Desk By Kai Kristiansen
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
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Teak
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
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Teak
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Glass, Teak
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Wood
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Wood
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Teak
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Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Rosewood
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Fruitwood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood, Rosewood
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Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Rosewood
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Rosewood
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Palisander
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Teak
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Ash
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
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Rosewood
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Brass
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Wood
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Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
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Teak
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Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
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Teak
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Teak
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
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Rosewood
20th Century Danish Desks
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Wood
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Teak, Mirror, Laminate
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Teak
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Aluminum
Desk By Kai Kristiansen For Sale on 1stDibs
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Kai Kristiansen for sale on 1stDibs
With a passion for math and engineering, Kai Kristiansen has created high-quality wood furniture for decades. Beginning in the 1950s, his chairs, modular shelving and other furnishings were made in the style that would become internationally renowned as Danish modern and boasted clean lines, perfected functionality and exacting craftsmanship.
Born in Denmark, Kristiansen trained in cabinetmaking before studying with Kaare Klint, often cited as the “father of modern Danish design,” at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. At just 26 years old, Kristiansen opened his own studio.
Kristiansen had his mid-century breakthrough in 1956 with the Chair #42, which he made with Schou Andersen. Unlike most other chairs at the time, Chair #42’s armrests, with their wealth of radical angles, were connected to the back rather than the front legs. This unconventional flourish makes the backrest appear as though it is floating in midair above the seat.
Kristiansen’s next innovation was a modular wall system in 1957 — three years ahead of Dieter Rams’s more famous 606 Universal Shelving System. Called the Reolsystem Wall Unit, produced by SB Feldballes Møbelfabrik, it’s also known as the FM Wall Unit as FM/Fornem Møbelkunst began producing it in the 1960s.
Kristiansen would go on to work with other leading Danish furniture manufacturers such as Magnus Olesen, Fritz Hansen and Vildbjerg Møbelfabrik, designing everything from chairs and desks to sideboards and cabinets, frequently in rosewood and teak. (The latter was a sought-after wood by Scandinavian modern designers.)
While many of Kristiansen’s timeless designs remain in production, such as his Paper Knife sofa, which was reintroduced by Miyazaki Chair Factory in 2008, and his 1950s Entré collection, which was relaunched with Great Dane Furniture in 2016, others are prized as vintage mid-century pieces.
Today, Kristiansen is still at work on new furniture with an expert eye to thoughtfully functional designs that are made to last.
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