JENS H. QUISTGAARD
Jens H. Quistgaard set out to design beautiful things for everyday use. For many years he was the leading, and often, the only designer for Dansk International Designs which gradually became a world-wide firm with a production influenced in all fields by the homogeneity of his style. His works now appear so obvious it is easy to forget how original and individual they were in their time. He won the Lunning Prize in 1954.
From THE LUNNING PRIZE
Click HERE to read about Jens H. Quistgaard and the Lunning Prize
Click HERE to visit a site depicting Jens H. Quistgaard's gravestone and a small biography
Click HERE to read about the Jens H. Quistgaard exhibition at the Heart Museum in Herning
Click HERE to read about Jens H, Quistgaard would have been 100 years old on april 23th 2019.
Click HERE to see Jens H. Quistgaard show at the heart museum in herning DK
Ciickl HERE to learn about the famous cast iron candlestick the spider
in april 2023 a passionate collector of jens harald quistgaard design and as well a good friend of quistgaard, plus a furious collector of the best in danish design and i will also mention he is magician of a chef, years ago i was his guest for lunch, no shortcuts al all, it was like in the danish movie from 1987 babettes feast. his name is stig guldberg. he wrote a book about jens harald quistgaard, here is the link
https://www.phaidon.com/store/design/jens-quistgaard-the-sculpting-designer-9781838666026/
the book was well reviewed in the new yorker by Alexandra Lange
price for the 12 spider candle sticks $ 360
One of Jens Quistgaard best known designs for Dansk was the “iron spider candlestick” which oddly was nicknamed the “million dollar candlestick”. It was not until I met one of the graphic designers who worked for Dansk that I learned how it got that nickname. There were a million of those small black iron pieces made and Quistgaard got a design fee of one dollar for each one. Hard to believe but it turned out to be true.
My wife and I visited Quistgaard on his farm outside Vordingborg in South Zealand, Denmark in 2004. He proudly showed us all around. In the living room, hanging on the wall, was a single iron spider candlestick. I asked Quistgaard, why he had a candlestick on his wall, and he told me, a very satisfied smile on his face, that it was to remind him that it was that small candlestick that allowed him to renovate his whole farm.
