Gallery FUMI – HANDMADE
  • Gallery FUMI celebrates the beauty of the handcrafted and presents pieces from some of the most skilled and talented designers and makers out there

    29 October – 7 January 2023
    Gallery FUMI
    2-3 Hay Hill, Mayfair
    London W1J 6AS

    The room dividing screen is designed in a collaboration between myself Maria Bruun, Søren Bach and Anne Dorthe Vester , and has been an exciting exploration of how to combine design, art and architecture into a single sculptural piece. Woodwork by Ulrik Bebe. The Comparing Conditions chair in solid oak Wood is designed by Maria Bruun and Anne Dorthe Vester. Woodwork by Andrea Stokholm.

    Gallery FUMI celebrates the beauty of the handcrafted and presents pieces from some of the most skilled and talented designers and makers out there

    29 October – 7 January 2023
    Gallery FUMI
    2-3 Hay Hill, Mayfair
    London W1J 6AS

    The room dividing screen is designed in a collaboration between myself Maria Bruun, Søren Bach and Anne Dorthe Vester , and has been an exciting exploration of how to combine design, art and architecture into a single sculptural piece. Woodwork by Ulrik Bebe. The Comparing Conditions chair in solid oak Wood is designed by Maria Bruun and Anne Dorthe Vester. Woodwork by Andrea Stokholm.

    Photo Art Direction for The Mindcraft Project

    What a pleasure to art direct the photos for this years @mindcraftproject – Loved creating beautiful images alongside photographer Anders Sune Berg. The ambition was to let you get lost, and almost loose orientation in the mesmerising materials and work of twelve talented artists

    Photo by Anders Sune Berg
    Photo Art Direction Maria Bruun

    Teaching MAD Summer School

    Recent highlight has been teaching students at the international MAD Design Summer school.

    For ten days we the teachers supported and guided the students under the theme PHILOSOPHY OF A CHAIR with the ambition to focus on work only with hand tools in traditional craft techniques – blacksmith, greenwood carving, birch bark weaving. Finally the theoretical and practical research was translated by the students as well as tutors into the functional design objects and experimental design and art concepts.

    What I love about teaching is that each time the experience is equally inspiring for both tutors and students. What a privilege to immerse yourself in ancient craft and be surrounded by young designers with ambition and vision for the future of furniture!

    Photographer: Paula Zariņa – Šteinerte

    3 days of design
  • Be sure to catch some of the great exhibitions during 3 days of Design
    My designs will be presented i various spots around the city
    15-17 June:

    Dependables Boxes at…
    Studio x
    Dronningens Tværgade 50, 1302 Copenhagen K

    Center piece Vases at…
    Fritz Hansen Pavillion
    Design Museum Denmark
    Bredgade 68,
    1260 København

    Islets Table series at Frederica Furniture
    Løvstræde 1, 1152 København

    Be sure to catch some of the great exhibitions during 3 days of Design
    My designs will be presented i various spots around the city
    15-17 June:

    Dependables Boxes at…
    Studio x
    Dronningens Tværgade 50, 1302 Copenhagen K

    Center piece Vases at…
    Fritz Hansen Pavillion
    Design Museum Denmark
    Bredgade 68,
    1260 København

    Islets Table series at Frederica Furniture
    Løvstræde 1, 1152 København

    Wegnerprisen 2022

    This year’s Wegner Prize was awarded at Schackenborg Castle to Furniture Designer, Maria Bruun.

    “The Danish furniture designer based in Copenhagen has manifested himself on the Danish as well as the international design scene in the last 10 years. 

”The jury agreed that this year’s Wegner Prize should go to Maria Bruun, because she helps to maintain the unique positions of strength that Danish design and Danish craftsmanship have historically occupied – and continue to occupy” says Tønder Municipality’s mayor, Jørgen Popp Petersen , who is also chairman of the Wegner prize jury that appoints the prize winner.

