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ILLUM
WIKKELSØ
Danish furniture designer Kristian Illum Wikkelsø (1919– 1999) believed that
furniture should be built to last, to indulge the body and to please the eye. He belonged
to a group of designers who represented the Golden Age of Danish design during
the 1950s and 1960s. With his clear design aesthetic and deep understanding
of materials, he was one of the key protagonists to make Danish design style an
international phenomenon.
Wikkelsø worked with clean lines, but he also had a strong sense of organic expression
and was deeply inspired by nature – especially the Danish landscape. He aimed to
capture the beauty he saw in the environment around him in his furniture designs.
