Nanna & Jorgen Ditzel
The use of craft materials and painstaking skill in making the rounded form, along with the chair's pure lines give a sensation of comfort and luxury in a seat that allows a variety of positions
The basket chair won awards in 1950 at the Cabinetmakers Guild Exhibition and in 1951 at the Milan Triennale.
In the same year Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel created and unusual bowl-shaped seat, essentially a basket hanging form a light oak frame, achieving a chair design that blended the seat and backrest into a bowl of a form consistent with a shell, outstanding for being organic in its form and in its materials.
Having been distinguished with awards, the wicker chair inspired a rediscovery and exploration of the malleable properties of wicker and, consequently, a renewed status for wicker furniture in interior design. Such a wicker chair sparked a series of experiments with hanging upholstered shapes on wooden frames.
Three steps forward and two back still means I’ve taken a step in the right direction
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