Hee Welling's seating collection is based on very simple chairs that he has perfected in every detail, improving the design and simplifying the shapes. He began by creating a light chair with sleek and timeless lines that allow it to fit into any type of space. The chair has a playful profile this does not override its functionality. The Hee chair and bar stool are coated in a specially designed outdoor, weather-resistant paint, allowing them to be used in a garden as well as inside the house in the dining room or kitchen.
Hee Welling was born in 1974, studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki and holds a master's degree in furniture design from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He set up his studio in Copenhagen in 2003 and now works in the fields of furniture, interiors, lighting and industrial design. The studio works with leading national and international manufacturers. Its products have been exhibited at fairs and museums around the world. Hee has won numerous awards, including the BoBedre design prize (Denmark) and the Good Design Award (USA). He also features in the list of the most popular designers. Hee Welling products have been used in a variety of interiors around the world, including the Oslo Opera House, the Australian Parliament, Amazon headquarters, Danish national television, the Astrup Fearnley Museum, Beats by Dre headquarters and the Danish Parliament. In addition to his own studio, he is also a partner in the Welling / Ludvik design studio, alongside Icelandic designer Gudmundur Ludvik. The collaboration began in 2010, and since then the duo have created industrial design furniture for a number of national and international brands. Hee Welling's creations are inspired by the tradition of Scandinavian design, expressed in simple, functional and refined lines. Form, function and respect for the environment are all important in his work. In 2004, the Danish brand HAY produced the Hee series, which includes a chair, an armchair and a stool, as well as the famous AAC chair - About A Chair - in 2010.
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HAY
Hay, the iconic brand of Danish design, founded in 2002, is now a key reference in contemporary Scandinavian furniture. By collaborating with renowned designers such as Hee Welling and the brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Hay Design offers iconic creations such as the About a Chair collection and the outdoor range Palissade, which perfectly embody the spirit of Scandinavian design furniture.