Kaj Franck
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Kaj Franck was a renowned Finnish designer celebrated for his functionalist glass and tableware designs that became icons of modern Scandinavian design.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kaj Franck canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Finnish person
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glass designer ⓘ human ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ tableware designer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Compasso d’Oro
NERFINISHED
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Grand Prix at Milan Triennial NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunning Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Eugen Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1911-11-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Vyborg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Finland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1989-09-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Santorini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Central School of Applied Arts, Helsinki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Arabia (ceramics company)
NERFINISHED
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Iittala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Franck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
glass design
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industrial design ⓘ tableware design ⓘ |
| genre | modern design ⓘ |
| givenName | Kaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Kaj Franck Design Centre (named in his honor)
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Kaj Franck Design Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Finnish design
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Scandinavian design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | functionalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
functionalist glass design
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functionalist tableware design ⓘ standardized, combinable tableware systems ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Finnish
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Swedish ⓘ |
| movement |
Functionalism
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Scandinavian design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Kaj Franck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kartio glassware series
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Kilta tableware series NERFINISHED ⓘ Prisma glass series NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandia cutlery NERFINISHED ⓘ Teema tableware series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
designer
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professor of design ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
art director at Arabia
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art director at Iittala ⓘ |
| style | minimalism ⓘ |
| workLocation | Helsinki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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