In this issue of TAKT Magazine, we invite you to join us on a journey — a journey through the products and principles that define our commitment to refined Danish design, crafted with care for people and the planet.
As we declared when we founded TAKT:
TAKT is the furniture company rethinking the way to design, build and sell furniture. We believe in bringing high-quality design to more people in revolutionary, environmentally friendly and transparent ways. TAKT looks to the future with our sights set far beyond furniture.
The world needs fresh ideas on how to create quality goods in a way that’s both inclusive and responsible — ensuring we don’t compromise the health of our planet. That’s why we’re taking on this challenge by creating eco-certified Danish furniture, combining timeless craftsmanship with mindful production methods.
We’re on a mission. Will you join us?
Rethinking the furniture business
“TAKT builds on the best from our past with the innovations of today so more people can enjoy high quality design.”
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Henrik Taudorf Lorensen, Founder
Certifications
Certified B Corporation
Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of transparency, responsibility, sustainability, and performance –with the aim of generating value for the business as well as the society and environment. To balance profit and purpose.
Our certification is your validation that we do what we say and that we are committed to bringing positive change.
Since our last certification, we have increased our score significantly from 100.8 to 118.1 – an improvement that is a testament to our relentless dedication to making better choices.
EU-Ecolabel certified
All products we sell are eco-certified for the benefit of you, your family and the planet. The EU-Ecolabel validates an end-to-end commitment to sustainability in material sourcing, production, repairability and recyclability. We only use wood from sustainable forests and we only use natural oils or water based lacquers, that make the products durable while emphasising the delicate structure of the wood without unnecessary chemicals. Our products are constructed and tested for durability and have a five-year warranty. They can be separated out into key materials for recycling and worn parts can be replaced.
FSC certified wood
All our wood comes from FSC® certified forests. Trees are not harvested faster that the forest can regenerate itself, and consideration of the local wildlife is taken into account, as well as the well-being of the forest workers.
Tested for durability
All TAKT furniture is constructed for durability and comes with an extended 5 year warranty. Our furniture is tested according to the strictest intermational standards at the Danish Technological Institute. The Danish Technological Institute is among Europe’s foremost furniture test labs with state-of-the-art equipment for both European and North American testing standards.
Our test lab is accredited according to EU standards: - Europe: EN domestic and non-domestic
Transparency at our core
At TAKT, we believe transparency is essential to progress. It empowers our users to make informed decisions about the impact of their furniture, and it helps us focus our efforts on continual improvement.
For us, sustainability is not a fixed destination but an ongoing journey. Our goal is to create meaningful and beautiful products and services that minimize our environmental footprint – to be a positive contribution.
TAKT takes a multi-pronged approach to reducing emissions and climate compensating our products.
1. We establish transparency to the carbon footprint during the full life cycle of each of our product. From materials, production, transport, use and disposal.
2. We verify our carbon footprint calculations through an external body. We use the Danish company MÅLBAR for this verification.
3. We continually work to reduce the carbon footprint across all parts of the life cycle.
4. We offset the remaining carbon footprint by investing in activities that directly remove carbon from the atmosphere (not quotas and not indirect emission reductions).
Climate footprint
Explore how the CO2eq impact is mapped in every stage of our product’s life cycle.
Products are still the biggest contributor to our footprint (59%), and therefore our biggest focus.
We continually work to create clarity in the climate footprint of each of our products. We have mapped the CO2eq impact during the entire process from basic materials to production, shipping, daily use and the final disposal after many years of use. This way, you can see the composition of the climate footprint on each of our product pages on our website.
We hope that you will be able to get a broader understanding of the environmental impact of your TAKT furniture. These insights are vital for us to prioritize and direct our efforts towards reducing emissions. As we introduce new initiatives, the calculations on the product pages may be updated to provide you with the most up-to-date information.
Below, you can find an example of a product’s carbon footprint calculations.
Climate footprint measured in kg CO2eq. Calculated according to the PEF standard from the European Commission and verified by Bureau Veritas.
