Kaare Klint stands today as a father figure for Danish furniture design. He was a furniture designer, theorist and teacher, when he in 1942 became an assistant professor at the Art Academy and started a whole new line of furniture design. His students spoke names such as Børge Mogensen, Hans J. Wegner and other famous designers.
Kaare Klint
Designer Frederiksberg / Denmark
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Kaare Klint stands today as a father figure for Danish furniture design. He was a furniture designer, theorist and teacher, when he in 1942 became an assistant professor at the Art Academy and started a whole new line of furniture design. His students spoke names such as Børge Mogensen, Hans J. Wegner and other famous designers.
- 1888 - 1954 †