PHOTO BY BRAHL FOTOGRAFI
Match Made in Modern Art
RAISED IN AN ARTISTIC HOUSEHOLD AND WITH A FONDNESS FOR DRAWING FURNITURE, it was no surprise when Nanna took up courses at Denmark’s School of Arts and Crafts at the Museum of Decorative Art alongside her ceramicist sister, Inga Thing. It was there that she met Jørgen Ditzel, who had trained as an upholsterer. They were collaborating on pieces by 1944 and married not long after. Just a year later, the two were beginning to collect awards for their practical glassware, textiles and multipurpose furniture.