Interior Furniture Designs

The School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark, has given birth to some of the world’s most well-known furniture and architectural designers of the 20th century. Nanna Ditzel, who was born in the city in 1923, is one of the few women whose name is known in the furniture community and recognized as one of the best. Nanna Ditzel graduated in furniture design in 1946 at the age of 23 and establiNanna Ditzeld her own studio with first husband Jorgen Ditzel the same year. Nanna Ditzel is still working in the design sector today.

Nanna Ditzel’s career was launched in the years after World War II and Nanna Ditzel was faced with designing furniture that incorporated not only new materials but also new techniques. Some of the materials Nanna Ditzel has worked with over her long career include fiber glass, wicker, and foam rubber. Furniture is not the only thing Nanna Ditzel applied her knowledge to. Nanna Ditzel is a trained cabinetmaker and has also worked in designing jewelry, textiles, and tableware. Nanna Ditzel tried her hand at applied art and during the 1950s Nanna Ditzel even dabbled in split-level floor seating, as many homes of the time used design techniques such as sunken or raised platform rooms.

Some of Nanna Ditzel’s signature pieces include the ‘Two-Seat Sofa’ which was well accepted. It had very intriguing and eye drawing curves yet remained both decorative and functional. The ‘Basket’ or ‘Hanging’ chair was a wicker chair that was suspended from the ceiling by lengths of chain and one of Nanna Ditzel’s many forays into working with wicker. Collaborations with her husband Jorgen produced one of the most notable pieces of furniture Nanna Ditzel ever designed, the ‘Toadstool’, stacking pieces for children that served as both a table and a stool.