When we featured the rental of Kasia Sznajder and Fred Aartun in Liseleje, Denmark, the two were on the edge of launching their now functioning gallery project, aarticles. Their summerhouse, affectionately named The Pine House 1970, quickly became a staging ground for curated objects and rare finds as the project evolved. So too is their Copenhagen apartment, their primary residence in a city where Kasia and Fred have lived and worked for over a decade. With aarticles, Kasia, a brand strategist, and Fred, Head of Creative at Frama, have turned away from the newly designed products emerging from the Copenhagen brands they support and inward toward contemporary art and found objects, selected through a shared field of observation. They cite influences including Georgia O’Keeffe, J.B. Blunk, Lina Bo Bardi, and Isamu Noguchi, bringing a unique blend of references to a European audience.
Fred has lived in the apartment, located just near the canals of Christianshavn, for over six years—having first discovered it when friends hosted a photoshoot there and later connected him with the owners. Three years later, Kasia moved in and promptly updated the kitchen (she formerly worked with Danish kitchen company Reform). The 775-square-foot apartment is equal parts container for daily life and, since launching aarticles, a modular studio space—a testing ground for how individual pieces interact. “We see the apartment as a backdrop for the things we collect, so we love to move everything around quite often. It’s a space that easily allows for change—for us to be modular and to experiment,” Fred explains. “Now that we have started aarticles, it’s constantly filled with new art and design pieces. That constant movement and redecorating ensures we never grow tired of the space.”
Photographs by Fred Aartun, except where noted.
Above: The second-floor apartment includes two bedrooms, a living space, a small bathroom, kitchen, and balcony. A FLOS Toio Light designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. On the wall is a piece by Australian artist Anna Fielder. 
Above: aarticles is a distinctly modern gallery—an archival-minded project translating the quality of old museum systems, catalogs, and books into a digital marketplace. A the forefront of the displayed pieces is a found sculpture from the 1950s-70s by Swedish sculptor Sven Olsson. 
Above: On a bench sits the stoneware Raised Vessel III by Kasia herself, available through aarticles, and the copper and brass leaf Container 1 by Korean artist Yeodong Yun. Also shown here is a woven bamboo basket from Taiwan. 
Above: The couple appreciates the historic qualities that remain—original ceiling moldings and solid wood floors, where, as Fred notes, “you can really see the marks of time.” A corner display comprised of a Noguchi Akari 26N Lamp, and a found terracotta vessel from Chianti, Italy. 
Above: The dining table is the Frama Farmhouse Trestle Table in Oak paired with a Frama Chair 01 and the Frama Folding Flat Chair in Ash Black Birch. On the table is the Necked Vessel I by Kasia.
