Hans J.

Wegner is the father of Danish design and is well known for creating some of

the most iconic chairs of the past 100 years. The son of a cobbler, Wegner

brought Danish design to the international stage through his deep understanding

and enjoyment of wood as well as an eye for beautiful and ergonomic design that

had hitherto existed.

Wegner is seen as the most influential designer within the Danish movement and

his early innate ability with wood matured into the gift of an unprecedented

amount of over 500 beautiful and functional gifts to the pantheon of design.

Hans J Wegner brought Danish furniture to a world stage through his simple,

elegant and ergonomic chairs. His CH24 models still litter the offices of

design and architectural practices globally and his earliest pieces have become

rare design milestones in museums and galleries. Hans J Wegner is certainly one

of the most important designers of the 20th Century.

Wegner’s

furniture was intended, as he said to be “as simple and genuine as possible, to

show what we could create with our hands, to try to make wood come alive, to

give it spirit and vitality, and to get things to be so natural that they could

only have been made by us.” Wegner’s success together with this design ethos

ensured that his impact on design was recognised with an honorary membership of

the Royal Danish Academy for the Fine Arts in 1995, and by being given an

honorary doctorate at Royal College of Art in 1997. Danish design is seen as

one of the most important creative movements of the 20th century and with

Wenger recognised as its father he is indeed one of the most influential

figures in modern design.

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