Cross Chair: Oak Matt lacquer
Cross Chair by Pearson Lloyd 2019
Designed to look great from any angle, Cross Chair presents enjoyable details with every view. It has clean lines and a comfortable design The name comes from its cross construction, which is the essence of the chair. Its form gives the ability to be stacked 6 at a time, as well as customised to fit any individual style.
Cross Chair is designed by Pearson Lloyd with a deep respect for the Danish design tradition. We offer a selection of environmentally friendly and traceable upholstery options that align with our commitment to responsible design.
Beech Copper red
Oak Black lacquer
Oak Matt lacquer
Smoked Oak
Beech Chrome green
Material & finish
Soft Chair by Thomas Bentzen
The award winning product Soft Chair by Thomas Bentzen is a modern classic featuring a tight frame with soft back and seat curves. It embodies an honest design language in which all parts are visible and a part of the experience. The result is great comfort and seating ergonomics making for truly delightful experiences.
Soft Chair shows an intelligent application of molded veneer, rendering it like a cloth that surrounds the construction. The double curves serve to strengthen the overall construction.
Smoked oak Oak oil
Oak black lacquer
Material & finish
Soft Lounge Chair by Thomas Bentzen 2020
Soft Lounge Chair brings new levels of comfort and warmth to the Soft series.
Soft Lounge Chair is generous in its character, size and materiality. The soft back and seat curves embodies an honest design language in which all parts are visible and a part of the experience. The result is great comfort and
seating ergonomics that support an indulgent moment of repose This design shows an intelligent application of molded veneer, rendering it like a cloth that surrounds the solid-oak construction. The double curves serve to strengthen the overall construction.
The seat can be customised with leathers from Spoor.
Oak oil Oak black lacquer Material & finish
by Thomas Bentzen 2020
Soft Bench is a familiar form with a versatile sensibility. Its soft curves embody an honest design language in which all parts are visible and a part of the experience.
This design shows an intelligent application of molded veneer, rendering it like a cloth surrounding the construction in oak. Its distinct style arises as an expression of the material used and its properties.
Soft Bench is crafted from oak, a wood species with a beautiful, textured pattern that gives it a distinctive and natural look. Its unpretentious design pairs perfectly with oak, a material whose natural variations between dark and light reflect seasonal changes. The bench’s surface is treated with white-pigmented oil or water-based lacquer. Oil treatments develop a rich patina over time and allow easy surface repairs with sanding and reapplication.
Cross Chair Tube by Pearson Lloyd 2020
Cross Chair Tube is designed by Pearson Lloyd with a deep respect for the Danish design tradition.
Cross Chair Tube shares the same lightweight visual language and assembly method with its predecessor, Cross Chair, but is materially distinct. Where Cross Chair features a frame of solid oak, Cross
Chair Tube incorporates a frame made of recyclable high-pressure steel with a sturdy black powder coating that adds a graphic and elegant expression.
We also offer a selection of environmentally friendly and traceable upholstery options.
Oak Copper red
Oak Iron blue
Oak Black lacquer
Oak Matt lacquer
Smoked Oak
Oak Chrome green
Oak Lichen green
Material & finish
by Pearson Lloyd 2020
Cross Table 75 is a popular addition to the Cross collection. It represents a simple and elegant form and a practical construction with a high understanding of craftsmanship and beauty in its execution.
We have curated a selection of materials and colours that all fit well together. The tabletop comes in three colour variations and in natural oak veneer, so you can make your table naturally blend
in with your personal interior. Central to the Cross Table 75 design is the intuitive assembly process – it can be assembled in minutes with minimal tools and almost no need for instructions.
It is available in one size (75 cm x 75 cm) seating four at dining height The simple design makes it obvious to place several tables side by side if a larger table top is needed. 0751 Deep red nano laminate 0720 Black nano laminate
0752 Light grey nano laminate
Oak Matt lacquer Oak veneer
by Depping & Jørgensen 2020
Good design is in constant conversation with the past, present and future. Arc Chair by Depping & Jørgensen references a classic Danish aesthetic while carefully introducing environmentally focused values and modern craftsmanship. The archetypal unibody section that functions as both back and arm rest is a Danish archetype that dates back more than 200 years and was first inspired by furniture from ancient Greece.
