There’s nothing like a good museum café, and Copenhagen is having a moment thanks to chef Frederik Bille Brahe. It started when Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the museum of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, asked Bille Brahe to bring their cafe space back to life. He did, with Apollo & Bar and Kantine, which opened last year. Now he’s at it again, this time with Kafeteria at the Statens Museum for Kunst, the National Gallery of Denmark. Designed with Vietnamese-Danish artist Danh Vo as “an everyday art piece” the café is equipped with Dinesen floors, Noguchi light sculptures, and furniture from Poul M. Volther, Nanna Ditzel, and Enzo Mari’s 1974 Autoprogettazione collection. Time to book a ticket to Copenhagen.
Above: The room is renovated with Dinesen GrandOak wide plank flooring; statues from the Royal Cast Collection of the museum were integrated into the space. Above: Most of the furniture at Kafeteria is from Italian designer Enzo Mari’s 1974 Autoprogettazione collection of DIY furniture. Autoprogettazione dining tables are accompanied by Sedia 1 Chairs for Artek and vintage Poul M. Volther Spindle-Backed J46 Chairs. Overhead are Noguchi Akari Light Sculptures 30P, 31N, L5, and L8.
Above: Built-in benches are designed with Kvadrat Hallingdal 65 upholstery (in color 0596) by Nanna Ditzel.
Above: A collection of palms potted in large terra cotta planters.
Above: The walls and ceiling arch of the cafe have perforated white paneling. Shown here at the dining table to the right are Nanna Ditzel 1962 Toadstools in black and oiled oak. For more from Frederik Bille Brahe in Copenhagen see our posts:
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