Livingly Catalogue SS23

Visual and mindful pleasure in an often chaotic world

Livingly is a playful and poetic universe of hanging sculptures, decorative mobiles, and sophisticated paper craft with an ambition of creating design, that makes people feel calm, uplifted and at home, even when you’re far away from home.

The story about Livingly started years ago, when the company was built upon a proud heritage from the Danish artist and silversmiths Annie & Bent Knudsen, who put their talents into designing Christmas ornaments and mobiles.

The ambition of social and environmental responsibility

Livingly is of course rooted in the love for good Danish design and the feast for the eye, but the company is also built upon an ambition of a social and environmental responsibility. This is a very important part of Livingly and the people who are producing Livinglys products are highly valued homeworkers. This means that all products made by Livingly is high standard, handmade luxury products, made by devoted people to create pleasure in peoples’ lives & homes.

Proud supplier of high quality products and custom-made projects

Since 2008 Livingly has grown from local to global and today the company is the proud supplier of high quality products, which are being sold at different profiled wholesalers in more than 20 countries. The customers include art and design museums, gift and department stores, interior and furniture stores, book stores, hotels and city monuments.

In 2008 the company was sold to the creative couple Kent Sejdelin and Louise Helmersen. Kent has a background in project management and sales and his wife Louise is an architect and designer. They both saw a great potential of fulfilment in starting Livingly, because of the mindful pleasure of designing something with your hands, and the endless opportunities of visual beauty in working with hanging sculptures, decorative mobiles and sophisticated paper craft.

And so Livingly was put into the world for one simple reason; to create a visual and mindful experience in an often chaotic world. The company started as a local idea, but grew quickly into a global company with big intentions and beautiful outcomes.

One of the key values in Livingly´s vision, is to care for people and care for the environment. Therefore all material used in Livingly´s production originates from sustainable and environment friendly production. This means that all paper and wood used in production originates from sustainable forestry and environmental responsible companies in Europe.

For Livingly, it´s all about the love of decoration, the satisfaction of the senses to the eye of the beholder and seeking new creative possibilities within their own products and custom-made projects. It is with great pride, that Livingly have made the decoration of the high end department store John Lewis and Partners in UK, Christmas decorations for Hotêl de Crillon in Paris, custom-made greeting cards for Christian Dior and custom-made products and co-branding for COS, Bauhaus Museum in Dessau and Tivoli in Copenhagen.

Nothing is too creative, too fun or too ambitious for Livingly.

Kent Sejdelin

Local homeworkers

Louise Helmersen

22-3159-2 · Bounce Mobile · Blue Felt · 30x22 cm

22-3159-3 · Bounce Mobile · Red Felt · 30x22 cm

22-3159-1

22-3153-1 · Bubble Mobile · Blue 45x45 cm

22-3153-2 · Bubble Mobile · Green/brown 45x45 cm

22-3153-3 · Bubble Mobile · Yellow 45x45 cm

22-3156-1 · Gustav Klimt Mobile · Small 26x36 cm

Gustav Klimt was a great Austrian artist who worked with characteristic patterns and often used gold in his artworks. These Livingly mobiles are created as a tribute to Klimt and his importance to history.

22-3157-1 · Gustav Klimt Mobile · Large 34x54 cm

16-3083-1 · Blades Mobile Wood · 60x60 cm

16-3085-1 · Fun DNA Wood · 70x21 cm

16-3086-1 · Scala Mobile · Wood · 70x65 cm

17-3107-1

Quadrat Mobile 5 · Wood · 50x42 cm

17-3108-1

Quadrat Mobile 9 · Wood · 80x105 cm

“Black sun” is the term Danes use for the large flocks of birds flying in beautiful formations over the marshland by the coasts of Denmark. The always moving swarms look amazing and make a great attraction. In spring and autumn the birds stop by the Danish coasts on their journey through Europe.

