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Nanna Ditzel

Danish furniture designer (1923–2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nanna Ditzel
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Nanna Ditzel (October 6, 1923 - June 17, 2005) was a Danish designer.[1]

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Toad stool designed in 1962

She was educated as a carpenter at Richards Skole and studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts where she graduated in 1946. Here she met her first husband, the architect Jørgen Ditzel with whom she collaborated closely until his death in 1961. Her works include furniture, jewelry, tableware and textiles. She also made jewelry designs for Georg Jensen and furniture for Frederica.[2][3][4][5][6] Nanna Ditzel was known for designing furniture suitable for lying down, she used bright colours and she was very much inspired by nature.[citation needed]

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Main works

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Trinidad chair
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    Hanging Egg Chair
    Hanging Egg Chair [7]
  • Trinidad chair[8]
  • Lulu cradle [9]
  • Nanny Rocking Chair [10]
  • Bench for two [11]
  • Butterfly chair [12]
  • Toad stool and table [13]
  • Hallingdal - upholstery fabric[14]

Awards

Bibliography

  • Nanna Ditzel: ’’ Danish chairs’’, 1954
  • Nanna Ditzel: ‘’ Nanna Ditzel, Munkeruphus 1992( Book )
  • Nanna Ditzel: ‘’ Tanker bliver ting : Nanna Ditzel design’’, 1994
  • Henrik Sten Mller : ‘’Motion and beauty : the book of Nanna Ditzel’’, 1998
  • Nanna Ditzel: Nanna Ditzel : trapperum; stairscapes; Exhibition Nanna Ditzel Trapperum - Stairscapes Kunstindustrimuseet, 2002
  • Fabia Masciello : ‘’Nanna Ditzel : design nordico al femminile ‘’, 2003 en Italien
  • Hanne Horsfeld: ‘’ Nanna Ditzel’’, 2005[15]
  • Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen: "Nanna Ditzels smykker", 2023

References

Further reading

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