Ole Wanscher
Ole Wanscher (1903-1985) was a Danish furniture designer, born in Copenhagen.
His designs count today as modern classics: functional, sophisticated and attentive to the smallest detail.
Biography
Wanscher studied under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and worked in Klint's design studio before setting up as an independent furniture designer. In 1955 he succeeded Klint as professor of the Furniture Department at the Royal Academy, where he had once been a student. He taught there until 1973 and retired at the age of seventy.
Models and collaborations
His work is more traditional than that of his contemporaries, yet it shows the clean approach to furniture for which the Danes are known, here combined with historical influences. His collaboration with Iversen is among the most esteemed partnerships in twentieth-century Danish design.