He, a cabinetmaker who studied at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts, is one of those designers from the North.

The iconic PK series is inspired by Mies van der Rohe, but with a bit more sex appeal according to one of its collectors, architect John Pawson. It has significantly enriched the heritage of global design.

By stripping down to essentials, Kjærholm synthesizes techniques inherited from tradition with the “ideal” form in an industrial context. His work follows in the path of modernity laid by pioneer Kaare Klint. The proportions of his furniture and their fluid lines shape an architectural presence in space, interacting with it. His material of choice is brushed and satin-finished flat steel, selected for its strength and flexibility, as well as for the way light plays across its surface and its ability to patinate like wood, rattan, and leather with which it is combined.