Archives: Designers

Emile Gallé 1846 – 1904

Emile Galle was born in France in 1846 and his training included art, botany, and chemistry, three subjects which he […]

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Romano Donà b. 1956

Romano Donà was born in Murano in 1956 in a family with centuries of experience in glassmaking. He entered the […]

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Erik Glemme 1905-1959

  Erik Glemme (1905-1959) was a Swedish designer and landscape architect. He was born in Jönkôping, Sweden. He trained at the […]

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Svend Langkilde, 20th C.

The Danish furniture designer Svend Langkilde, became especially known for his many beautiful pieces of furniture, which were made of […]

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Kai Kristiansen b. 1929

Kai Kristiansen (born 1929) is a Danish furniture designer. Kai Kristiansen was apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in 1949, after which […]

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Arne Hovmand-Olsen 1919-1989

Danish furniture designer Arne Hovmand-Olsen was born in Kirkeby Sogn in 1919. During his formative years, Hovmand-Olsen showed an aptitude […]

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Michael Bloch

Michael Bloch graduated as a cabinetmaker from the Technical School in Copenhagen in 1954. He was awarded a silver medal […]

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Jean René Gaugin 1881-1961

  Jean René Gauguin (1881-1961) was a French / Danish sculptor. He was the son of the French painter Paul […]

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Allan Schmidt 1923-1989

Allan Schmidt alternately used oil painting, collage and ceramic sculpture. He started as a naturalist with figure paintings and landscapes, […]

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Ole Wanscher 1903-1985

  Ole Wanscher (1903-1985) was a Danish furniture architect, professor and author. His furniture and his teaching helped to build […]

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Frits Schlegel 1896-1965

  Frits Schlegel (1896-1965) was a Danish functionalist architect who was the first to experiment with in situ cast concrete […]

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Bodil Manz b. 1943

  Bodil Manz is a ceramicist known for her predominant use of ultra-thin, translucent eggshell porcelain to create distinctive cylindrical […]

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