The No1 Common exhibition
Designed by KUF Studios, the multidisciplinary practice of Danish designer Kia Utzon-Frank, the No.1 Common exhibition was built using offcuts from the production of the pieces on display – thereby demonstrating the amount of material typically discarded in furniture-making – and designed to be disassembled and reused with minimal intervention in future design projects.
The exhibition space drew inspiration from timberyards, forests, and workshops, environments where raw material, process, and function coexist. Using stacking methods used in timber drying, visual markers from the yard such as ratchet straps and crayon marks, and structures that echo the simplicity of tools and jigs, the setting invited visitors to wander, explore, and reflect.