Grethe Meyer

Grethe Meyer (1918-2008) was a pioneer in Danish industrial design in the decades after World War II. In 1947, she was trained as an architect from the Academy of Arts and quickly marked herself as one of her generation's most innovative and recognized designers. Her design is both classic and timeless, but most importantly, it is based on the demands of modernism for simplicity and functionality. She went scientifically and analytically to her work. Her design should simply be stackable and take the least possible space in the home's household. Therefore, her design has a special quality. A design that has personality and with a built -in respect for the user. For daily pleasure for those who use it. Among her most well-known series is the 1976 stoneware series Firepot, the Faience Stella Blåkant, which she designed for Royal Copenhagen in 1965, a steel cutlery for Georg Jensen in 1991 and the housing's building cabinets, which was a complete shelf and closet system, which she designed with the furniture architect, Børge Mogensen, in the 1950s. Due to its modern and timeless design language, Grethe Meyer's design is sought after today and is still part of many Danish households.