Boomerang
A lounge chair by the Danish duo Hvidt & Mølgaard, with a solid wood frame on slender brass or steel legs, reissued by &Tradition with or without armrests.
- Designed by
- Hvidt & Mølgaard
- Made by
- &Tradition
- First made
- 1956
Pictures © &Tradition, from andtradition.com.
Why it is renowned
The Boomerang is known for its plain, pared-back line: an L-shaped wooden frame with no extra detail, set on four thin legs, its back tilted for an easy seat.12 It came back into production when &Tradition showed it at Milan Design Week in 2019, among reissues it took from the Hvidt & Mølgaard archive.1 Its designers made their name with the AX chair of 1950, whose laminated wood let it be made in large numbers and sold abroad.2
The story
Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993) met at the cabinetmakers' school of Kunsthåndværkerskolen, where Hvidt began as Mølgaard's student and later taught beside him.2 Their first success as a pair came when they won a competition of the Swedish Slöjdföreningen in 1943.2 &Tradition dates the Boomerang lounge chair to 1956.2
The frame is milled from solid oak or walnut and oiled; the legs, of brass or stainless steel, are tapered with a special tool, and the seat sits on spring wires of coiled steel under foam, wadding and fabric.2 The HM1 has no armrests and the HM2 has them.21 The chairs are made for &Tradition in Latvia and Lithuania.2
Sources
- &tradition 'previews' novelties and reissues at milan design week 2019, designboom. designboom.com, read 1 October 2026.
- &Tradition, Boomerang HM1. andtradition.com, read 1 October 2026.
Last checked 7 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.