Influenced by the German Bauhaus school, many Danish designers used the new industrial technologies, combined with ideas of simplicity and functionalism to design buildings, furniture and household objects, many of which have become iconic and are still in use and production.
Under indflydelse af den tyske bauhausskole brugte mange danske designere nye industrielle teknologier kombineret med ideer om simpelhed og funktionalisme til at designe bygninger, møbler og husholdningsgenstande, hvoraf mange er blevet ikoniske og stadig er i produktion.