Special attention has been given to the balance of materials in Arc Chair’s design. The slender steel
tubes lend a light, modern and airy appearance to the chair, whereas the wooden seat and back provide warm, tactile comfort at the contact points. The result is a chair that is easy to move around the home, providing a comfortable, familiar seat wherever you need it.
We also offer a selection of environmentally friendly and traceable upholstery options.
& finish
Black tube, Oak oil
Black tube, Beech Black lacquer Material
by Cecilie Manz 2020
Plint is a versatile piece of furniture with the size and shape to cater for several occasions in any room of your home.
Cecilie Manz’s ingenious solution reduces the entire furniture to just two components: tabletop and apron The top and side pieces are cut from a single, flawless piece of oak, which is handselected and cut precisely from timber logs to create the desired surface texture and grain. The finished planks are then machined to ensure the highest possible degree of precision before the leather components are fixed into place. This allows it to be shipped in a nar-
row, completely flat package, and to be delightfully assembled with ease: no need for glue, bolts or screws.
The leather detail is crafted from premium, chrome-free leather sourced from Tärnsjö Garveri, a Swedish tannery specializing in eco-friendly vegetable tanning with bark extracts. The furniture top connects to the legs with leather hinges, while a leather loop on the apron secures through a support aperture with an octagonal wedge. This wedge, inspired by traditional ‘pegged stretcher’ joinery, ensures a stable and robust assembly.
by Pearson Lloyd 2021
Cross Table 120 is the highly request ed addition to the Cross collection. It represents a simple and elegant form and a practical construction with a high understanding of craftsmanship and beauty in its execution.
We have curated a selection of materials and colours that all fit well together. The tabletop comes in three colour variations and in natural oak veneer, so you can make your table naturally blend in with your personal interior. The nano laminate tabletop is hardy and the matt surface is easy
to clean. To extend the lifetime of the table, use a melamine sponge for maintenance and repair of small scratches. In short: a more beautiful and user-friendly surface with longer life
It is available in one size (75 cm x 120 cm) seating six at dining height
Studio Bar Stool by TAKT Studio 2021
Height: 65cm
Studio Bar Stool is designed by TAKT Studio. The gentle handling of the seat adds character while the base of the bent pipe is simple but graphically precise. The position of the footrest helps to form a rhythm in the vertical proportioning. Combine the carefully selected colours and materials to create a Studio Bar Stool that meets all your needs.
Special attention has been given to the balance of materials in Studio Bar Stool’s design. The slender steel tubes lend a light, modern and airy appearance to the bar stool, whereas the wooden seat provides
warm, tactile comfort at the contact point. The result is a bar stool that is easy to move around the home or workspace, providing a comfortable, familiar seat wherever you need it.
We have curated a selection of materials and colours that all fit well together. The seat can be customised with leathers from Spoor or upholsteries from LEAP
The design is available at two seat heights – 75 cm for bars and 65 cm for countertops.
Oak veneer
Smoked oak veneer
Seat
Black oak veneer
Spoor Zea cognac leather
Spoor Zea black leather
LEAP® black
LEAP® cognac
by Pearson Lloyd 2022
Height: 65cm
The Cross Bar Chair embodies the Scandinavian design principles of craft, simplicity and elegance in a design that was circular from the start – environmentally friendly to produce, made to last, easy and intuitive to assemble from flatpack, and properly repairable and recyclable. To create it, Pearson Lloyd took the innovation at the heart of the original design – the eponymous cross structure beneath the seat –and optimised it for bar-stool scale. Cross Bar Chair brings the timeless aesthetic of the Cross design
Height: 75cm
into high seating areas as bars and countertops. The resultant design is available at two seat heights – 75 cm for bars and 65 cm for countertops. Both versions feature a footrest for comfort, a smaller seat and a smaller, lower backrest to accommodate the different way in which people sit on bar stools compared to dining or lounge chairs.
