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KAJ FRANCK TEEMA MED VARIATIONER WITH VARIATIONS
KILTA KILTA JAPAN JAPAN
Centralt i Francks livsværk står servicet
Teema, der blev udviklet på Arabia i årene
1948-52 under navnet ”Kilta”, og relanceret
i 1981 hos Iittala under navnet Teema. Med
udgangspunkt i de helt enkle geometriske
grundformer: en cirkel, en firkant og et
rektangel blev der skabt et både tidstypisk
og tidløst service. Det var ikke et sæt i traditionel
forstand, og de 19 dele lod sig
kombinere i en uendelighed. Det var nemt
at rengøre, stabelbart og perfekt til det
moderne hjems uprætentiøse spisekøkken,
hvor maden kom direkte fra køkkenet til
bordet og de klare, rene farver bidrog til et
både muntert og livligt udtryk. I Kilta står
den rene og funktionelle løsning frem som
et skønhedsideal i sig selv.
KAJ FRANCK ”KILTA”, 1948-52
A key element in Franck’s life’s work is
Teema, which was developed at Arabia in
1948-52 under the name “Kilta” and relaunched
by Iittala in 1981 under the name
Teema. Based on the simple geometric
shapes of a circle, a square and a rectangle,
he created a service that was simultaneously
timeless and typical of its time. It was
not a tableware set in the traditional sense,
and the 19 components could be put together
in endless combinations. It was easy
to clean, stackable and perfect for the unpretentious
kitchen-dining room of the
modern home, where the food went directly
from the kitchen to the table, and the bright
colours contributed to a cheerful and vibrant
expression. In Kilta, the clean and functional
solution is held up as the essence of
beauty.
”SAUCESKÅL I STENTØJ, 1955” /
“STONEWARE SAUCE BOAT, 1955”
”KAJ FRANCK I JAPAN, 1956” /
”KAJ FRANCK IN JAPAN, 1956”
Lunning Prisen gav Kaj Franck økonomisk
mulighed for at besøge Japan for første
gang i 1956, og han skulle komme tilbage
flere gange. Han var dybt inspireret af den
japanske kultur med de på én gang forfinede
og forenklede brugsgenstande, der var
baseret på en gammel og ubrudt tradition,
og det ses i flere af hans værker. Men inspirationen
gik begge veje, og Franck skulle
blive en af de mest berømmede nordiske
formgivere i Japan.
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DESIGNMUSEUM DANMARK - 2013
The Lunning Prize gave Kaj Franck the
economic means to travel to Japan in 1956
on what would be the first of several visits.
He was profoundly inspired by Japanese
culture with its simultaneously refined and
simplified utilitarian objects that were
guided by a long-standing, uninterrupted
tradition, and this is evident in several of his
works. The inspiration in fact worked both
ways, and Franck would become one of the
most renowned Nordic designers in Japan.