Illum Wikkelsø

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Kristian Illum Wikkelsø (born July 15, 1919 - † February 14, 1999 ) was a Danish furniture designer . He belongs to the generation of Danish designers who made Danish furniture design known around the world from the 1950s to the 1960s.

Life

Illum Wikkelsø trained as a carpenter in 1938 and studied at the School of Arts and Crafts (now the Danish Design School ) in Copenhagen in 1941 . He first worked for the Danish cabinet maker Jacob Kjær and the architects Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard, until he opened his own workshop in the Aarhus area in 1954 .

Here he mainly designed simple and elegant seating furniture with great functionality, which are now considered classics of Danish furniture design. The style of his work ranges from Classicism Kaare Klint's up to the Space Age Expressionism by Arne Jacobsen . His most famous designs include his rocking chair and armchair model V11 . The production of his designs was carried out by furniture manufacturers such as CF Christensen, N. Eilersen, Holger Christiansen, Komfort / Dansk Form, Søren Willadsen Møbelfabrik and Hjørring Møbelfabrik.

Wikkelsø died in 1999 and was buried in Aarhus.

literature

  • Lars Dybdahl: Dansk design 1945-1975. Borgen, Valby 2006
  • Frederik Sieck: Nutidig Dansk Møbeldesign. Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, Copenhagen 1999
  • Per H. Hansen, Klaus Petersen: The store Danske møbelguide. Lindhardt og Ringhof, Copenhagen 2005
  • Michael Ellison: Scandinavian modern furnishing, 1930-1970. Designed for life. Atglen, Pensilvania 2002, p. 188

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kristian Illum Wikkelsø
  2. ↑ Furniture classics genoplives i Østjylland, In: Wood Supply DK from April 25, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Illum Wikkelsø: A Short Biography
  4. ↑ Illum Wikkelsø 1919-1999 on designmuseum.kb.dk
  5. ^ Scandinavian Designers. Illum Wikkelsø 1919-1999.
personal data
SURNAME Wikkelsø, Illum
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wikkelsø, Kristian Illum (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish furniture designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1919
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1999