Kay Xander MellishExpert on Danish business culture

Danish design: Are these graphics really 100 years old? #howtoliveindenmark #svenbrasch #silentfilm

27 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Kay Xander Mellish explores Sven Brasch, a Danish designer who created striking silent-film posters in the 1920s that still look modern today. Brasch was famous early on, then forgotten for decades as design trends changed. His work is now being rediscovered and sold commercially.

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Hi, I'm Kay Xander Mellish, and I want to show you my favorite Danish designer, Sven Brasch. Sven was a movie poster artist, and these movies that he made posters from were in the 1920s, so they were silent movies, but the graphics still look so contemporary and fresh even though they're 100 years old. Sven was a big celebrity in his day. He had big museum exhibits just of his movie posters, and he even acted in some silent movies himself. But fashions changed and he was forgotten for decades. Now he's back trendy again and you can buy his posters. I even have a couple in my house, and it's because his design is so classic and cool. I think he's great.