Photographer: Stefan Leth – Leaff Studios

The Dana Collection was a collaboration between the Alexander Rose in-house design team and American designer, Seth Alguire.

This hardwood Teak collection consists of a lounge set and two dining sets paying homage to the beautiful Mid Century Danish designs of the 20th Century. The Dana lounge set creates a stylish seating area for up to four people, combining the Dana sofa and two lounge chairs.

The design team spent many months on intricate construction details, to make this traditionally handcrafted furniture using modern machining methods. This range uses FSC Teak from sustainable forests and the shaping of every single component has been carefully considered for its structural integrity to create this lightweight slender design. The tapered legs have round tenons taken through the top of the arms and finished with dark wood wedges as a traditional feature. The seat cushions are made from Kvadrat fabric – an excellent quality fabric which has deep roots in Scandinavia’s world-famous design tradition.

As well as the lounge set, Alexander Rose is launching Dana Dining, with a generous 2.7m 8/10-seater dining set and for smaller spaces, a 1m square 4-seater set. The armchair compliments the lounge chair with its sweeping arm to back curvaceous form. The seat pad is woven in a traditional basket style, using 4mm round twisted Olefin cord, in a natural colour and suitable for outdoor use.

Mid Century Danish Design has made a revival over the last few years and the timeless Scandinavian designs are appreciated for their simplicity and beauty as much now as when they were introduced last century.