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SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN AND WWII

February 8th, 2009

Scandinavian Modern seems to have exploded onto the American market and throughout the rest of Western Europe post-WWII, however, the […]

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Scandinavian Modern Designer – Bruno Mathsson

February 8th, 2009

BRUNO MATHSSON1907 – 1988 Like many designs during the Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern movement, Bruno Mathsson’s chairs took an organic form. […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Grete Jalk

February 7th, 2009

GRETE JALK1920 – Described by a Danish critic in 1960 as a fine example of “the strong weaker sex,” Grete […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Jens Risom

February 7th, 2009

JENS RISOM1916 – Jens Risom studied under Kaare Klint at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1935 […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Nanna Ditzel

February 7th, 2009

NANNA DITZEL1923 – 2005 While studying furniture design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, she collaborated with […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Finn Juhl

February 7th, 2009

FINN JUHL1912 – 1989Under his father’s insistence, Finn Juhl attended the Architecture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Hans Wegner

February 7th, 2009

HANS WEGNER 1914 -2007 Having grown up as the son of a shoe repairman in southern Denmark, Hans Wegner developed […]

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Danish Modern Designers – Borge Mogensen

February 7th, 2009

BORGE MOGENSEN 1914 -1972 The geographic location of the Scandinavian Nations encouraged the refinement of their design principles rather than […]

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Danish Teak Classics – Who Are We?

February 6th, 2009

Danish Teak Classics. What makes a classic? Who decides what has value? What pieces transcend time and become more valuable […]

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