dezeen talk on the Danish designer Nanna Ditzel

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The online design magazine dezeen have posted the latest in their series of talks with designers and design companies.

Marcus Fairs, editor-in-chief of dezeen, talks with Thomas Graversen, owner of the Danish design company Fredericia, and Anders Byriel, CEO of the Danish textile brand Kvadrat, about the work of the Danish designer Nanna Ditzel.

Both knew Nanna Ditzel, and their companies worked with her, so the talk reveals much about her work and her approach to design and the talk helps to establish more firmly her position in Danish design in the second half of the 20th century.

The dezeen talk about the work of Nanna Ditzel was produced in collaboration with Fredericia.

Høj barnestol / child’s high chair by Nanna Ditzel September 2020
Trinidadstol / Trinidad Chair by Nanna Ditzel August 2018

dezeen / dezeen talks
Fredericia
Kvadrat

 

Høj barnestol / child’s high chair by Nanna Ditzel (1955)

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At 3daysofdesign, Carl Hansen & Son relaunched the high chair that was designed by Nanna Ditzel in 1955. It was in production until 2002 but then failed to meet new standards of stability for children’s furniture.

In this new version of the chair, the angle of the legs has been increased to make the base wider.

The chair still has a foot rest with three possible fixing points so that it can be moved to lower levels as a toddler grows but the new version has an optional plywood back rest that is shaped and curved to fix inside the hoop of the top rail and there is an optional brass plate that can be inscribed with a name and date as the first stage to make the piece a family heirloom. The underside of the seat is drilled with holes for the plate.

Carl Hansen & Søn

 

Lulu and Vita - the twin daughters of Nanna Ditzel

 

Høj barnestol 115 (new reference ND54)
designed by Nanna Ditzel (1923-2005)

made by Kolds Savværk and then Kvist Møbler and made now by Carl Hansen
original chair in Oregon Pine or beech

height 71cm
base 53cm by 53cm

 

KAFETERIA - Statens Museum for Kunst

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The restaurant at Statens Museum for Kunst has been moved up a floor and to the front of the building and renamed so Kafeteria is now immediately to your right as you come through the entrance doors.

Food is by the chef Frederik Bille Brahe (also behind Atelier September, Apollo Bar and Kantine in Copenhagen) and the furniture is eclectic but works remarkably well and, at the very least, it is very different with the hefty main chairs and tables designed by Enzo Mari from 1974 but combined with classic Danish chairs by Poul Volther and stools and coat stands by Nanna Ditzel.

The scheme was designed with the artist Danh Vo and includes statues from the Royal Cast Collection and large Arkari lamps by Noguchi.

Kafeteria
Statens Museum for Kunst
Sølvgade
1307 København K