Kay Bojesen

Kay Bojesen ( born August 15, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark, † August 28, 1958 ) was a Danish designer who specializes in wooden toys. World famous are his wooden animals, but also to be cutlery and crockery.

Life and work

Kay Bojesen graduated from 1906 to 1910 an apprenticeship as a silversmith at Georg Jensen. He continued the training continued in Germany and worked as a silversmith in Paris and Copenhagen.

In 1913 he opened his own company in Copenhagen. In 1922 he designed his first wooden toys. By 1928, his works are marked by the typical Danish Art Nouveau, after which he worked in a more functionalist style. In 1930 he sold his business and was appointed Artistic Director at Bing & Grøndahl.

In 1932 he re-opened her own shop in Copenhagen ( Bredgade 47) and joined the work as a silversmith with formative wood work for his toys. From this small business out of it supplied the whole world for 26 years. Posthumously some of his work at Documenta III ( in the Department of Industrial Design) in Kassel were shown in 1964.

Literature and sources

• Documenta III. International Exhibition; Catalogue: Volume 1: Paintings and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand drawings; Industrial design, graphic; Kassel / Cologne 1964