Meik Wiking

When, in the evening, from the top of a tram car, you look into all the homes on the first floor, you shudder at how dismal people’s homes are. Furniture, style, carpets – everything in the home is unimportant, compared to the positioning of the lighting.

Poul Henningsen (1894–1967), ‘On Light’

When, in the evening, from the top of a tram car, you look into all the homes on the first floor, you shudder at how dismal people’s homes are. Furniture, style, carpets – everything in the home is unimportant, compared to the positioning of the lighting.

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet,’ and I think his point applies to hygge as well.