12-3017-2 · Honeycomb Mobile Grey, blue, green · 75x52 cm

12-3017-1 · Honeycomb Mobile Anno 2012 · 75x52 cm

12-3016-1 · Density Mobile Yellow · 26x63 cm

12-3016-3 · Density Mobile Red · 26x63 cm

12-3016-5 · Density Mobile Light blue · 26x63 cm

12-3016-7 · Density Mobile Light / dark green · 26x63 cm

18-3117-1

Step-Up Mobile Red paper · 60x40 cm

18-3117-2

Step-Up Mobile · Grey paper · 60x40 cm

18-3114-3

Circulos Mobile Yellow (Craft, yellow, white) 25x50 cm

18-3114-1

Circulos Mobile Red (Grey, red, craft) 25x50 cm

18-3114-4

Circulos Mobile Blue (Grey, blue, white) 25x50 cm

18-3114-5

Circulos Mobile Craft (Grey, craft, white) 25x50 cm

13-3022-1

Cubillusion Mobile /4 Multi · 23x32 cm

13-3023-1

Cubillusion Mobile /9 Multi · 37x48 cm

13-3022-2

Cubillusion Mobile /4 Grey · 23x32 cm

13-3023-2

Cubillusion Mobile /9 Grey · 37x48 cm

Cubillusion Mobiles

Inspired by OP Art from the 1960s. The turning cubes of the Cubillusion Mobiles will trick your eyes to see solid cubes or the inside of them.

13-3023-3

Cubillusion Mobile /9 Blue · 37x48 cm

Letter Mobiles

Livingly has developed a series of letter mobiles with specific words. Livingly also produces customized letter mobiles – where you choose your own word.

H Y G G E

07-2134-1 · UFO Mobile

Original colours · 30x70 cm

07-2134-4 · UFO Mobile Brown · 30x70 cm

07-2134-3 · UFO Mobile

Pink · 30x70 cm

07-2134-2 · UFO Mobile

Black/white/red · 30x70 cm

Exhibited at World Expo in New York in 1964

The UFO Mobile was designed in 1956 by Bent Knudsen. In 1964 the UFO Mobile, Circle Frame Mobile and Fish Mobile were exhibited at World Expo in New York. These mobiles were also amongst the first designs Anni & Bent Knudsen created and exported through the Danish organization “Den Permanente”.

07-2202E-1 Circle Frame /4 · 42 cm

07-2202-1

Circle Frame Mobile /16 · Anno 1956 · 42x44 cm

07-2188-1 Fish Mobile /6 Anno 1956 · 80 x 80 cm

07-2115-2 · Fish Mobile /4 Red/yel./green · 30 x 40 cm

07-2115-1 · Fish Mobile /4 Blue/green · 30 x 40 cm

19-3122-1

Helicopter Mobile 45x45 cm

19-3123-1

Dragonfly Mobile 45x40 cm 17-3113-1

Porpoise Whale Mobile Grey · 60 cm

16-3084-1

Bird Mobile · White/grey/silver 75x70 cm

16-3084-2

Bird Mobile · White · 75x70 cm

Hans Christian Andersen

200 years ago Hans Christian Andersen wrote the most amazing fairy tales – and today we still read his stories. In 2021 H.C. Andersen’s House opened a new museum in Odense, Denmark. In cooperation with the museum Livingly has created these 3D paper designs of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

H.C. Andersen Collection

21-3139-1

HCA Fairytale Princess, pink · 13 cm

21-3139-2

HCA Fairytale Princess, purple · 13 cm

21-3139-3

HCA Fairytale Princess, green · 13 cm

21-3140-1 · The Princess and the Pea

21-3149-1 · The Snow Queen · 19 cm

H.C. Andersen Collection

The Snow Queen The Princess and the Pea

15-3072-2

Balloon Mobile · Pink · 20x40 cm

15-3072-1

Balloon Mobile · Blue-green · 20x40 cm

15-3071-1

· Harlequin Open Diamond Mobile Multi colour · 28x66 cm

15-3070-1 · Harlequin Diamond Mobile Multi colour · 18x42 cm

15-3071-2 · Harlequin Open Diamond Mobile Blue-green · 28x66 cm

15-3070-2 · Harlequin Diamond Mobile Blue-green · 18x42 cm

In 1969 Anni & Bent Knudsen acquired all rights to a series of paper cuttings from the 1930-50’ies designed by the author and artist Mrs. Birte Dietz. The designs are characterized by the flat paper emerging into whirling three-dimensional fairytale shapes like the stork, swan, cat and mermaid.

