Karl Erik Ekselius

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Karl Erik Ekselius (born December 28, 1914 in Ålesund , † August 9, 1998 in Torekov ) was a Swedish furniture designer . He was a representative of Scandinavian design and mid-century modern .

life and work

Ekselius trained as a carpenter in Germany in the 1930s and attended the Carl Malmstensskolan for furniture construction in Stockholm. First he worked as a designer for the furniture manufacturer JO Carlsson in Vetlanda , until he finally took over the company in 1961. Eskelius designed furniture such as dining tables, sideboards, chairs, coffee tables, armchairs and office chairs that he considered suitable for any home or work environment. For his wooden furniture, he liked to use grained teak and rosewood as well as brushed aluminum, chrome-plated metal and soft leather for some of his seating furniture.

At the Helsingborg exhibition in 1955 he received international recognition. He designed furniture for the Dag Hammarskjöld library at the United Nations headquarters in New York . His Fåtölj armchair has been exhibited in the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm since 1999 . Other of his works had titles such as Mondo (armchair, 1960–1969), Skåp (sideboard) or Krysset (coffee table, 1952).

Web links

Commons : Karl Erik Ekselius  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl-Erik Ekselius. Swedish, 1914-1998. In: Hostler Burrows, New York.
  2. ^ Edward Maze: Creative Sweden. Almqvist & Wiksell / Geber, 1965, p. 132.
  3. ↑ Karl-Erik Ekselius. In: Swedish National Museum .
personal data
SURNAME Ekselius, Karl Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish furniture designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Ålesund , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1998
Place of death Torekov , Sweden