Wall unit ‘Cado’ by Poul Cadovius
3-Bay teak wall unit, designed by Poul Cadovius and produced in his own Cado factory in Hillerød, Denmark, during the 1960’s. This is the special system with teak wooden supports under the shelves. The system consists of four original teak wood floating supports, a big 4-drawer cabinet, a storage cabinet with sliding doors and simple shelving inside. The 46 cm shelf makes for a comfortable small desk. There’s six shelves with a depth of 22 cm and a shelf of 25 cm. This whole wall unit is in very good condition. All elements got the ‘made in Denmark’ imprint on the back, a trademark for the Cado series. You can organise all elements differently or expand this system later on, as the Cado system is completely modular.
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W: 240 cm
D: 48 cm
H: 202,5 cm
Weight: approx. 60 kilo
Material: Teak, teak veneer
Originally trained as a saddler and upholsterer, Poul Cadovius (Denmark, 1911-2011) started working in traditional design. He later focused more on industrial design as he saw greater opportunities in this to innovate and impact modern life. His minimalist aesthetic is considered a perfect marriage between form and function. His style is industrial and organic, affordable and elegant, all at the same time.
“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 instead 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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