Nanna Ditzel

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

She studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen with painter Victor Isbrand, Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, Peter Hvidt and Kaare Klint graduating in 1946. Her works include cabinet-making, jewellery, tableware and textiles. She also created jewellery designs for Georg Jensen and furniture for Frederica.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Main works

• 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]

Awards

• 1956 Lunning Prize
• 1991: C. F. Hansen Medal
• 1998 the lifelong Artists' Grant by the Danish Ministry of Culture

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^[14]

References

1. Oxford index A Dictionary of Modern Design
2. Danish net.com
3. New york Times obituary
4. R and company
5. Hammersby
6. Mcm daily
7. Sika Design
8. Frederica
9. brdr-kruger
10. Nordic contractor pdf Sikaindoor icons
11. Inside out
12. Core 77
13. Pencil kit co. uk
14. Worldcat

External links

• Nanna Ditzel official web site