07-1056-1 · Stork · 13 cm

Bent Knudsen’s first mobile

Award winning design

In 1969 Anni & Bent Knudsen received an award from the Danish Export Counsil for their creation of - and export success with - the Guardsman Mobile.

07-2439M-3

Bird Mobile, black Anno 1978 · 15 x 30 cm

07-2446M Swallow Mobile Anno 1983 · 22 x 28 cm

07-2439M-4

Bird Mobile, blue Anno 1978 · 15 x 30 cm

11-3008-1

Scandinavian Snowflake Large White · 32 cm

14-3042-1

Scandinavian Snowflake, Small White · 13 cm · 2 pcs

14-3042-3

Scandinavian Snowflake, Small Golden paper · 13 cm · 2 pcs

14-3042-9

Scandinavian Snowflake Small Silver paper · 13 cm · 2 pcs

Decoration project at Hôtel de Crillon, Paris, 2019

Star Mobile

Simple geometric shapes with clever folding technique. 7 stars, 120 cm

11-3009-1 White · 120 cm

11-3009-2 Red · 120 cm

11-3009-4 Holly · 120 cm

Box of stars

Hanging single stars, 4 in a box

11-3009E-1

BOXofSTARS · White 14 cm · 4 single ornaments

11-3009E-2

BOXofSTARS · Red 14 cm · 4 single ornaments

11-3009-7 Black · 120 cm

11-3009-21 · Grey/ Silver/white· 120 cm

11-3009-8 Gold · 120 cm

11-3009-6 Navy blue · 120 cm 11-3009-9 Silver · 120 cm

11-3009E-8

BOXofSTARS · Gold 14 cm · 4 single ornaments

11-3009E-9 BOXofSTARS · Silver 14 cm · 4 single ornaments

11-3009E-7

BOXofSTARS · Black 14 cm · 4 single ornaments

16-3094M3-1 · Vera Star Mobile 3 · Red · 27 x 50 cm

16-3094M3-2 · Vera Star Mobile 3 · White · 27 x 50 cm

16-3096-2 · Vera Top Star · White

16-3094M7-2 · Vera Star Mobile 7 · White · 125 cm

16-3094-1 · Red 16-3094-8 · Gold

16-3094-9 · Silver 16-3094-11 · Wood

16-3094M7-1 · Vera Star Mobile 7 · Red · 125 cm

14-3043-1 Geometrees 9 cm · 2 pcs

14-3043-2 Geometrees 9 cm · 2 pcs

14-3043-3

Geometrees 9 cm · 2 pcs

12-3020-1 · Star tree small · white · 23 cm 12-3021-1 · Star tree large · white · 31 cm

14-3043-4 Geometrees 9 cm · 2 pcs

Bentzen ornaments

Designed by award winning Danish designer Josefine Bentzen.

Mouritsen Pleated Stars

Designed by award winning Danish architect Tine Mouritsen.

Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection

In 1952 Anni & Bent Knudsen were assigned to redesign the traditional Danish Christmas ornaments. Since then thousands of designs have been created by them, and today many of their designs have become collector’s items.

07-2425-1

Ice Crystals · Anno 1981 · 10 cm · 2 pcs

07-2424-1

Ice Crystal · Anno 1981 · 19 cm 07-2797-1 · Fold-out Stars Anno 1994 · 11 cm · 2 pcs

07-2798-1 · Fold-out Hearts

Anno 1994 · 11 cm · 2 pcs

07-2615-2 · The North Star · 1989 · 26 cm 07-2797-2 · Fold-out Stars

Anno 1994 · 11 cm · 2 pcs

07-2798-2 · Fold-out Hearts Anno 1994 · 11 cm · 2 pcs

07-2615-1 The North Star Anno 1989 · 26 cm

07-2360-2

Christmas Tree, dbl. White/gold 18 cm

07-2361-2

Christmas Tree, dbl. White/gold · 27 cm

Hanging or standing

These classic trees and stars from Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection are designed in 1978. They can both hang in a string or stand on a surface.

