Designers & Makers Biographies

Henning Koppel

Henning Koppel

Henning Koppel (1918 - 1981) was educated as a sculptor and designer at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the Academy Rancon in Paris. During World...

Henning Koppel

Henning Koppel (1918 - 1981) was educated as a sculptor and designer at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the Academy Rancon in Paris. During World...

Evald Nielsen

Evald Nielsen

Evald Nielsen (June 5,1879 - May 12,1958) was a Danish silversmith and long-standing master of the Goldsmith’s Guild of Copenhagen and one of the leading men behind the organizing of...

Evald Nielsen

Evald Nielsen (June 5,1879 - May 12,1958) was a Danish silversmith and long-standing master of the Goldsmith’s Guild of Copenhagen and one of the leading men behind the organizing of...

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen (1917 - 1982) was the fifth of Georg Jensen’s six children, and his third son. Like his older brother Jorgen, he trained to become a silversmith. He...

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen (1917 - 1982) was the fifth of Georg Jensen’s six children, and his third son. Like his older brother Jorgen, he trained to become a silversmith. He...

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen grew up in a small village Raadvad, 10 km north of Copenhagen. The close, daily contact with nature in this area turned out to be a continuous artistic...

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen grew up in a small village Raadvad, 10 km north of Copenhagen. The close, daily contact with nature in this area turned out to be a continuous artistic...

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927-2004), known as Torun, was born on December 7, 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Her father was director of town planning in Malmo and her mother was a...

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927-2004), known as Torun, was born on December 7, 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Her father was director of town planning in Malmo and her mother was a...

Allan Adler

Allan Adler

Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 – December 3, 2002) was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars". Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed silverware and holloware in shapes inspired...

Allan Adler

Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 – December 3, 2002) was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars". Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed silverware and holloware in shapes inspired...