Nanna Ditzel

Danish furniture designer (1923–2005)

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

She was educated as a carpenter at Richards Skole and studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts where se graduated in 1946. Here she met her future husband 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 the nature.

Main works

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

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^[15]
Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen: "Nanna Ditzels smykker", 2023

References

^ Oxford index [1] A Dictionary of Modern Design
^ Danish net.com
^ "Nanna Ditzel, 81, Designer of Furniture, Is Dead (Published 2005)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04.
^ "R and company". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ "Hammersby". Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ Mcm daily
^ "Sika Design". Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ "Frederica". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ brdr-kruger
^ Nordic contractor [2] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine pdf Sikaindoor icons
^ Inside out
^ Core 77
^ "Pencil kit co. uk". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ "Hallingdal 65". www.kvadrat.dk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
^ Worldcat