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DESIGNER PORTRAIT
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Tove Kindt-Larsen (née Reddersen, 1906-1994) was one of the first
female designers to emerge during Denmark’s ‘Golden Era’ in the
mid-twentieth century. She is well-known for working with her
husband, Edvard Kindt-Larsen (1901-1982), but her own influence
should not be underestimated. By acquiring the rights to pieces that
she designed prior to her partnership with her husband, GUBI aims
to restore her to her rightful place in design history.
An architect by training, with several years of furniture design under
her belt, she embarked on a furniture design course at the Royal
Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, under the ‘godfather
of Danish design’ Kaare Klint.
Her furniture was characterized by a fine sense of quality and a design
language that responded to evolving tastes of the time. She was an
early pioneer in rattan chairs and the use of molded plywood, as well
as moving away from designing room sets and instead conceiving
individual pieces of furniture so that homeowners could curate their
own spaces.
1906 - 1994
Tove Kindt-Larsen
