Nanna Ditzel Explained

Nanna Ditzel
Birth Date:	6 October 1923
Birth Place:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Death Place:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation:	Designer

Nanna Ditzel (October 6, 1923 - June 17, 2005) 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 she 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 ^[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

Further reading

• Book: Design of the 20th Century. Charlotte. Fiell. Peter. Fiell. Taschen. Köln. 25th anniversary. 2005. 216. 9783822840788. 809539744.

External links

• Nanna Ditzel official web site

Notes and References

1. Oxford index http://oxfordindex.oup.com/search?q=Nanna+Ditzel A Dictionary of Modern Design
2. http://www.danishnet.com/design/nanna-ditzel-danish-furniture-designer-and-architect-1923-2005/ Danish net.com
3. Web site: Nanna Ditzel, 81, Designer of Furniture, Is Dead (Published 2005) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180404003240/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/arts/design/nanna-ditzel-81-designer-of-furniture-is-dead.html . 2018-04-04 . live .
4. Web site: R and company . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055440/http://www.r-and-company.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=54 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
5. Web site: Hammersby . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150119020018/http://www.hammersby.com/designers/nanna-ditzel/ . 2015-01-19 . dead .
6. https://www.mcmdaily.com/nanna-ditzel/ Mcm daily
7. Web site: Sika Design . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151025045611/http://www.sika-design.com/collections/icons/nanna-ditzel/hanging-egg-chair-indoor . 2015-10-25 . dead .
8. Web site: Frederica . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150405044821/http://www.fredericia.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=606 . 2015-04-05 . dead .
9. https://brdr-kruger.com/en/products/lulu-cradle brdr-kruger
10. Nordic contractor http://nordiccontractor.com/onlinecatalogues/furniture/sikaindooricons.pdf pdf Sikaindoor icons
11. http://www.insideout.com.au/products/designers-insiders/nanna-ditzel Inside out
12. http://www.core77.com/posts/39937/Nanna-Ditzel-First-Lady-of-Danish-Furniture-Design Core 77
13. Web site: Pencil kit co. uk . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160422144031/http://pencilkit.co.uk/nanna-ditzel/ . 2016-04-22 . dead .
14. Web site: Hallingdal 65 . 2024-06-18 . www.kvadrat.dk . en.
15. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95-111578/ Worldcat