DESIGNER

Hans Wegner

(Tønder, 1914 – Copenhagen, 2007)
Promoter of a synergy between modernity, craftsmanship and functionality, Hans Wegner is considered a leading figure in Scandinavian organic modernism. Obsessed with the design of the perfect seat, he drew over 500 prototypes, revealing his talent as a wood craftsman as well as an interpreter of an expressive and sculptural functionalism.

"Many foreigners have asked me how we made the Danish style. And I’ve answered that it was rather a continuous process of purification."