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DESIGNING WOMEN: ASTRID SAMPE

January 24, 2022
Posted by David Goldklang
Posted in Astrid Sampe, Category_BLOG, Category_Uncategorized, Design, Eames, Florence Knoll, grete jalk, Knoll, NK, Nordiska Kompaniet, Signe Persson-Melin, Textile
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One of the aspects that put the modern in mid century modern, is that it was the first era of design in which the glass ceiling had cracked enough to allow women to assume leading roles. Obvious examples include Ray Eames, Grete Jalk and Florence Knoll. Another prominent example is Astrid Sampe, who in 1937 started a chamber of textile for Nordiska Kompaniet, and led it until 1971, when it...