Onecollection has all the hallmarks of a classic start-up, from its beginnings in a cramped headquarters in co-founder Henrik Sørensen’s mother’s basement to its time in an old van. Out of these modest beginnings, Sørensen and co-founder Ivan Hansen earned the exclusive rights to produce the late Danish modern designer Finn Juhl’s work and now provide design solutions for many institutions, including the United Nations in New York City and the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing.
The early years were not easy financially for Hansen and Sørensen and they stretched what they had to get the most out of it. They used a finicky van to service their operations, including their first small series of furniture and candleholders. The venture earned enough to replace the van and enter the company’s work into the international market at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair in 1991. Their stand was a combination of wood and sand built by Hansen’s father. The fair was the first major collaboration between Hansen and Sørensen and furniture designer Søren Holst. Holst served as a mentor for years, and the trio has had a fruitful partnership.
The pair has also worked with Henrik Tengler, a designer from north of Copenhagen, who partnered with them to produce his conference chair. The office chair sold over 50,000 units and solidified a relationship in which Tengler assists with ongoing projects.
Onecollection is now a worldwide recognized brand with its Salto & Sigsgaard council chair used in the Finn Juhl Chamber at the United Nations in New York and on the new campus of the University of Oxford. Other recent projects include furnishings for a hospital in Gødstrup, Denmark, and the Brewer’s Yard for the New Carlsberg Foundation in Copenhagen.
On 1stDibs, find Onecollection’s innovative seating, storage and case pieces and tables.
$3,688Sale Price / item|20% Off
Henrik Tengler, HT 2012 Black Leather Time Chair by One Collection
By Henrik Tengler, Onecollection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The time chair is a dynamic and comfortable conference chair designed by Henrik Tengler in 2012. The chair is purposely designed not to follow current trend...
Steel
$495Sale Price / item|20% Off
Erla Sólveig Óskarsdóttir, EO 5400 White Stackable Bessi Chair by One Collection
By Onecollection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bessi chair is a light, stackable chair designed by the Icelandic designer Erla Sólveig Óskarsdóttir in 2000. The compact, yet feather light, expression of Bessi chair unites minima...
Steel
$2,693Sale Price / item|20% Off
Henrik Tengler, HT 2012 Black Upholstery Time Chair by One Collection
By Henrik Tengler, Onecollection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The time chair is a dynamic and comfortable conference chair designed by Henrik Tengler in 2012. The chair is purposely designed not to follow current trend...
Steel
Nanna Ditzel & Jørgen Ditzel, Red Dennie Chair by One Collection
By Onecollection, Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
One collection has relaunched the easy chair, Dennie, which was designed by Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel in 1956 for Fritz Hansen. The Dennie chair is nicely complemented by a footstool a...
Steel
$4,039Sale Price / item|20% Off
Henrik Tengler, HT 2014 Brown Leather Time Chair by One Collection
By Onecollection, Henrik Tengler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The tme chair is a dynamic and comfortable conference chair designed by Henrik Tengler in 2012. The chair is purposely designed not to follow current trends. Instead its aesthetic resembles the cosmopolitan functionalism of the Bauhaus period. Henrik Tengler has achieved this by incorporating an open steel frame and adding rm cushions. The 12 mm steel tube construction of the chair ensures unbeatable strength in spite of the delicate expression of the chair. Furthermore, the oversized cushions create a titillating exchange between the carrying and carried elements of the chair. Lastly, time and effort has gone into shaping every detail of the chair, giving it a highly exclusive feel. The chair allows for dynamic use and positions by responding to your movements. With clever features and ergonomic support, the time chair...
Steel
Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard, KT 8013 Leather Council Chair by One Collection
By Kasper Salto, Onecollection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The Council chair was designed in 2011 by Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard for the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. The chair is well-thought out, ...
Leather, Wood
Black Leather Le Corbusier Chair LC1 by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage LC1 black leather chair designed by Le Corbusier circa 1928's and manufactured by Cassina in 1990's. Engraved serial umber 46639, Le Corbusier signature and Cassina mark. Ver...
Chrome
$360
H 32.68 in W 16.93 in D 15.75 in
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Stick Back Chair by Thomas Harlev
By Farstrup, Thomas Harlev
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Stick Back chair by Thomas Harlev, black stain beech. New edition. Architect Thomas Harlev belonged to a group of Dan...
