Lunning Prize
Encyclopedia
The Lunning Prize was instituted by Frederik Lunning, owner of the New York agency for Georg Jensen
. The prize was awarded to eminent Scandinavian designers, two each year, from 1951 to 1970. The recipients were selected by a group of peers from Denmark
, Finland
, Norway
and Sweden
.
The Lunning Prize and its recipients were instrumental in establishing the concept and profile of Scandinavian Design
, both at home and abroad, during this vital period.
Georg Jensen
Georg Arthur Jensen was a Danish silversmith.Born in 1866, Jensen was the son of a knife grinder in the town of Raadvad just to the north of Copenhagen. Jensen began his training in goldsmithing at the age of 14 in Copenhagen...
. The prize was awarded to eminent Scandinavian designers, two each year, from 1951 to 1970. The recipients were selected by a group of peers from Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
The Lunning Prize and its recipients were instrumental in establishing the concept and profile of Scandinavian Design
Scandinavian Design
Scandinavian design emerged in the 1950s in the three Scandinavian countries , as well as Finland. It is a design movement characterized by simple designs, minimalism, functionality, and low-cost mass production....
, both at home and abroad, during this vital period.
Recipients
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Carl-Axel Acking Carl-Axel Acking was a Swedish architect, author and furniture designer, winner of the Lunning Prize in 1952.-Notables works:*1950 Siris kapell in Torsby*1955 Hässelby Familjehotell in Stockholm... , Sweden Grete Prytz Kittelsen Grete Prytz Kittelsen , was a Norwegian goldsmith, enamel artist, and designer... , Norway |
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Kaj Franck Kaj Franck was one of the leading figures of Finnish design, the teacher of several generations of professional designers in Finland, and an influential figure in design and applied arts between 1940-1980... , Finland |
| 1956 |
Nanna Ditzel Nanna Ditzel was a Danish furniture designer.She studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen graduating in 1946. Her works include cabinet-making, jewellery, tableware and textiles... , Denmark Timo Sarpaneva Timo Sarpaneva was an influential Finnish designer, sculptor, and educator best known in the art world for innovative work in glass, which often merged attributes of display art objects with utilitarian designations. While glass remained his most commonly addressed medium, he worked with metal,... , Finland |
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Antti Nurmesniemi Antti Nurmesniemi was a Finnish designer. His work includes enamel coffee pots and furniture such as the Jakkara sauna stool, as well as interior design work. He has been referred to as the "Grand Old Man of Finnish Design", and he won the Lunning Prize in 1959... , Finland |
| 1960 |
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe , often known simply as Torun, was one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and a master jeweller. She is the first female silversmith to have become internationally famous... , Sweden |
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Kristian Solmer Vedel Kristian Solmer Vedel was a Danish industrial designer and part of the Scandinavian Design movement.He completed his apprenticeship as cabinetmaker in 1942. From 1944-45 he was visiting student under professor Kaare Klint at the Department of Furniture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen... , Denmark |
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Vuokko Nurmesniemi Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi is a Finnish textile designer. She joined the Marimekko company in 1953 and designed patterns for many of their printed fabrics in the 1950s; together with Maija Isola, she was responsible for most of Marimekko's patterns. Nurmesniemi left Marimekko in 1960 and founded... , Finland |
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Hans Krondahl Hans Krondahl is a Swedish painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer. He studied painting and textile art at Konstfack, in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960. Krondahl set up his own weaving studio in 1962, where he created tapestries and related artwork, and he also took up fabric... , Sweden |
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Oiva Toikka Oiva Toikka is a Finnish glass designer. Born in Karelia, he is renowned for his designs for glassware for Iittala the Finnish design company. Originally trained in ceramics, he took up glass design later in life. Along with his glassware designs, Toikka is best known after 1973 for his designs... , Finland |
Literature
- Byars,Mel: "The Design Encyclopedia",MoMA,New York, 2004.
- Dahlbäck-Lutteman, Helena, ed.: "The Lunning Prize". Nationalmuseum,catalogue #489, Stockholm. 1986.
- Möller, Svend Erik: "34 Scandinavian Designers".Copenhagen.1967.
- http://runeberg.org/tema/lunning.html