We also offer a selection of environmentally friendly and traceable upholstery options
Cross Bar Chair Tube by Pearson Lloyd 2022
Height: 65cm
Height: 75cm
Cross Bar Chair Tube brings the timeless aesthetic of the Cross design into high seating areas as bars and countertops. The resultant design is available at two seat heights – 75 cm for bars and 65 cm for countertops. Both versions feature a footrest for comfort, a smaller seat and a smaller, lower backrest to accommodate the different way in which people sit on bar stools compared to dining or lounge chairs.
With three timber finishes –matt-lacquered oak, smoked oak and black-lacquered oak.
We also offer optional upholstery materials including textiles from Kvadrat, leathers from Spoor or upholsteries from LEAP
Oak Matt lacquer
Smoked oak
Material & finish
Oak black
Arc Dining Table by Depping & Jørgensen 2022
Arc Dining Table is designed by the Danish design duo Depping & Jørgensen. The table echoes and expands upon the design language of Arc Chair, notably at the meeting point of the tubular steel legs and the oak armrest – a joint mirrored in Arc Dining Table where the leg meets the tabletop.
Created to be a companion to one of TAKT’s most beloved designs, Arc Chair, but compatible with many styles of dining chairs.
Arc Dining Table by Depping & Jorgensen is an elegant and highly versatile addition to the household.
The Arc Dining Table is available with a fixed-size tabletop or extension leaves, allowing for a total length of 158 to 250 cm, seating six up to 12 people This allowes the user to transform the table as the situation – and guest list – demands.
by Pearson Lloyd 2022/2025
Pearson Lloyd’s design takes the lightweight look and elegantly minimal material expression of Cross Chair Tube – with its slim wooden back fitted to parallel tubes of recyclable high-pressure steel – and incorporates the adjustability necessary for a task chair into the wheeled base without compromising its clean and simple appearance.
Special attention has been given to the balance of materials in Cross Task Chair’s design. The slender steel tubes lend a light, modern and airy appearance to the chair, whereas the wooden seat and back
provide warm, tactile comfort at the contact points. The result is a chair that is easy to move around the home, providing a comfortable, familiar seat wherever you need it.
We also offer optional upholstery materials including textiles from Kvadrat, leathers from Spoor or upholsteries from LEAP
Cross Task Chair with armrest launched spring of 2025.
Material & finish
Black tube, Oak Black lacquer
Black tube, Oak oil
Curve Coat Rack by Depping & Jørgensen 2022
Depping & Jørgensen’s Curve Coat Rack is a simple, modern and minimalist hanger that sits as comfortably in a private home as it does in a hotel room.
Conceived to be a handy organiser waiting by the door when you come home – and somewhere to pick up your essentials as you make your way out. An optional – and equally tactile – shelf can be mounted on the rack, allowing the user to divest
themselves of phone, keys, coins and other trappings of the outside world as they return to the house.
Three lengths of rack are available – 30 cm, 60 cm and 90 cm. The optional shelf can be mounted in the center of the rack and is available in the same colours as the coat rack, so you can customise your Curve Coat Rack for your needs.
Oak Japan red lacquer
Oak Matt lacquer
Oak Black blue lacquer
Spoke Sofa by Anderssen & Voll 2023
Three years in the making, born from a desire to bring sustainable think ing to this historically wasteful furni ture category, Spoke Sofa is the first product to emerge from our collab oration with Anderssen & Voll – one of the most accomplished studios in contemporary Scandinavian design.
Every detail has been considered in light of its contribution to the sofa’s circular-design ideal: from easy-toclean surfaces and replaceable parts, to proportions that support multiple uses, and a style and colour palette developed with longevity in mind. With Spoke Sofa, comfort and functionality go hand in hand, creat-
ensures that your seating experience remains consistently comfortable, regardless of how frequently you indulge in moments of relaxation.
