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SIKA-DESIGN A PROUD TRADITION OF CRAFTMANSHIP Our history The story of Sika-Design begins in 1942, when Ankjær Andreasen produced the first batch of handmade baskets, lamps, flower tables and other smaller interior items made of rush and willow. In the 1950’s the production was extended to include a series of handmade furniture made from rattan, and the company Sika-Design was firmly established. Our passion for rattan and craftmanship dates back several decades and makes us Scandinavia’s oldest producer of rattan and wicker furniture. 3rd generation Sika-Design is a danish family company...

Louise Andreasen (1971-) Louise Andreasen is the 3rd generation to run Sika-Design. She has worked side by side with her father Knud since 1996 and she took over the ownership of the company and the role of CEO in 2015. Louise is very conscious about inheriting a company with a strong culture characterized by freedom with responsibility. She is determined to preserve and continue this culture created by her father and grandfather. Louise has from a very young age been passionate about furniture production and interior design. Her strong imprint in the company has been insisting to create...

Knud Andreasen (1948-) Knud Andreasen took over his father’s company in 1983. Over three decades, Knud has developed a strong worldwide distribution and made solid manufacturing partnerships in Indonesia and Malaysia. In 1989 he founded Sika-Design’s associated company Cane-Line A/S and in 1991, he acquired the Danish competitor Horsnæs and merged it with Sika. Knud was a pioneer when he introduced the game changing material ArtFibre on the European market in the late 1990’s. Knud has always insisted on great comfort and strength when designing and producing furniture. Especially furniture...

PIONEERS WITHIN RATTAN AND FURNITURE DESIGN Arne Jacobsen, Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel, R. Wengler, Franco Albini & Franca Helg, Viggo Boesen and Tove Kindt-Larsen were all pioneers of their time. They broke new ground when they made experimental shapes of the sturdy material rattan and wicker, creating sculptural and timeless icons. At Sika-Design we are proud to have acquired the rights for these iconic designs. It is very important for us to work closely with the descendants to ensure the design and quality. All our iconic furniture was originally made in rattan, but for our Exterior...

Arne Jacobsen Arne Jacobsen was a renowned danish architect, who first hoped to become a painter. He was later admitted to the Architecture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1924 to 1927. Still a student, in 1925 he participated in the Paris Art Deco fair, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, where he won a silver medal for his first furniture design. In 1929, he won a Danish Architect’s Association competition for designing the “House of the Future” which was built in full scale for the Housing and Building Exhibition in Forum...

Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel The Danish designer Nanna Ditzel, together with her husband Jørgen, exhibited their first furniture designs in Copenhagen, while they were still students at the Industrial Arts and Crafts College, Copenhagen. They quickly established their own design studio and started to work with wicker in cooperation with the renowned wicker worker R. Wengler in 1950. The rocking chair Nanny was one of the first chairs based on the idea of a chair with no legs. For a short period, Nanna also studied under the leading danish furniture designer Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy...

Viggo Boesen Viggo Boesen is a Danish architect who contributed to the Danish design aesthetics in the 1930’s. From his workshop Viggo designed a number of rattan and upholstery furniture, which was constructed according to his philosophy: Furniture should have an organic flow and embrace the body smoothly and tenderly. They should be a delight to the eye, but also be solid and durable. The Fox chair was the first of many furniture pieces from Viggo Boesen and with that he won the design competition, held by the Danish wicker-maker guild in 1936. His inspiring, imaginative designs made him...

Exterior ICONIC RATTAN DESIGNS MADE FOR EXTERIOR USE Our passion for rattan has been with us since the beginning and even though our history begins with rattan for the interior, we have also been designing and producing furniture for exterior use for more than 15 years. Our Exterior collection is made with the same beautiful expression as our interior furniture and the same respect for the original design. The collection is made of hand bend Aluminum frames and is hand wowen with ArtFibre®, making the furniture perfect for being outside all year. For the season 2021 we are excited to...

Charlottenborg BY ARNE JACOBSEN Arne Jacobsen designed this charismatic lounge chair in 1936. He showcased it for the first time at the Charlottenborg spring exhibition in 1937 and since then named after the castle. CHARLOTTENBORG CHAIR | ITEM NO: AJ-E28-NU The chair was originally named A.J 237 and was part of a series of original rattan chairs. It is a known fact, that the Charlottenborg chair was one of Arne Jacobsen’s favourite lounge chairs in his famous vacation home Knarken near Sejroebugten in Denmark.

RENOIR SWING | ITEM NO: SD-E380-NU 16 JULIAN COFFEE TABLE | ITEM NO: 9469U

17 MARGRET CHAIR | ITEM NO: SD-E103-NU GEORGE TABLE | ITEM NO: 9440U

PARIS CHAIR | ITEM NO: AJ-E33-NAT

Paris BY ARNE JACOBSEN The Paris chair was designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1929 for a competition published by The Basket Makers Association. When he later the same year exhibited with the famous “The House of the Future”, the chair was displayed as a part of the interior design. Until World War II, the chair was produced by R. Wengler and it is known both as Fremtidens Stol, Skovsneglen and Paris Chair.