQF7mNMDF6FAX0XhOP7igGikod3J2-BGesTTkFPO36hC8v7Hf/s1600/Kubus-copper-Lassen-+vignette.jpg" title="Design Love: Kubus, Designing Home" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubus 4 vignette</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.purodeco.com/stelton-vacuum-jug-timeless-classic/#more-10812">source </a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you want to have a little Kubus treasure hunt check out  my  recent post on  <a href="http://designinghome.blogspot.ca/2013/12/elements-of-scandinavian-design.html">Scandinavian Design  Elements.  </a>There's one hiding. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Design Love: Kubus

One of my favourite Scandinavian designers is Danish architect Mogens Lassen (1901-1987).  I am now the proud owner of one of his designs - ...

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