Finn Juhl

Born in Frederiksberg in 1912, Finn Juhl studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and spent a decade in Vilhelm Lauritzen’s office before opening his own studio in Nyhavn in 1945. With cabinetmaker Niels Vodder he made sculptural chairs such as the Pelican and the Chieftain, designed the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the UN in New York and won five gold medals at the Milan Triennale.

Architectmade makes his teak Turning Tray of 1956 by hand to his exact specifications, and the FJ Essence tea set he drew in 1952 in hand-glazed porcelain.