Danish modern
Introduction


**Danish modern** also known as Scandinavian modern is a style of [minimalist](/wiki/Minimalism "Minimalism") furniture and housewares from [Denmark](/wiki/Denmark "Denmark") associated with the [Danish design](/wiki/Danish_design "Danish design") movement. In the 1920s, [Kaare Klint](/wiki/Kaare_Klint "Kaare Klint") embraced the principles of [Bauhaus](/wiki/Bauhaus "Bauhaus") modernism in furniture design, creating clean, pure lines based on an understanding of classical furniture craftsmanship coupled with careful research into materials, proportions, and the requirements of the human body.

Designers such as [Arne Jacobsen](/wiki/Arne_Jacobsen "Arne Jacobsen") and [Hans Wegner](/wiki/Hans_Wegner "Hans Wegner") helped bring about a thriving furniture industry from the 1940s to the 1960s. Adopting mass\-production techniques and concentrating on functional form, [Finn Juhl](/wiki/Finn_Juhl "Finn Juhl") contributed to the style's success. Additionally, minimalist Danish housewares such as cutlery and trays of [teak](/wiki/Teak "Teak") and [stainless steel](/wiki/Stainless_steel "Stainless steel") and dinnerware such as those produced in Denmark for [Dansk International Designs](/wiki/Dansk_International_Designs "Dansk International Designs") in its early years, expanded the Danish modern aesthetic beyond furniture.


What materials were used in these minimalist Danish housewares?