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Senin, 08 April 2013

The Well known Danish Designers

By Eric Jacobsen


The ground stone for Scandinavian design was laid around the 1950s (Scandinavia is the term used to describe these countries as a whole: Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland). In this period design was characterized by minimalism, functionalism and simplicity. The ideological background was that everyday objects should not be solely for the rich and wealthy, but for everyone. Unfortunately, many of the designs from this period came to be quite expensive due to high quality and production costs.

Today a lot of Scandinavian furniture and other objects from the 1950's are enjoying a revival. Some of the most famous designers and designs today are:

Arne Jacobsen. Arne Jacobsen had been a designer of The Academy of Fine Arts within Copenhagen, Denmark and also has created almost everything from cutlery to buildings. A good example of this is actually his design of the Royal SAS Radisson Hotel within Copenhagen. Here, Arne Jacobsen additionally did the inside design and also created popular furnishings such as The Swan Chair as well as The Egg Chair.

Poul M. Volther had been a furniture craftsman plus has developed a great deal of wooden furniture mainly recognized within Denmark. Internationally Poul M. Volther is mainly noted for his stunning Corona Chair.

Hans J. Wegner was also originally a furniture craftsman. Later on he came to work for Arne Jacobsen and also Erik Moeller. Later Wegner started off his own studio, where his principal focus was developing chairs. Certainly one of his most regarded chair could be the Ox Chair as well as the Y-Chair.

Poul Kjaerholm. Not long after Poul Kjaerholm finished his studies as a furniture architect his work became well known. The PK22 is Poul Kjaerholms most known chair. This chair also won the prestigious Lunning Prize in 1958.

Poul Henningsen studied to be an architect but never finished his studies. This never quite made a difference. Today Poul Henningsen is better known as PH and well known for his wide range of lamps for example the Artichoke and Contrast lamp.

Verner Panton also worked as an architect for Arne Jacobsen. Verner Panton was the outsider in Scandinavian design both in regards to colors, form and material. Verner Panton was very inspired of the new industrial production at that time and what this form of production could be used for when designing furniture and other interior. Today Verner Panton is mostly known for his Globe and Panthella lamps.

Kay Bojesen is actually a little different from most designers within the 50's as he wasn't an architect neither a furniture craftsman however a silversmith. Even so Kay Bojesen is mainly recognized these days for his manufacture of wooden toys. Kay Bojesen is probably the one designer which mainly lived up to the functionalistic perspective of offering gorgeous everyday objects for everybody.




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