We offer a selection of environmentally friendly upholstery options.
Turn Chair by Lysemose & de Gier 2023
Turn Chair’s sunken seat and com forting backrest create a surprisingly homely plywood chair that gives your body a hug. Despite it’s small proposition, Turn Chair by Lysemose & de Gier masters significant ergonomic details and comfort, that turns a wooden chair into a cosy place to feel at home.
Turn Chair is stackable, allowing users to store three chairs in a compact and secure rotating column ready to be deployed for a raucous dinner par-
ty or, perhaps, a first birthday party. The chair’s accommodating design encourages our customers to squeeze another friend around the table.
The chair comes in five colour variations. Turn Chair can also be customised with a variety of Kvadrat wool fabrics, so your chairs will naturally blend in with your personal interior.
Beech Japan red lacquer
Beech Matt lacquer
Beech Black blue lacquer
Beech Copper green lacquer
Beech Sun yellow lacquer
Material
Turn Table by Lysemose & de Gier 2023
Turn Table is sociable and colourful table for small spaces, which are increasingly the reality for urban customers. It presents familiar and natural form, and the round edges encourage conversation and circulation within compact living environments.
The spacious table with a diameter of 89 cm is perfect for gathering, dining, and creating memories. Turn Table’s superellipse shape is neither round nor rectangle, but something in between. Its flowing lines invite movement
and conversation without the rigid hierarchy of an angular setting.
We have curated a selection of colours that all fit well together. The tabletop comes in three colour variations, White, Japan red and Black blue.
Legs come in three color variations and all components are produced in FSC-certified natural beech veneer.
Beech Japan red lacquer
Beech Matt lacquer
Beech Black blue lacquer
Legs
F2005 Japan red
F5323 Black blue
Tabletop
F3091 White
Bow Chair by Sam Hecht & Kim Colin 2024
The Bow Chair by Sam Hecht & Kim Colin is comfortable, visually pleasing and brimming with character. The moulded plywood seat is unusually wide in proportion to its depth and a waterfall edge at the front softens contact with the hamstrings.
The Bow Chair’s seamless and elegant design conceals its ingenious modularity, allowing it to be deliv-
ered as individual components for easy assembly by the customer.
The chair comes in two different laquers. We also offer a selection of environmentally friendly and traceable upholstery options that align with our commitment to responsible design.
Oak Matt lacquer
Oak Black lacquer
Material & finish
Studio Table by TAKT Studio 2025
Height: 74cm
Height: 95cm/105cm
As with our Studio Bar Stool, the Studio Table is a creation of TAKT Studio. Its clean, simple lines are brought to life through the precise graphic clarity of its bent pipe base.
The Studio Table blends versatility with aesthetic harmony, pairing a sleek steel frame for a modern touch with a warm wooden tabletop. Its balanced design suits dining, work, or social spaces effortlessly.
The tabletop is crafted from 16mm chipboard, finished with durable Fenix laminate for a smooth, resilient surface that is both prac-
tical and visually appealing. The frame, made from powder-coated steel, lends a light yet sturdy structure to the design, creating a sleek and modern profile
The Studio Table is available in three heights - 74 cm, 95 cm and 105 cm, making it adaptable to a wide range of spaces and uses. Seating 4-6 people, it functions equally well as a desk or high table.
Pair it with the Studio Bar Stool for a cohesive, elegant design.
Tabletop
Eco System Design Principles
01 Truly useful
The world has too many useless design objects. We believe that before we put another object into the world we have to ask ourselves; Is this really necessary? A new object shall add to what is already there. It can be a new function, a more environmentally friendly way of producing or an improvement of something that we know.
02 Clarity in design
Form and function must be understandable for the user. Clarity in the construction and the way we handle the details is an important part of making long lasting designs.
