Bølling designed villas, government buildings and apartment complexes, as well as furniture, but he is probably best known for his 1954 design of The Duck and later its offspring the Duckling.
His teak animals and human forms are highly collectible, including Oscar the Dog, The Optimist and The Pessimist. The Mermaid figure, has been re-released by Architectmade.
From greatdanefurniture.com and panik-design.com
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| Oscar the Dog, 1953 panik-design.com |
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| Duck and Duckling, 1959 designaddict.com |
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| The Mermaid, 1960 nzz.ch |
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| The Optimist and The Pessimist, 1963 panik-design.com |
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| Rolling cart liveauctioneers.com |
In the following video from 2011, Hans Bølling explains how his animals and human forms came about.
youtube.com - greatdanefurniture
What a charming video....great to hear a designer/artist etc. talk about how things came into being. ...even more fascinating the video was made for Great Dane furniture in Melbourne :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the video too. He has such an endearing demeanor, and his stories about the designs were fascinating.
DeleteSuch gently humourous pieces, and with such clean lines... now these are something I could (metaphorically) sink my teeth into.
ReplyDeleteHis pieces make such charming collections. I love The Optimist and The Pessimist..
DeleteOh I think these need to be in my toy collection! The ducks! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat video, what a sweetheart!
Doesn't he seem like such a nice person? I really enjoyed that video!
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