07-2376-1

Star, dbl. · Anno 1978 · 26 cm

07-2375-1

Star, dbl. · Anno 1978 · 18 cm

07-2360-9

Christmas Tree, dbl. White/Silver· 18 cm

07-2361-9

Christmas Tree, dbl White/Silver · 27 cm

07-2360-1

Christmas Tree, dbl. Anno 1978 · 18 cm

07-2361-1

Christmas Tree, dbl. Anno 1978 · 27 cm

Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection

In 1952 Anni & Bent Knudsen were assigned to redesign the traditional Danish Christmas ornaments. Since then thousands of designs have been created by them, and today many of their designs have become collector’s items.

Annual Season’s Design

In 1953 Anni & Bent Knudsen created an elf mobile as an annual season’s design, and continued to do so every year while running their company. Livingly continues the tradition by creating a new annual season’s design.

Bauhaus paper folding techniques

In cooperation with Bauhaus Dessau Museum Shop Livingly has launched a series of cards inspired by paper construction courses from the 1920’s at Bauhaus School.

References, short list

Illums Bolighus, department stores - Denmark

Design Museum Denmark

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum - Denmark

H.C. Andersen’s House - Denmark

National Museum - Denmark

Kunsten, Museum of Modern Art - Denmark

Tinga Tango, interior store - Denmark

Visit Denmark - Denmark

The Getty Center, Los Angeles - USA

Museum of Modern Art, New York - USA

Guggenheim, New York - USA

National Gallery of Art - USA

Hôtel de Crillon

Christian Dior - France

Le Bon Marché, department store - France Centre Pompidou - France

Picasso Museum - France

Fabriano Boutique, paper workshops - Italy

Guggenheim, Venice - Italy

Victoria & Albert Museum - UK

SCP, interior stores - UK

TATE Modern - UK

Twentytwentyone, design store - UK

John Lewis, department stores - UK

Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle - Germany

BAUHAUS Museum Dessau - Germany

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia - Australia

MoMA shop in Tokyo - Japan

ACTUS, interior stores - Japan

Fundacio Joan Miró - Spain

Basilica Sagrada Familia - Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Shop - Spain

Picasso Museum, Paris, France

Tate Modern, London 2012

Maison Nordik · Paris 2014

Louise Helmersen from Livingly participated in TV-show “Made in Denmark” - 2015

Mobile exhibition at the library at Kulturøen · Middelfart, 2016

John Lewis, London 2013 Livingly designs used as shop decoration

Custom made greeting card Christian Dior 2013

Custom made card Visit Denmark 2016

Hôtel de Crillon, Paris, 2019 Decoration project in cooperation with ProFirst

2022 70 year’s celebration - Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection 1952-2022

2020 Participation in a Christmas show on Danish TV, making Christmas paper mobiles and ornaments.

2019 Decoration project at Hôtel de Crillon, Paris using Scandinavian Snowflakes in a large installation.

2018 The city of Kolding orders a series of special edition UFO Mobiles for their 750 years anniversary. Presented to the Queen of Denmark at the celebration.

Livingly introduces RectoVerso Poster - a series of paper art posters.

Louise Helmersen is commissioned by Stelton to design a series of Christmas ornaments, Figura

2016 Livingly introduces its first collection of wooden mobiles

Cooperation with Bauhaus Museum Dessau about a collection of cards. Special exhibition at Kulturøen, Middelfart.

2015 Louise Helmersen from Livingly participates in the Danish TV show “Made in Denmark” on DR1.

2013 John Lewis, UK, decorate all their shops with Livingly designs.

2012 Livingly moves to a larger warehouse and office within Brenderup.

Celebration of Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection’s 60 years anniversary

Livingly produces Christian Dior new year’s greeting cards

2011 Livingly takes over the papercraft and mobile company EST Mobiles. John Lewis, UK, decorate all their department stores with Livingly designs.

