The smooth silhouette of a cream Vilhelm Sofa dreamt up by Danish designer Flemming Lassen in 1935. The clean tubular lines of linen pendant lights by Norm Architects. And all around, walls painted in warm shades of umber and in-between beige. So far, so Copenhagen. Yet this immersive scene – a timeless touch of heritage modernism balanced with a soft modern minimalism and organic palette – is not in Denmark. Instead, it now greets visitors arriving at the new Tokyo showroom of Audo Copenhagen.
The Danish company steps into a new chapter this week, as it makes its debut in Japan. Audo’s new Tokyo outpost – its second international location, after its longstanding TriBeCa showroom in New York – spans spans a third floor space in the Axis Building in the Roppongi district.
