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A piece of cult
always pleasant to live in, but with no pre-determined
rules or limitations, and always leaving room for innovation.
They were challenged by new materials and techniques
that they researched, experimented with and created
new, inspired shapes. Like many designers of that
era, the Ditzels worked on producing multi-functional furniture,
which would be an economical solution for decorating
a smaller apartment, in proportion with the needs
of that era.
Nanna never looked for inspiration in the already existent
shapes of furniture or textile, but rather from momentary
perception. She would get inspired by a photograph,
motif from the nature or a detail from the urban environment,
and that would set the stage for thorough analysis,
which contained the start of the new idea. Nanna Ditzel
worked for some of the leading designer companies,
and some of her works have reached classic status during
her lifetime as well (for instance, there is Hallingdal,
which was designed for the company “Square”).
One of the more famous Nanna Ditzel’s pieces must be
the “Egg Chair”, designed in 1957 with Jorgen Ditzel. It is a
rounded chair that calls upon a shape of an egg or a cocoon,
which freely “flows” through the air while attached
only to a detached frame from non-corrosive steel, or it
can also hang from a ceiling. It was made as the finest
product of Scandinavian organic design. Both the shape
and the structure, a wattle made from osier twigs, evoke
a certain “female principle” by capturing the essence of
birth, nature, shelter, warmth and delicacy. Although it
was launched about fifty years ago, this chair still radiates
freshness, simplicity and effortlessness that provide
her with a timeless aura, and make it just as attractive
now as it was then. A chair for a dreamer, but also for a
businessman who’s taking a break to look for an escapist
five-minute return to nature where he can return to himself
inside a safe cocoon, is a carefully designed object
filled with symbolism. The chair is often used in interiors,
becoming a part of the “funky” household décor, as well
as in refined stores, but it’s also perfect for a terrace or
garden. These days, it is produced by the “Pierantonio
Bonacina” company, and it can be purchased in both
its versions, as a detached or a hanging object, and we
should add that the latter version is very appropriate for
imaginative exteriors.
The “Egg Chair” is an excellent example of designer’s resistance
to impersonal mass production because, along
with its characteristics of quality design work, it also features
a strong author’s signature. Nanna Ditzel has added
freshness into the every-day living spaces, re-establishing
the connection between nature and architecture, but
also putting them in a state of discrete conflict that, at
least when it comes to the “Egg Chair”, creates a new
type of dynamics in the every-day surrounding. This designer
piece also does a great job of testifying about the
designer’s priorities and about how much personality she
poured in it. The “Egg Chair”, in a way, offers a slightly
different feeling to an individual, a setback from the
standard way of sitting, while giving him comfort, sense
of protection, at least while he’s smoothly swinging, as
he is seated into the comfortable, soft nucleus of its oval
shapes.
In the late sixties, several years after her husband passed
away, Nanna Ditzel moved to London and started an international
furniture house “Interspace” with Kurt Heide.
The general idea was to create a “showroom” and a
place where international designers can interact. During
the following period, Nanna has remained extremely active
on the international design scene, and has worked
for leading manufacturers: making jewellery for company
“Georg Jansen”, fabrics for “Square”, furniture for “Fredericia”.
She has thrown exhibitions all over the world, had
solo-exhibitions in Amsterdam, Berlin, New York, Vienna,
London, Milan… She has received numerous international
awards, and the one that truly matters would be the
Japanese one for “Bench for Two” (Fredericia). She was
chosen to become an Honorary Royal Designer in London
in 1996, and she received a Lifetime Achievement
Award from Denmark in 1998.
Nanna Ditzel, seen by many as the uncrowned queen of
Danish design, has left behind practically classic pieces
of work in the field of modern design, and she has permanently
marked all of Danish culture.
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