"The First Lady of Danish Furniture Design" is one of many awards as Nanna Ditzel has received and described as the Stockholm Furniture Fair allotted her, is a very appropriate introduction to an amazing designer.

Ditzel working as a designer started in very much the same way as Mr Kjærholm P. Ditzel began as an apprentice to a hanterkare producing cabinet and then continued as a student at Kunsthåndværkerskolen in Copenhagen. Ditzel then continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where she met her future husband. The couple's career took off after that Ditzel graduated at the age of 23 when they married and opened a design studio together.

Ditzel worked with several different materials in his career, and you can find her designs in several areas. Ditzel has designed and has designed everything from jewelry for Georg Jensen textiles for Kvadrat and furniture for Frederica. Ditzel, like Kjærholm, had a fascination for blending traditional craftsmanship with modern shapes and materials. A famous example of this is Ditzel Hanging Äggstol or the egg as it is known. Steel and the wicker blended here to create a dream-like shape that is not only innovative but also practical. As long as you have somewhere to hang it up ...

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