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# Kaare Klint

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## Kaare Klint

Products by Kaare Klint

[![Safari Stool](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/c/carl-hansen-son/produkte/safari-stool/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/safari-stool-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/carl-hansen-son/safari-stool)

[Carl Hansen & Søn Safari Stool](https://www.stylepark.com/en/carl-hansen-son/safari-stool)

[![Safari Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/c/carl-hansen-son/produkte/safari-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/safari-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/carl-hansen-son/safari-chair)

[Carl Hansen & Søn Safari Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/en/carl-hansen-son/safari-chair)

[![Le Klint 101](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/le-klint/produkte/le-klint-101/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/le-klint-101-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/le-klint/le-klint-101)

[Le Klint Le Klint 101](https://www.stylepark.com/en/le-klint/le-klint-101)

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Biography

Kaare Klint (1888-1954), the man behind classics such as the Safari Chair and Faaborg Chair, is considered the father of Danish furniture design. For Kaare Klint, the son of architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, exposure to architecture was a natural part

of his early development. However, it was primarily as a furniture designer that Kaare Klint made his mark on Danish architecture.

Kaare Klint was born in 1888 in Frederiksberg and designed his first furniture in 1914, for the Faaborg Museum. From

the beginning, Klint's furniture was characterized by harmony between his choice of form and materials, often inspired by earlier styles or other cultures.

Klint helped found the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Furniture School in 1923, and was appoint

ed professor there in 1924. In this role, he inspired and taught a number of prominent Danish furniture designers, who went on to pave the way for the golden age of Danish design, from 1945 to 1975.

Klint also founded the Furniture and Spatial Desi

gn Department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he employed a teaching method considered radical in his day. He asked students to construct furniture items from the inside out, based on thorough pre-analysis. The outward style was less significant;

instead, the focus was on function analysis, choice of materials, and material processing.

Klint's influence led to a comprehensive renewal of Danish furniture design. He demanded clear and logical structures, with nothing superficial - only hones

t, pure lines, the best materials, and genuine craftsmanship.

Articles about Kaare Klint

[DESIGN Hardwoods, Hand-Made, Hansen 7/3/2023 Our author Claudia Simone Hoff paid a visit to Carl Hansen & Søn: In the factory on the Danish island of Funen she found out what is behind a classic furniture item such as the “Wishbone Chair” by Hans J. Wegner, sanded down a chair leg herself, and visited Knud Erik Hansen’s manor house.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/design-craft-carl-hansen-and-son-production-denmark-stylepark-magazine)

[READING EDUCATES Too late for sedate 4/18/2017 Børge Mogensen wasn’t interested in sculptural shapes and experiments. He preferred historical furniture types that he then tweaked for the better. A very readable monograph presents the Danish designer.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/b%C3%B8rge-mogensen-monograph)