MK Bookcase System
The flexible MK Bookcase System consists of eight different
modular units that can be used individually or combined as desired. In it, Koch
envisioned a concept so clear in its form and function that it could become
quintessential: the Bookcase System for modern homes.
Begun in 1928 and completed in 1932, Koch's solution remains in
demand many decades later and has spawned countless reproductions far beyond
Denmark's borders - a testament to the timelessness of his thoughtful vision.
About Designer | |
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Mogens Koch![]() |
Mogens Koch,
who is especially known for his furniture classics such as the bookcase
system and the Folding
programme, worked with Kaare Klint in
1925-30, and was professor at Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole in Copenhagen in
1950-68. Mogens Koch'sfurniture design forms part of some of the most elegant and
important solutions in terms of meeting the requirements to comfort, function
and aesthetics and his furniture has been key to Rud. Rasmussen's production
since 1932. Mogens Koch worked
within all aspects of architecture - housing plans, houses, monuments,
furniture, textiles, silver and writing. Mogens Koch's works
include only few objects but they are all essential, original and sometimes
courageous or daring. There has always been special interaction between Mogens Koch's own
life and the furniture he designed. None of them came into existence as
artistic manifestos but arose from a given assignment and were created for a
particular purpose. Thus, his bookcase was at first designed for his private
home in Hulgårdsvej near Bellahøj in Copenhagen. The small rooms in people's houses required a flexible bookcase
or cabinet and in 1928 he drew the first sketches for the square bookcase which
in the relatively small module of 76 cm x 76 cm provided great and varied
functional usage.
Koch was awarded numerous honorable prizes - amongst others the Eckersberg Medal (1938), the C. F.
Hansen Medal (1963) and the ID Prize (1992) |
