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DESIGNER PORTRAIT

Tove Kindt-Larsen

1906 - 1994

Tove Kindt-Larsen (née Reddersen, 1906-1994) was one of the first

female designers to emerge during Denmark’s ‘Golden Era’ in the

mid-twentieth century. She is well-known for working with her

husband, Edvard Kindt-Larsen (1901-1982), but her own influence

should not be underestimated. By acquiring the rights to pieces that

she designed prior to her partnership with her husband, GUBI aims

to restore her to her rightful place in design history.

An architect by training, with several years of furniture design under

her belt, she embarked on a furniture design course at the Royal

Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, under the ‘godfather

of Danish design’ Kaare Klint.

Her furniture was characterized by a fine sense of quality and a design

language that responded to evolving tastes of the time. She was an

early pioneer in rattan chairs and the use of molded plywood, as well

as moving away from designing room sets and instead conceiving

individual pieces of furniture so that homeowners could curate their

own spaces.