THE CABINET MAKER Exhibition (Summer 2013)

THE CABINET MAKER Jackson Design Berlin March-July 2013 Welcome to “The Cabinet Maker“ at Jacksons Berlin, an exhibition that takes a unique approach to the history of the cabinetmaking tradition in both Denmark and Sweden, and traces the formidable relationships that bonded cabinetmaker and architect during the height of the twentieth century. Kaare Klint had been a seminal force in the development of Danish Modern, when in 1924 he founded the Department of Furniture Design at the School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His influence encouraged students to address modern-day functionalist needs by rejecting the use of applied ornament in favor of raw materials, and to honor the centuries-old tradition of craftsmanship by working from historical models--particularly the English 18th-century. The social democratic values taking root in Denmark between the World Wars had created an atmosphere ripe with possibility for a new generation to reinvigorate the