J
ust when you think you have Scandinavian
style down pat, Tina Seidenfaden Busck
comes along to change your perception.
She imbues her own distinctive version
of Danish design with bold colour, tactile
pattern and a touch of folk sensibility. Her vision
is a kaleidoscopic collection of juxtaposed design
and her philosophy is intensely personal — a true
curator if ever there was one.
With a discerning eye and an illustrious career at
galleries including Andersen’s Contemporary and
auction house Sotheby’s behind her, Seidenfaden
Busck founded The Apartment in Copenhagen in- Her ‘shop the home’ concept of carefully curated
art, design and furniture was a revolution in retail
— much admired, and emulated, worldwide.
Always innovating, Seidenfaden Busck’s most
recent project, an accommodation concept two
floors up from the store that started it all, offers two
bedrooms, both complete with English 19th-century
iron beds, a central sunny space overlooking the
canal, drawing room with a selection of books to
peruse, colourful kitchenette, and bathroom clad
in swirly green Swedish marble.
Seidenfaden Busck and her family reside on the
level between the gallery store and accommodation
in the 1750 building in the historic district of
Christianshavn. “My husband’s family has been based
in this building for two generations,” she says. “I like
the diversity, from the infamous Freetown Christiania
to top restaurants such as Noma, Christianshavn is
like its own village within the city.” This diversity ››
“I believe that my aesthetic expression
derives from mixing MATERIALS, tactility,
colours, periods and places of origin”
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