    The jury adds in their motivation that Maria Bruun has proven herself at a relatively young age as one of Denmark’s most important object and furniture designers, who, on top of that, has an unwavering ‘Wegnerian’ passion for wood as a material and adds: 

“Within the framework of a classic design concept, she possesses an honest and simple aesthetic approach to her furniture, where the timeless, tactile and sensual elements of wood are emphasised, while playing with form and thinking in function. In this work, she appears as a designer who at once challenges, but also has a clear starting point in the Nordic furniture tradition”

    New Studio
  • Excited to share that we have now opened our new studio space

    Maria Bruun Design
    Willemoesgade 3.1
    Copenhagen

    Photo by Benita Marcussen

    Excited to share that we have now opened our new studio space

    Maria Bruun Design
    Willemoesgade 3.1
    Copenhagen

    Photo by Benita Marcussen

    Dependables Boxes at Gallery St. Vincents
  • Dependables Boxes is now available in Antwerp via

    Gallery St. Vincents
    Kleine Markt 13
    hello@stvincents.co

     

    Design Curio – Reflected Surroundings

    September 21-26, 2021
    Preview day September 20

    Design Miami/ Basel
    Booth C/01
    Hal 1 Süd, Messe Basel

    Reflected Surroundings designed by Danish designer Maria Bruun is an immersive installation and collection of new furniture pieces consisting of full body mirrors in solid walnut, a stainless steel dining table with soft leather upholstered swivel chairs, stackable boxes in walnut and mouth-blown glass vases.

    As a small microcosm the full collection is titled ‘Reflected Surroundings’, because through the objects I want to encourage reflection – upon oneself and upon one’s belongings. Aesthetic self-awareness becomes possible when inviting the viewers into this sensuous space where every detail is carefully crafted.

     

    Soil Lab

    September – December 2021

    1310 S. Pulaski Road

    North Lawndale

    Chicago

    “There is hard and targeted work with water, earth and wood leading up to the opening of the Danish contribution to the USA’s largest design and architecture event, the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The idea behind the Danish biennale contribution Soil Lab is to focus on how we can create something together from the bottom up. Quite literally. According to the team behind Soil Lab, Maria Bruun, James Martin, Eibhlín Ní Chathasaigh and Anne Dorthe Vester, the heart of the project is to work with the residents and local organizations of the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago to transform one of the neighborhood’s many building sites into a new, shared urban space that can create positive change in the area.”

    The project is created in collaboration with James Martin, Eibhlín Ní Chathasaigh and Anne Dorthe Vester, and  is generously supported by The Danish Arts Foundation, Dreyers Foundation, Irish Arts, Ny Carlsberg Foundation, Real Dania, Dinesen.

    Maria Bruun as new member of Danish Design Council

    The Design Council is the think tank of the Danish design field. Our purpose is to promote Danish design by conceiving and exploring new perspectives on design. We call it design freethinking.The purpose of the Danish Design Council is to explore the concept of design and to show public and private decisionmakers how design creates intelligent solutions and new possibilities in our lives. Through new initiatives and discussions of value, we wish to qualify the public debate about design, influence design policies and create solid connections between design and society.

    Maria Bruun awarded The Finn Juhl Prize 2021

    “Maria Bruun is rewarded for her approach to wood and a strong understanding of the paradoxical. The Wilhelm Hansen Foundation particularly highlights her Nordic Pioneer furniture, where pure, slender minimalism meets rounded plinths that almost pulls the table and armchair to melt against the floor. It is perfectly proportioned and lovingly detailed. A bold stool in the furniture series literally turns the entire upside down, with its lozenge-shaped seat carefully shaped in solid wood, but with reminders of an over-upholstered sitting experience,” says scenographer Steffen Aarfing, who is a board member of the Wilhelm Hansen Foundation.

    3 days of design
  • Some very exciting news launching with Fredericia during 3 days of design – Save the date!

    3.-5. September 2020
    Fredericia Showroom
    Løvstræde 1
    1152 København

    Some very exciting news launching with Fredericia during 3 days of design – Save the date!

