Wall unit by Poul Cadovius
Three bay walnut wall unit, designed by Poul Cadovius and produced in his own Cado factory in Hillerød, Denmark, during the 1960’s. The system consists of four original wood floating supports, a desk cabinet, a cabinet with 3 drawers, a glass sliding doors display cabinet. The shelves included have different depths: a 31 cm deep slanted magazine shelf, one shelf with a 30 cm depth, one of 24 cm and three shelves of 20 cm. All elements bear the makers’ label ‘Made in Denmark’ imprinted on the back. All messing coloured brackets are included in the price. The whole system is in an excellent condition.
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Poul Cadovius was born on january 27 of 1911 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Originally trained as a saddler and upholsterer, he started working in traditional design. He later focused more on industrial design as he saw greater oppurtinities in this to innovate and impact modern life. His minimalistic aesthetic is considered a perfect marriage between form and function—industrial and organic, affordable and elegant.
“Most of us live on the bottom of a cube”, Poul Cadovius claimed. “If we put the walls even with the floor, we get a lot of space to live on” it was this idea that lead to the development of his revolutionary Royal wall unit system in 1948.
This design was revolutionary in that it utilized wall-mounted brackets, allowing the shelves to “float” and maximizing available floor space. It was one of the first of its kind and set the stage for the modular furniture movement that would define the post-war era. The Royal System (1948) shelving unit went on to win the gold medal at the Finland Furniture Fair in 1950 and silver medal at the XI Triennale di Milano 1957 and remained a hallmark of midcentury modern design throughout the 1950s and ‘60s.
In the 1960’s Cadovius came up with another line of wall units: the Cado System, with wooden corners supporting the shelves in stead of metal brackets. Since 1967 this luxurious line was produced in Cadovius own ‘Cado’ factory that he took over from France and Son. Although this was one of the first teak production facilities of industrial size in Denmark with over 300 employees, Cado became a household design name and the company worked with some of the country’s most famous designers like Arne Vodder, Grete Jalk and Finn Juhl.
Although his best selling products were unmistakenly his wall units, Cadovius patented over 400 designs in his life, from dining chairs to polyester mushroom shaped bus stands. Cadovius passed away in 2011 at the age of 99, leaving us with a true legacy of beautiful Danish design.
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