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® Sika·Design HANDMADE FURNITURE NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL ARNE JACOBSEN FRANCO ALBINI & FRANCA HELG VIGGO BOESEN

Our passion for and understanding of rattan dates back decades. We have been around long enough to call ourselves Scandinavia’s oldest producer of rattan and wicker furniture. The story of our company begins in 1942, when Ankj^r Andreasen produced the first batch of baskets, lamps, flower tables and other smaller interior items made of rush and willow. In the 1950's, Ankj^r expanded his production to include a furniture series made from rattan, and the company Sika-Design was firmly established. The rattan was imported from the Far East, and Ankj^r traveled there to purchase the rattan for...

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RATTANA NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL Rattan is a climbing plant that grows as a vine in the rainforest. The vines have been known to grow up to hundreds of meters long. Rattan grows naturally without disturbing the existing structure and balance in the rainforest while at the same time cleaning the air by transforming CO2 into clean air. As rattan grows by climbing the trees in the rainforest, it is important to preserve the trees in order to preserve the rattan production. This means that rattan indirectly helps to preserve the rainforest in Indonesia. It is the fastest...

OUR DESIGNERS pioneers within rattan and furniture design Arne Jacobsen, Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel, Franco Albini and Viggo Boesen were all pioneers of their time – they broke new ground when they made experimental shapes of the sturdy materials of rattan and wicker and created sculptural and timeless icons. ARNE JACOBSEN (1902-1971) Arne Jacobsen, architect and designer. Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. His designs are famouse worldwide and his first design ever was a rattan chair. NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL (1923-2005) (1921-1961) Nanna...

FRANCO ALBINI (1905-1977) & FRANCA HELG (1920-1989) Franco Albini was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect and designer. In 1929 he began his professional career working for Gio Ponti. Franca Helg was an Italian designer and architect. Graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1945, Franca Helg was active both in the field of architectural planning and in industrial design, with important project interventions often in collaboration with Franco Albini, with whom she was for long associated professionally, from 1951 until the death of Albini in 1977. VIGGO BOESEN (1907-1985) Viggo Boesen...

FRANCO ALBINI & FRANCA HELGItalian architect duo Franco Albini (1905-1977) was an Italian NeoRationalist architect and designer, renowned for merging modern minimalistic furniture design with traditional Italian craftmanship. In his creations he used raw, inexpensive materials. He had great success in the 1950’s where he created a range of distinguished furniture designs, including the famous and fashionable rattan chairs Margherita and Gala, both features as part of the permanent exhibition Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. Franco Albini obtained three Compasso d’Oro awards, the...

OTTOMAN BY FRANCO ALBINI & FRANCA HELG Designed in 1951 | Material: Manau & Tohiti rattan Item no: | FA-55 - FA-65

BELLADONNA BY FRANCO ALBINI & FRANCA HELG Designed in 1951 | Material: Manau & Tohiti rattan Item no: | FA-95

In 1951, Franco Albini designed the Ottoman which since has become a vital piece of the ICONS collection. Due to the ecological sustainable material the Ottoman is more relevant than ever. The design of the Ottoman is characterized by its elegant and sculptural round shape. The sofa has a very elegant expression with its fine open weave and the beautifully curved back. The construction gives the impression that the seat sits on a pedestal, which gives Belladonna an almost majestic aura. Belladonna is a decorative element that will suit almost any type of interior decor.

FRATELLINO BY FRANCO ALBINI & FRANCA HELG Designed in 1951 | Material: Manau & Tohiti rattan Item no: | FA-23

NANNA & J0RGEN DITZELmotion and beauty The “Hanging Egg Chair” is a critically acclaimed design that has enjoyed praise worldwide ever since the distinctive sculptural shape was created by Nanna & Jorgen Ditzel in 1959. The design of the “Hanging Egg Chair” has long since been dubbed timeless, whereas rattan had its golden age in the 1960’s when skilled wicker weavers and architects crafted beautifully sculptured furniture out of the challenging material. The Danish designers Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel exhibited their first furniture designs in Copenhagen, when they were still students at...

HANGING EGG CHAIR BY NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL Designed in 1959 | Material: Gold sega core weave Item no: | ND-75

RANA BY NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL Designed in 1951 Material: Manau & Gold sega core weave Item no: | ND-13 MADAME BY NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL Designed in 1951 Material: Manau & Gold sega core weave Item no: | ND-14

NANNY BY NANNA DITZEL Designed in 1969 | Material: Manau & Tohiti rattan Item no: | ND-15

CHILL BY NANNA DITZEL Designed in 1961 I Material: Gold sega core weave Item no: I ND-20

The lounge chair is designed for indoor use, however rumour has it that Nanna Ditzel herself used hers on the terrace of her vacation home. The chair along with the footstool ties an organic design language with minimalistic features and suggests indulgence and relaxation - whether this is indoors our outdoors.

Arne Jacobsen was born on 11th of February 1902 in Copenhagen. He first hoped to become a painter, but Jacobsen was admitted to the Architecture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1924 to 1927. He studied under Kay Fisker and Kaj Gottlob, both leading architects and designers. As early as 1925 the talented architect student was awarded an impressive silver medal for the Paris Chair™, which was his very first piece of furniture at the world exhibition in Paris. On that trip, he was struck by the pioneering aesthetic of Le Corbusier’s L’Esprit Nouveau pavilion. He also...