Born in 1919 and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jens Quistgaard forged metal on his own anvil at age 14 and exhibited self-designed sets of knives a year later. He formed Dansk, a flatware and cookware company, in 1954 with American entrepreneur Ted Nierenberg.
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In the 1960s, industrial designer Jens Quistgaard introduced his country’s aesthetic to U.S. households via a collection of tiny...
Good things come in small packages, like Danish modernism in Dansk-emblazoned boxes.