Beech
$2,698
H 42.92 in W 23.63 in D 24.41 in
George Smith Buttoned Side Occasional Office Desk Chair Brown Leather
By George Smith
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning RRP £4,170 George Smith buttoned Gainsborough side chair in brown leather with mahogany frame This is a very well made...
Leather
$5,250
H 36 in W 26.5 in D 28 in
Eames Time Life Chair in Eggplant Leather for Herman Miller, 1985 USA
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Eames Time Life swivel chair in Eggplant leather with a dark purple powder coated aluminum frame. Incredible color and condition to leather and aluminum frame. All original w...
Aluminum
Thonet Softec Stacking Chairs by David Rowland
By David Rowland
Located in Tucson, AZ
Chairs feature David Rowland's patented "Soflex" seat and back in original school bus color vinyl plastisol on tubular chrome frame. - Soflex is a material invented by Rowland in 1973 in which sinuous metal springs are dipped in vinyl plastisol. When cured, the plastisol hardens and holds the springs together, forming a thin, open-mesh, resilient seating material. It is easy to see Rowland's design beginning as early as 1952 with his "Transparent Chair" for The No-Sag Spring Company of Detroit and his 1957 Zig Zag Cantilever Chair. The Softec Chair...
Steel, Wire
Spun Rotating Chair by Thomas Heatherwic for MAGIS
By Magis, Thomas Heatherwick
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Not just a new seat, a new concept in seating and sitting: Spun. Its harmonious, dynamic and perfectly symmetric shape is reminiscent of a cotton reel, a top that spins on its axis o...
Plastic
Eames Time Life Chair in Black Leather for Herman Miller, 1980s USA
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Eames Time Life swivel chair in black leather for Herman Miller. Original black leather with wear as shown. Extremely comfortable and worn in. Chair swivels. Chair reclines. ...
Aluminum
Henrik Tengler Armchairs, Model Chairman
By Henrik Tengler
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Henrik Tengler armchairs in steel and backrest of ash. New upholstered with black aniline leather. Made by Hansen & Sørensen.
Stainless Steel
The Thomas Hope Chair
Located in Banbury, GB
A very rare recently found design klismos chair undoubtedly from the Thomas Hope Design book. The concave backs with very unusual reeded decoration, the splat with incised carved rou...
Wood
$4,130 / set
H 33 in W 17.5 in D 18.5 in
Vintage Black Hitchcock Chairs, Three Side Chairs, One Armed Chair
By Lambert Hitchcock
Located in Louisville, KY
These L. Hitchcocks chairs are as one would expect coming from Hitchcock, simply splendid. With their signature black painted finish and gold stencil work overall, the age, patina an...
Rush, Wood, Paint
Galva Steel Outdoor Chairs by Atelier Thomas Serruys
Located in Geneve, CH
Galva steel outdoor chairs by Atelier Thomas Serruys Dimensions: H 46cm, W 43cm, D 65cm Materials: Galvanized steel. Steel chair made o...
Steel
Eames Time Life Chair in Grey Leather for Herman Miller, 1980s
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Eames Time Life chair for Herman Miller in light grey leather with a polished aluminum frame and legs made in Los Angeles, CA. Originally designed in 1960 by Charles and Ray Eames for use in the lobby of the Time Life building in New York. Recently re-upholstered in gray leather, in-keeping with the color and integrity of other Time-life models. Some slight blemishes to the aluminum frame in-keeping with age. Chair's height and recline is fully adjustable and also swivels 360 degrees. Timeless chair. In 1972, the Time-life chair made the news when notoriously fussy chess genius Bobby Fischer included this chair among his many demands for his legendary 1972 world championship match with Russian master...
Aluminum
Finn Juhl '45' Armchair in Walnut
By Onecollection, Finn Juhl
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Finn Juhl for One Collection, armchair '45', walnut and light brown leather, Denmark, design 1945, recent production. This armchair by Finn Juhl is executed in walnut and light br...
Leather, Walnut
Nanna Ditzel & Jørgen Ditzel, Red Dennie Chair by One Collection
By Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel, Onecollection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
One collection has relaunched the easy chair, Dennie, which was designed by Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel in 1956 for Fritz Hansen. The Dennie chair is nicely c...
Steel