    3.-5. September 2020
    Fredericia Showroom
    Løvstræde 1
    1152 København

    Between Spaces studio x viacuct

    Pop-up exhibition &inspiration by Marie Louise Høstbo & Maria Bruun
    With Dronningegården as the architectural frame and a wonderful example of the functional tradition, the exhibition at StudioxViaduct showcases a dialogue between architecture and design, Danish and international design, historical and contemporary design.
    The similarities and differences inspire as anchor and reflect the ever changing world surrounding us.
    The common fascination of the Danish cultural heritage is staged scenographically in a small ‘Everyday break’ – where architecture and design are ubiquitous – and where you, through the displayed artifacts, feel present in the space.

    Works on display by Frans Drewinak, Fredericia Furniture, vitra, 1616 arita, Paustian, Maria Bruun

    Connected

    The onset of Covid-19 has significantly changed the way people live, interact and work. Designers, creatives and makers have all had to adapt their processes – many relocated to new and, improvised home offices – use new technologies and find new ways of working together in order to adjust to an alternative way of life – together with this impressive group I explore the new normal.
    Connected is a collaboration between AHEC & Benchmark and The Design Museum. You can explore more about the project here. The pieces will be presented during London Design Festival at the Design Museum from 11th September until 11th October 2020.

    The Mindcraft Project

    New Digital Exhibition Launches 16 June

    Through videos, photos and visuals, The Mindcraft Project’s digital exhibition will unfold a curated selection of artistic, research-driven and experimental design projects by:

    Ane Lykke / Cathrine Raben Davidsen / FOS / Jonas Edvard / Kasper Kjeldgaard / Krøyer-Sætter-Lassen / Maria Bruun / Mathias Bengtsson / Norm Architects / Tanja Kirst 

    Photo by Anders Sune Berg

    CHART Art & Design
  • DEN FRIE UDSTILLINGSBYGNING
    OSLO PLADS 1
    2100 KØBENHAVN Ø
     
    30th August – 1st September
    DEN FRIE UDSTILLINGSBYGNING
    OSLO PLADS 1
    2100 KØBENHAVN Ø
     
    30th August – 1st September
    Top emerging design talent

    Maria Bruun selected as top emerging design talent by the Danish Arts Foundation. Copenhagen Design Agency to be main advisor for Maria BruunThe studio has been selected as top emerging design talent by the Danish Arts Foundation. The foundation has chosen a total of 10 elite talents within all artistic fields. Maria Bruun receives a 2-year support program from the Danish Arts Foundation to promote and further develop her studio Maria Bruun Design.

    Copenhagen Design Agency is the main advisor and project partner for Maria Bruun in the 2-year program.
    Read the official statement from The Danish Arts Foundation here and from FAOD here.

    Merry Merry…

    Merry Merry What a Year….
    2018 has been a productive year filled with amazing co-works, exhibitions and beautiful products. I want to thank you all for your cooperation and invaluable commitment!

    Now and Then – Gallery FUMI

    Presenting the commissioned piece RELIEF Tall Boy at  Gallery Fumi:
    To mark its 10th anniversary, Gallery FUMI is proud to present a special exhibition ‘Now and Then’, charting the trajectory of the gallery’s programme since its opening in 2008.

    A celebration of the gallery’s represented artists and designers, the exhibition will showcase a curated selection of key pieces created over the last 10 years, together with new, never-before-seen works, especially commissioned for the show. The exhibition will be curated by Libby Sellers with food design by Arabeschi di Latte.

    Gallery FUMI
    2 Hay Hill, Mayfair
    W1J 6AS
    15 ‐ 30 September 2018

    Dezeen Awards – Emerging Designer

    Very excited to be long listed for Dezeen Awards 2018 as Emerging Designer of the year among so many talented designers. What an honour to be included in this international prestigious list. Fingers crossed until the final announcement in November.