Hans J. Wegner

Hans J. Wegner, born in 1914 in Tønder, is considered one of the greatest representatives of modern Danish design. When he was only 14 years old he began working as an apprentice to a Danish cabinetmaker and later moved to Copenhagen, where he attended the School of Arts and Crafts. In 1938 Wegner, after being approached by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller, designed furniture for the new town hall in Aarhus. After other collaborations with Jacobsen, Wegner went out on his own, often working together with Børge Mogensen. His commercial success, however, was due to his collaboration with the Carl Hansen & Søn brand, for which he designed several pieces of furniture, such as the world-famous Wishbone Chair, still in production today, which went on almost until the designer's death in Copenhagen in 2007. Many design museums around the world still exhibit his work today, such as MoMa in New York and Designmuseum Denmark in Copenhagen.