@jon_5912Mr. Bernays’ bio is quite interesting.  The comments under the “Philosophy” heading have present day implications.

I believe the motif is called Danish Modern.  Being neither Danish nor modern I am under qualified to comment their esthetics.

But, B&O has designed some of the most beautiful pieces ever created to play music.  I have a couple of non-functionial Beocenters in my storage loft that I’ve considered hanging on the walls of my listening room as wall art.

@roxy54 i’ve always respected B&Os ability to produce works of art that play music.  When we were a B&O dealer way back when, we unapologetically made the customer aware that a good potion of their investment was in the esthetics of the product.  This aligned with a buyers taste and priorities, or it didn’t.   I’m sure the Beolab 90s are no exception.  
If the speakers are/were a commercial success, that answers a few questions about their value proposition.

This also brings up the classic "Chicken and Egg" question.

Did the industrial designers develop a piece of art, present it to the engineers and say: "Here, make it play music"? Or, did the engineers develop their idea of the "ultimate B&O speaker", hand the design off the the industrial designers and say: "Okay, do your thing. Just don’t mess up the sound"?
I’m thinking the latter. The appearance of the speaker is most likely driven by the acoustical objectives of the speaker.  It "looks like it looks" from a functional perspective -- the packaging dictates its "unusual" appearance.

@sfgak good one 😀