Jørgen Gammelgaard

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Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938–1991) was a Danish furniture designer who also designed lamps and silverware.

Early life[]

Gammelgaard was trained as a cabinetmaker at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts and served an apprenticeship (1957) at C. B. Hansen's workshop in Copenhagen. He then studied under Grete Jalk. He was a visiting student of furniture design at the Royal Academy (1962–1964) working under Poul Kjærholm and Ole Wanscher.[1]

Career[]

Gammelgaard worked as a cabinetmaker with A. J. Iversen (1957–1959) and, after studying at the Academy, in Arne Jacobsen's studio (1968–1969). While working with Mogens Koch, Steen Eiler Rasmussen and , he undertook consultancy work for the UN in Samoa, where he designed his famous Tip-Top lampshade, followed later by work in Ceylon and the Sudan.[2] In 1973, he established his own business. In 1987, when he was only 49, he was appointed professor at the Royal Academy's Department of Furniture and Spatial Art.[1][3]

His notable designs range from silverware for Georg Jensen to fixtures for the Copenhangen University's Life Sciences department and for Rødovre Library as well as the Tip-Top and VIP lamp series. His simple but refined furniture, mostly in natural materials and stainless steel, includes a folding stool for Design Forum, a crest rail chair and steel tube chair for Collection Schiang and the EJ20 sofa for Erik Jørgensen.[1][4] Both his Crestrail chairs, with their semicircular back, and the Skagen Chair, developed with in the early 1980s are still in production.[3][5]

Awards[]

Jørgen Gammelgaard was the first designer to receive the annual awards from both the Danish Design Council (1986) and The Council for Arts and Crafts (1991).

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Jørgen Gammelgaard", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Jørgen Gammelgaard" Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Schiang Collection. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938 - 1991)", Pandul. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Jørgen Gammelgaard", Moebelbasen.dk. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Jørgen Gammelgaard" Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Sorø Stolefabrik. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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