A short list of things worth keeping
Halde makes everyday objects in Copenhagen: stoneware, linen, wool, oak and paper.
We began in 2011 in a former grain loft on Refshaleøen, where the rent was low and the light was good. The first product was a 300ml stoneware mug with a low centre of gravity, made because nobody we knew owned a mug they actually liked. A café on Strandgade took twelve, and the loft has been a workshop ever since.
The catalogue has grown slowly and on purpose. We keep to six materials so that we can know each of them properly: stoneware thrown outside Rønne on Bornholm, linen woven in Kaunas, wool spun from Gotland fleece, oak from managed forests in Jutland, paper folded here in the loft, and organic cotton knitted in Portugal. Nine workshops in all, every one of which we have stood in.
We do not run seasons or sales, and we do not design to a trend calendar. A piece stays in the catalogue until we find something honestly better, and while it is there we keep the spare parts for it - lampshades, cords, lids, buttons. If something breaks, write to us before you replace it. More often than not we can fix it or send the missing part.
- Founded in Copenhagen
- 2011Founded in Copenhagen
- Products in the catalogue
- 40Products in the catalogue
- Workshops we work with
- 9Workshops we work with
A short history
2011
The grain loft
Halde opens on Refshaleøen with one product: a 300ml stoneware mug.
2015
Bornholm
All stoneware moves to a pottery outside Rønne, fired with a local clay body.
2019
Linen from Kaunas
A Lithuanian mill begins weaving our washed linen from European flax.
2024
Spare parts
Every piece in the catalogue gets a stocked parts list and a repair address.
What we hold to
Named makers
Every piece lists the workshop that made it and the town it came from.
Spare parts kept
Shades, cords, buttons and lids stay in stock while a piece is in the catalogue.
Plain packaging
Unbleached paper and board. No plastic, no foam, no printed inserts.
What customers say
“I bought four mugs in 2018. They go in the dishwasher every day and the glaze still looks the way it did in the shop.”
“The throw arrived creased and unironed, with a note explaining that linen is meant to look like that. It was right.”
Six letters a year
What came out of the kiln, what we retired, and how to look after what you already own.