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Made from good and honest materials that age with beauty and have minimal environmental impact
The ageing of materials is very important for long lasting design. Our furniture is designed and produced to last for many years, and we believe in using only quality natural materials such as wood, leather, wool and steel. If treated well, they will only become more beautiful as they age.
05 Constructed for durability
Good design must be able to withstand the use over time. We always let an independent testing house validate the durability of our furniture according to international standards, and we give an extended warranty of 5 years.
03 Presence and personality
Good design is more than just functionality. It contributes with a positive atmosphere. Design tells us about ourselves, who we are and who we want to be. They set an atmosphere around our lives and contributes to our well-being.
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Traceable and certified manufacturing and material sourcing
As a part of the EU-Ecolabel and FSC® certification our materials and production lives up to the highest international standards.
System Principles
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Packaged for minimal environmental transport impact and damage
All of our furniture are shipped component based as flat packs, which itself is made from recycled materials. We can pack 5-7 more products in the same volume and therefore minimise CO2 emissions during transportation.
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Delightful to assemble by the user
Assembling your new TAKT furniture should be an opportunity to connect with your new piece in a delightful way. You feel the quality of the materials and the dimensions. You understand the joints and the connections. You build an appreciation for the piece of craftsmanship that you acquired.
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Easily repaired by replaceable components
Our component based approach is an important part of being really cyclical and environmentally friendly. If any part for some reason should need replacement, you can order a new part and replace it easily. You don’t have to throw the whole piece out, and you can infinitely maintain your furniture.
Our design principles allow us to consistently focus on the right things as we develop new products. They can act as positive resistances and help unleash creativity in a focused way for designers. It helps us to ensure that the right problems are solved, and that circularity and sustainability become an integrated part of the design.
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Properly recyclable by disassembly into key materials
If you at one point should decide to discard of your piece (not sure why, though) – you can disassemble it into key materials and ensure that each material get recycled or upcycled so the materials can be used again.
Special thanks to
Our Designers
Anderssen & Voll
Oslo-based design studio Anderssen & Voll was founded in 2009 by Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll. The studio has made an impressive contribution to the new wave of Scandinavian design. Anderssen & Voll also collaborates with leading brands in Europe, Japan and North America.
Pearson Lloyd is a London-based design studio and was founded by Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd. For more than 20 their work has been driven by a desire to understand and interpret a world that is experiencing rapid and often unexpected change.
Cecilie Manz
Cecilie Manz’ work within furniture, glass, lighting, and ceramics has received international acclaim and is sold and exhibited all over the world. She is educated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with additional studies at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Thomas Bentzen is a Danish designer working with products characterised by simplicity, rationality and functionality. He explores form and function and the potentials of the materials in his pursuit to design long-lasting and durable products.
Pearson Lloyd
Thomas Bentzen
Designed Soft Series
Designed Plint
Designed Cross Series
Designed Spoke Sofa
Designers
Lysemose & de Gier
Michael Lysemose and Nicolai de Gier met at the Royal Danish Academy, where Michael studied architecture and Nicolai leads the Furniture Design MA. They’ve created designs for churches, museums, and restaurants. Now, they collaborate at TAKT, with Michael as product developer and Nicolai as design director.
Industrial Facility is a London-based studio founded by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin in 2002. Hecht and Colin work for industry in a way that improves everyday design, not by producing something different but rather something better. They aim to design things that will last, be effective and give satisfaction often beyond what is called for by the product and the user.
Central to our philosophy as a furniture company is a circular approach to design, ensuring that each product is not only functional and aesthetically pleasing but also environmentally responsible. This commitment is brought to life by our dedicated designers and craftsmen, whose expertise and creativity make this vision a reality.
Based on the island of Bornholm, Danish designer Line Depping and Jakob Jørgensen have been collaborating since 2010, while maintaining separate practices in design, sculpture and art. Guided by functional possibilities and inspired to explore different materials and structures, their creative process begins with experimentation in the workshop, and ends with simple, straightforward design solutions, perfectly tailored to situation and setting, and imbued with sculptural beauty.
