Nanna Ditzel

{{Short description|Danish furniture designer (1923–2005)}} {{Infobox person |name = Nanna Ditzel |birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|6|df=y}} |birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|6|17|1923|10|6|df=y}} |death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark |occupation = Designer }} thumb|Toad stool designed in 1962 '''Nanna Ditzel''' (October 6, 1923 - June 17, 2005) was a Danish designer.<ref>Oxford index [http://oxfordindex.oup.com/search?q=Nanna+Ditzel] A Dictionary of Modern Design</ref>

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 first husband, the architect 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 [https://www.fredericia.com/da-DK Frederica].<ref>[http://www.danishnet.com/design/nanna-ditzel-danish-furniture-designer-and-architect-1923-2005/ Danish net.com]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nanna Ditzel, 81, Designer of Furniture, Is Dead (Published 2005) |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404003240/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/arts/design/nanna-ditzel-81-designer-of-furniture-is-dead.html |archive-date=2018-04-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/arts/design/nanna-ditzel-81-designer-of-furniture-is-dead.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.r-and-company.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=54 |title=R and company |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055440/http://www.r-and-company.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=54 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hammersby.com/designers/nanna-ditzel/ |title=Hammersby |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119020018/http://www.hammersby.com/designers/nanna-ditzel/ |archive-date=2015-01-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.mcmdaily.com/nanna-ditzel/ Mcm daily]</ref> Nanna Ditzel was known for designing furniture suitable for lying down, she used bright colours and she was very much inspired by nature.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

== Main works == * thumb|Hanging Egg ChairHanging Egg Chair <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sika-design.com/collections/icons/nanna-ditzel/hanging-egg-chair-indoor |title=Sika Design |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025045611/http://www.sika-design.com/collections/icons/nanna-ditzel/hanging-egg-chair-indoor |archive-date=2015-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Trinidad chair<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fredericia.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=606 |title=Frederica |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405044821/http://www.fredericia.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=606 |archive-date=2015-04-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Lulu cradle <ref>[https://brdr-kruger.com/en/products/lulu-cradle brdr-kruger]</ref> * Nanny Rocking Chair <ref>Nordic contractor [http://nordiccontractor.com/onlinecatalogues/furniture/sikaindooricons.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052429/http://nordiccontractor.com/onlinecatalogues/furniture/sikaindooricons.pdf|date=2016-03-04}} pdf Sikaindoor icons</ref> * Bench for two <ref>[http://www.insideout.com.au/products/designers-insiders/nanna-ditzel Inside out]</ref> * Butterfly chair <ref>[http://www.core77.com/posts/39937/Nanna-Ditzel-First-Lady-of-Danish-Furniture-Design Core 77]</ref> * Toad stool and table <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pencilkit.co.uk/nanna-ditzel/ |title=Pencil kit co. uk |access-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422144031/http://pencilkit.co.uk/nanna-ditzel/ |archive-date=2016-04-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Hallingdal - upholstery fabric<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hallingdal 65 |url=https://www.kvadrat.dk/en/products/upholstery/1000-hallingdal-65 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.kvadrat.dk |language=en}}</ref> == 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<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95-111578/ Worldcat]</ref> *Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen: "Nanna Ditzels smykker", 2023

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==Further reading== *{{cite book|title=Design of the 20th Century|first1=Charlotte|last1=Fiell|first2=Peter|last2=Fiell|publisher=Taschen|location=Köln|edition=25th anniversary|year=2005|page=216|isbn=9783822840788|oclc=809539744}}

== External links == * [http://www.nanna-ditzel-design.dk/ Nanna Ditzel official web site]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ditzel, Nanna}} Category:1923 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Category:Danish furniture designers Category:Danish women designers Category:Danish modern Category:Recipients of the C.F. Hansen Medal Category:Designers from Copenhagen Category:Burials at Mariebjerg Cemetery