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NANNA DITZEL
MOTION AND BEAUTY
The “Hanging Egg Chair” is a critically acclaimed
design that has enjoyed praise worldwide ever
since the distinctive sculptural shape was creat-
ed by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel in 1959. The design
of the “Hanging Egg Chair” has long since been
dubbed timeless, whereas rattan had its golden
age in the 1960’s when skilled wicker weavers and
architects crafted beautifully sculptured furniture
out of the challenging material.
The Danish designers Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel
exhibited their first furniture designs in Copenha-
gen, when they were still students at the Industrial
Arts and Crafts College, Copenhagen.
Ditzel’s experimental approach to materials resul-
ted in the 3-legged rattan chair, which is designed
on the basis of the body. It is one of the first chairs
based on the idea of integrating a shell on a frame
as one piece.
After Jørgen Ditzel’s death in 1961, Nanna contin-
ued to design, and in 1968 she moved to London
where she established the Interspace International
Furniture and Design Centre, an institution which
developed a high reputation as a centre for experi-
mental design. Nanna Ditzel returned to Denmark
in 1986 and opened a combined design studio and
furniture workshop in Copenhagen.
Sika-Design was honoured with the Innovation
award selection-label at the furniture fair in Co-
logne in Januarty 2013 for relaunching Ditzel’s
3-legged chair “Rana”.
CHILL
BY NANNA DITZEL
Designed in 1961 Material: Gold sega core weave
Item no: ND-20
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