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From Farm to Fashion Week: Recrafted with Purpose

Design Preowned and Spoor have joined forces to launch a fully traceable furniture showcase during Copenhagen Fashion Week. This iconic Hans Wegner chair has been recrafted and reupholstered using premium leather that was rejected during quality control – not wasted, but revalued. With 100% traceability from the farm to the final frame, this is circular design at its best.

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The Journey: Step-by-Step Process

OUR TRACEABLE PRODUCTION

THE CHAIRS

DPO recover vintage furniture with architectural and design merit, like these original Hans Wegner chairs sourced from a Danish hotel. Each frame is selected for longevity and character - ready to be recrafted, not discarded.

THE LEATHER

SPOORs leather originates from locally-owned Scandinavian farms focused on animal welfare and sustainability. Every hide is individually tagged and can be traced back to the specific animal.

SPOOR TRACEABILITY

At SPOORs tanneries, hides undergo traditional, eco-conscious processing. This batch was rejected during final QC due to minor aesthetic flaws -but instead of being wasted, it is rescued and logged by Spoor’s traceability system.

REUPHOLSTERY

The next chapter begins with reupholstery and recrafting. Using Spoor’s traceable second-quality leather - originally rejected due to minor visual imperfections - we hand-finish each chair, extending its life by 20–30 years while preserving its timeless design story.

ON-CHAIN DATA

Each finished piece is quality-checked, tagged, and linked to a public on-chain record detailing sourcing, materials, craftsmanship, and environmental footprint - giving our clients and end-users full transparency.

OUR GOAL

Spoor and Design Preowned are on a mission to make circular furniture the new standard – not the exception.

By uniting repurposed materials and traceable leather with on-chain data, we enable low-impact choices with full data transparency.

STEP 1 - SOURCING THE FRAME

We locate discarded and vintage chairs from private homes, businesses, and auctions – carefully selecting each piece for its design value and structural quality. For this SPOOR & DPO Copenhagen Fashion Week partnership, we sourced 50 original Hans Wegner chairs from a Danish hotel undergoing renovation. The chairs were acquired, quality-checked, and transported to our Copenhagen facility, ready to begin their next life.

STEP 2 - SOURCING THE LEATHER

SPOORs leather originates from locally-owned Scandinavian farms focused on animal welfare and sustainability.

Every hide is individually tagged and can be traced back to the specific animal, farm and other very extensive data

STEP 3 - SPOOR TRACEABILITY

This leather batch failed final quality inspection due to minor natural marks – making it unsuitable for Spoor’s core product line, but ideal for recrafting projects. furniture production use.

Even second-hand, the leather retains its traceability. Each hide is processed through SPOORs tanneries using sustainable methods. Every piece is scanned, tracked, and recorded – creating a data trail from farm to finish.

STEP 4 - DPO WAREHOUSE

The furniture renovating happens here with workers possessing craftsmanship skills from a great tradition and long history in furniture making.

We check each step throughout including fitting tests and ensure the highest standards when it comes to providing genuine quality furniture with premium leather upholstery.

Many details, taking care of upholstery work and crafts, along with handmade finishing touches are designed with precision. Our dedicated workers take care of the design and bring creative ideas to life.

STEP 5 - THE FURNITURE

After a successful quality check, The chair is ready for final inspection that checks for defects to ensure the quality that we are proud of.

Each piece of furniture is carefully wrapped and packed in our protective packaging, ensuring that the size and everything is correct.

Final shipping and setting up our pop up stand at Copenhagen Fashion Week so you can enjoy sitting on a chair which has been saved, recrafted and all ina fully traceable way demostrating that why buy new when you can have something much better and with a rich history.