Nanna Ditzel

Nanna Ditzel (1923-2005) was a Danish furniture designer who studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 1946. With her postmodernist attitude and she was a firm rebellion against tradition, inspired by the challenges of new materials and techniques. An early pioneer in the field of fiberglass, wickerwork and foam rubber, and in various disciplines such as cabinet making, jewellery, tableware, and textiles. She was to realise a number of products from a variety of manufacturers over her long career, not least "Hallingdal" fabric for Kvadrat, the world’s most renowned furniture textile..

Between 1968 and 1986, Nanna lived in London where she established the international furniture house 'Interspace' in Hampstead. In 1989 she became closely connected with Danish furniture manufacturer Fredericia, beginning with "Bench For Two". The collaboration between Fredericia and Ditzel developed into a mutual partnership and the successful launch of the Trinidad chair in 1993 marked a turning point in Fredericia's history, establishing Nanna Ditzel as Fredericia's second house designer after Børge Mogensen. She also created jewellery designs for Georg Jensen amongst others