Kristian Vedel Coffee Table, Søren Willadsen, Denmark, 1963

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Kristian Vedel Coffee Table, Søren Willadsen, Denmark, 1963

About the Item

Coffee table by Kristian Solmer Vedel for Søren Willadsen, Denmark, 1963. Very good condition. Danish industrial and furniture designer Kristian Solmer Vedel was strongly influenced in his furniture designs by the Bauhaus style as well as by his former professor and well-known designer Kaare Klint. He used different materials very innovatively to create multifunctional furniture, such as wood together with plastics. Ergonomics and ultimately function were always important to him, as in the example of a piece of furniture for the children's room, which turns upside down into a toy. He received many honours for his innovations: 1st prize of the "Copenhagen Cabinetmakers Guild" (1947), the silver medal of the "Triennale die Milano" (1957) for children's room furniture, later also there a gold medal for his stackable melamine bowl line, the design prize of the "Interplast" in London (1961) and many more. Kristian S.Vedel was born on 2 March 1923. At the age of 19 he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then studied with Prof. Kaare Klint in Copenhagen at the Furniture Institute (1944-45). Immediately after the war he graduated from the School of Arts, Crafts and Design's Faculty of Furniture Design, where he returned to as a teacher from 1953 for 3 years. From 1947-49 he took over the chairmanship of the Danish furniture designers, was primarily involved in the foundation of the Danish industrial designers and from 1966 also there for 2 years their chairmanship. From 1968 onwards, he and his wife moved to Kenya to set up the Industrial Design Faculty in Nairobi. From 1972 Vedel returned to Denmark, to the quieter Jutland, where he devoted himself more to private interests in the northwest, such as sheep breeding. His name stands for the beginning of furniture, which was created according to the needs of a child and did not imitate adult furniture. He died in March 2003.

Creator:
Soren Willadsen Mobelfabrik (Maker),Kristian Solmer Vedel (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 25.99 in (66 cm)Width: 47.25 in (120 cm)Depth: 35.44 in (90 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1965
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. very good condition.
Seller Location:
Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU980813896321