White, Light, Wood — an exhibition by Blēo and John Pawson at the Dinesen Apartment

Now open at the Dinesen Apartment, Søtorvet 5 in Copenhagen.
3daysofdesign - June 18-20, 2025. Over the next three days, visitors are invited into a calm and quietly immersive space where colour, material, and light meet.

Presented within the serene architecture of the Dinesen Apartment — designed by John Pawson himself — the exhibition explores the sensory potential of Whitescale, a palette of 14 nuanced tones developed by Pawson for Blēo. Each tone is rooted in a natural reference, from dried cotton and birch bark to marble and chalk, and together they form a subtle, refined material narrative. “What interests me is not the colour white as a single idea,” says John Pawson, “but the multiplicity within it — how different shades shift in dialogue with light, shadow, and surface.”

Set against the expressive grain and tactility of Dinesen wood, the exhibition becomes a quiet meditation on restraint and richness. It’s a shared investigation into atmosphere — how pale tones, natural materials, and architectural light can shape the mood of a space. "The Whitescale palette naturally extends our collaboration with John Pawson and Dinesen,” notes Blēo, “creating a quiet dialogue between nuanced tones and wood surfaces.”

For Dinesen, the exhibition reflects a continuation of a longstanding relationship: “This is an exploration of how colour and wood can interact in a space defined by presence and simplicity — shaped by shared values and deep material understanding.”