TAKT launched its new Turn Chair and Turn Table

Within an exhibition celebrating its Perpetual Sustainable Design philosophy, which explains how the Danish B-Corp is breaking the unhealthy throw-away culture around furniture.

Turn Chair and Turn Table form a comfortable, sociable and colourful furniture collection for small spaces, which are increasingly the reality for urban customers.
The round edges of Turn collection encourage conversation and circulation within compact living environments.
TAKT’s Perpetual Sustainable Design code ensures all products are designed for repair with replacement parts stocked so that its furniture could be handed down to future generations.
Available in five finishes of EU-grown beech, Turn Table and Turn Chair comes in Matt water-based lacquer (natural beech), Japan red, Black blue, Copper green and Sun yellow.
All materials are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), EU Ecolabel and transparently accounted for in TAKT’s trademark climate reports as part of its Radical Transparency commitment.

Turn is TAKT’s new collection of dining furniture encouraging conversation and circulation, designed by Lysemose & de Gier. Credit: Claudia Vega / Ocean Productions

“All over the world, more and more people are flocking to urban areas for the increased opportunities and living standards that cities provide, but the problem is that cities can’t grow fast enough to accommodate them,” said Henrik Taudorf Lorensen, TAKT’s founder and CEO. “This increase in demand and scarcity of space has led to a generational trend towards living in smaller spaces that offer homes in desirable areas at a lower cost.

“We noticed that the majority of furniture was being designed for large open-plan homes; so we designed Turn Chair and Turn Table for people living in small, compact spaces that still deserve a well-considered, responsible and comfortable furniture collection optimised for their lifestyle.”

Compact yet comfortable
The challenge for designers Lysemose & de Gier, was to create a collection that was more compact in its dimensions yet just as comfortable and accommodating as a larger chair and table.

Credit: Claudia Vega / Ocean Productions

“The Turn collection is a new interpretation of something we know,” said Nicolai de Gier, TAKT’s design director and professor of furniture design at the Danish Royal Academy. “It presents familiar and natural forms that we have evolved to provide a chair and table for customers in small spaces. Turn Chair and Turn Table are fun, sociable and colourful additions to any home that can be serviced to extend their life.”

Turn Chair’s sunken seat and comforting backrest create a surprisingly homely plywood chair that gives your body a hug. Since it was founded four years ago, TAKT has mastered these small but significant ergonomic details that turn a wooden chair into a cosy place to feel at home.

Designed for conversation and circulation

The round edges of Turn Chair and Turn Table encourage conversation and circulation within compact living environments. Turn Table’s superellipse shape is neither round nor rectangle, but something in between. Its flowing lines invite movement and conversation without the rigid hierarchy of an angular setting.

Lysemose & de Gier
Michael Lysemose and Nicolai de Gier design furniture for everyday use that reflects their passion for craftsmanship and responsible use of materials. They met at the Royal Danish Academy, where Michael was trained as an architect and Nicolai is a professor and head of MA Furniture Design. Both have hands-on trade experience with Michael as a boat builder and Nicolai a cabinetmaker. Together, they have exhibited several times at Snedkernes Autumn exhibition and designed furniture and fittings for churches, museums and restaurants. They work together at TAKT where Michael Lysemose is product developer and Nicolai de Gier is design director.