Designer · Denmark · b. 1929
Kai Kristiansen
Kai Kristiansen (b. 1929) – Danish furniture designer, pupil of Kaare Klint, creator of the Model 42 chair and FM shelving system.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- b. 1929
- Country
- Denmark
- Manufacturers
- Schou Andersen Møbelfabrik, Korup Stolefabrik
Kai Kristiansen was born in 1929. He is a trained cabinetmaker and pupil of Kaare Klint; he has run his own design studio since the mid-1950s. His furniture was produced by, among others, Schou Andersen Møbelfabrik, Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Magnus Olesen and Fritz Hansen. His best-known design is the Model 42 chair for Schou Andersen, dating from the second half of the 1950s. The FM shelving system was created for Feldballes, while the “Pige” chair, produced by Schou Andersen, was designed for IKEA.
In 2022, the Arnoldsche publishing house published the monograph “Kai Kristiansen. An Industrious Designer”. Since 2014, selected designs have been reissued by the Japanese Miyazaki Chair Factory.
