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Notes from Copenhagen.

Dispatches from the studio — on design, quiet machines, and staying cool up north.

Why the Nordics never got air conditioning

Fewer than one in ten homes here has AC. The reasons made sense in 1985 — they don't anymore.

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38 decibels: engineering the sound of quiet

Quiet isn't the absence of engineering. It's most of it.

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Why we built the grille from solid ash

Plastic is easier, cheaper, and lighter. We chose wood anyway.

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