2010 Relaunching Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection™ is a success. Products sell in Denmark, while exporting to Europe, Asia and North America.

2009 Easter exhibition, Koldinghus.

Livingly moves to Brenderup. Christmas exhibition, Koldinghus

2008 Livingly ApS is established with the sole vision of adding inspiring and original creative Danish artistry to the home.

Livingly buys Anni & Bent Knudsen’s papercraft and mobile activities and rents the old workshop and storage building in Kolding.

Livingly relaunches a selection of classic designs named Anni & Bent Knudsen Collection™

2002 Exhibiting at Koldinghus “50 years of paper art”

1997 Bent Knudsen passes away. Sales and design activities are gradually put at rest

Kolding City issues a series of Christmas stamps using Anni & Bent Knudsen Christmas designs (Kolding-julemærket).

Repeated in 2002 with new designs.

1996 Exhibiting at Koldinghus (Royal castle from the 13th century, now a museum)

1994 Danish Television makes a documentary of the creation of the Season’s design. Repeatedly broadcasted for many years.

1988 Anni & Bent Knudsen recieves the design award “European Gold Star for Quality” in Madrid by CIEMIP.

1987 March 26 Bent Knudsen recieves the design award “Faxe’s Designpris”. 154 home workers are employed and 20 extra in busy seasons.

1975 Exhibiting at The Danish Museum of Art & Design (Kunstindustrimuseet).

1974 The Royal Couple pays Anni & Bent Knudsen an official visit.

1972 Exporting to 75 countries.

1971 Anni & Bent Knudsen participate in a workshop in Githa Nørby’s and Dario Campeotto’s design shop “Dinamarca” in Torino.

Commission from“Gimble” in New York of large Hans Christian Andersen figures for their “Danish Fairytales” theme.

1970 Bent Knudsen creates Viborg’s mayor’s chain.

1969 Anni & Bent Knudsen receive an award from the Danish Trade Council for their creation of and success with their version of the Guardsman Mobile from the Royal Danish Life Guards.

1968 Exporting to 40 countries.

1966 Opening of the new architect made workshop building next to their home. 7.000 visitors within the first year!

1964 Exhibiting at World Expo in New York with 10 products, i.e. the Guardsman Mobile and the UFO Mobile.

Bent Knudsen is commissioned by the Danish Crown Princess Couple to create a silver toilet set as a wedding gift for HRH Princess Anne Marie

1963 Bent Knudsen is assigned by the Danish Crown Princess Couple to create a set of jewelry as a gift for the Queen Sirikit of Thailand.

1962 45 full time home workers are employed, and 120 extra in busy seasons.

1959 Aquire a 20 room bungalow in Kolding, working in the basement. An air-raid shelter from World War 2 in the garden is used as showroom. The product range reaches 189 designs.

1958 Commission of more than two tons of leather elephants and donkeys for the American Presidential Election in 1960. Repeated in 1964 and 1968.

1956 Bent Knudsen works full time with Anni Knudsen in their family company.

Bent Knudsen designs (both in paper and silver) while Anni Knudsen sells the products with great success.

Supplier at the exclusive sales and export organization “Den Permanente” in Copenhagen.

Supplier at “Danish Handcraft Guild” (Håndarbejdets Fremme).

Exhibiting at Charlottenborg (State Institution –Gallery of Contemporary Art).

1952 Mrs. Hansen at Hans Hansen encourages Bent Knudsen to renew the traditional Danish Christmas ornamentation.

Anni & Bent Knudsen begin the production of Christmas ornaments.

Bent Knudsen works part time at Hans Hansen and part time at home.

1950 Anni and Bent Knudsen marry.

1946 Bent Knudsen employed at Hans Hansen Silversmith in Kolding until 1956. (today: Georg Jensen)

1945 Bent Knudsen completes his education as silversmith at COHR in Fredericia.

1938 Bent Knudsen (14 yrs) designs his first commercial mobile, the milking cow “Maren Malkeko”.

1926 Anni Knudsen is born.

1924 Bent Knudsen is born.

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