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Dinesen: The Pawson Furniture Collection by John Pawson

In 2024, Dinesen and Pawson rediscovered and redesigned the original furniture collection for Pawson House in 1992—the result is a new John Pawson Furniture Collection, which encapsulates and shapes our ongoing collaboration.

Three Decades of Collaboration

The chapter on John Pawson's furniture collection for Dinesen began over 30 years ago with three key pieces of furniture: a dining table, a bench and a stool. This dining table series became a symbol of the collaboration between Dinesen and Pawson. The furniture was inspired by the 450 mm wide and 15-metre-long Dinesen Douglas floor planks installed at Pawson's own home in London. Pawson saw the floor as a crucial architectural element, giving the space a sense of direction. For the first time, Pawson lifted the planks from their intended form and transformed them into furniture.

A Design Based on the Simple Form of a Plank

The new Pawson Collection is based on the span of a Dinesen Douglas plank and includes a Dining Series and a Lounge Series.

The Dining Series includes a dining table, a bench and a stool. The design has been updated with a shadow gap detail made in Dinesen Oak. The tabletop and legs are made from one Douglas plank cut into two pieces and laid side by side. While the shadow gap between each pair of boards was left open in Pawson’s original design, this new iteration quietly expresses the gap using a different variety of timber — combining Douglas fir planks with a slender insert of Dinesen Oak. Stools and benches are made from a single Douglas fir plank with a solid central spine.