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Pierre Paulin, born in Paris in 1927, belonged to a generation of lucky pioneers. Product design was an unknown territory. A world full of challenges as well as risks as there were no academies in his native France at the time; nor any interest from the side of the manufacturers. No chances for further development for the young Pierre Paulin. In 1958 Pierre Paulin joined the Artifort Design Group which gave him the opportunity to realize his sculptural vision of furniture; way too visionary for Paris at the time.
Experimenting with wooden shells, pressed under high-frequency, and tubular fram[... mehr]
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Andreas Hansen trained at Ringe becoming a skilled cabinet maker in 1956. He then attended the Kunsthandvrerkerskolen (The School of Arts and Crafts, Denmark ) Graduating in 1962.
He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark 1962-1963. Undertaking study tours to Florence, Rome and Venice. During this period he worked for the architects Mogens Koch and Vilhelm Wohlert.
In 1968 up to 1988 he returned to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, as a teacher a role he also undertook between 1970 - 1973 at Denmark's Design School. In 1974 he went on a study tour of Egypt.
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