BoConcept

Why it is renowned

In 2008 the One dining chair, a stackable chair by Anders Nørgaard, won BoConcept a Red Dot award for product design, chosen by an international jury of 24 from more than 3,200 entries; the Houston Chronicle reported the prize.¹ The first store under the BoConcept name opened in Paris in 1993, and since 2006 all its furniture has been sold through franchised stores.² The company now counts more than 300 stores in over 65 countries.³ Its customisable furniture is drawn by designers in Denmark and abroad, among them Morten Georgsen, Karim Rashid and Henrik Pedersen;² the Milan studio of Claudio Bellini designed the Paraggi sofa.⁴

The story

The cabinetmakers Jens Ærthøj and Tage Mølholm started the business in the summer of 1952; two years later they moved with four employees into a factory of their own.³ An extendable teak dining table and a dining chair by the architect Arne Wahl were among the first successes.³ A second factory opened in Herning in 1962, and in 1976 the company took the name Denka as it turned to export.² It was listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange in 1984 and has been owned by the investor 3i since 2016.² Production, quality control and logistics are in Ølgod; product development sits in Aarhus and Copenhagen.³

What to know it by

• Paraggi⁴Claudio BelliniHigh-backed sofa and armchair with rounded forms