Aggebo & Henriksen

Mathilde Aggebo and Julie Henrik­sen are among Denmark’s most inno­v­a­tive and concep­tu­ally driven textile design­ers, known for their distinc­tive blend of system­atic design processes and bold visual story­telling. Collab­o­rat­ing since 1991, the duo has earned wide­spread recog­ni­tion for their ability to trans­form every­day elements into extra­or­di­nary design expressions.

Educated at Denmark’s School of Design, Aggebo & Henrik­sen approach their work with a method­i­cal yet exper­i­men­tal sensi­bil­ity, often magni­fy­ing fine details to strik­ing effect. Their work spans a variety of disci­plines — from stage curtains and inte­rior textiles to large-scale instal­la­tions — and is guided by a shared belief that good design chal­lenges percep­tion and invites new ways of seeing.

One of their most notable projects is the stage curtain for the Queen’s Hall in the Royal Danish Library’s ​‘Black Diamond’ exten­sion. Here, frag­ments of Hans Chris­t­ian Andersen’s hand­writ­ten manu­scripts — discov­ered during research — were digi­tally printed on Kvadrat’s Divina fabric, merging histor­i­cal context with contemporary design.

Awarded multi­ple grants from the Danish State Art Foun­da­tion and featured in promi­nent exhi­bi­tions such as the Char­lot­ten­borg Spring and Autumn Exhi­bi­tions, Aggebo & Henrik­sen continue to rede­fine the bound­aries of textile design through work that is both thought-provok­ing and materially rich.