Nanna Ditzel

A pioneer­ing figure in mid-century Danish design, Nanna Ditzel trained as a cabi­net­maker before grad­u­at­ing from Copenhagen’s School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1946. Her multi­dis­ci­pli­nary work spanned furni­ture, textiles, and jewelry, marked by bold color, organic forms, and a forward-think­ing use of mate­ri­als like fiber­glass, wicker, and metal.

Among her many endur­ing designs, Halling­dal 65 — created for Kvadrat in 1965 — stands as a bench­mark of lasting func­tion­al­ity and modern elegance. Still in contin­u­ous produc­tion today, the textile reflects Ditzel’s time­less aesthetic and her ability to unite inno­va­tion with everyday use.