Cecilie Manz

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Cecilie Manz
Born1972 (age 5152)
NationalityDanish
Education Danish Design School
Finnish School of Art and Design
Years active1997–present
Website www.ceciliemanz.com

Cecilie Manz (born 1972) is a Danish industrial designer. In November 2017, Manz was awarded designer of the year in the Design Awards by Bo bedre, Costume Living, Nordic Living and Boligmagasiet. In September 2014, she won the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Culture Award (Kronprinsparrets Kulturpris) for her contribution to design. [1]

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Her work of includes furniture, jewellery, lamps and sculptures. Her Mikado table has been included in MOMA's design collection. [2]

Manz's Micado side table Micado sidetable by Cecilie Manz.jpg
Manz's Micado side table

Early life

Cecilie Manz was born in 1972 in Denmark's Odsherred region [3] on the island of Zealand. She was admitted to the Danish Design School in Copenhagen and went to Helsinki as an exchange student, studying at the Finnish School of Art and Design, before she graduated in 1997. She then worked briefly in Professor Yrjö Wiherheimo's studio in Helsinki before returning to Copenhagen where she founded her own Manz Lab in 1998. [2]

Designs

Moky chair, 2016, Danish Design Museum, Copenhagen Cecilie Manz - Moky chair.jpg
Moky chair, 2016, Danish Design Museum, Copenhagen

Manz has designed for brands such as Lightyears, Holmegaard, Nils Holger Moormann, Fredericia Furniture, Fritz Hansen, Muuto and Mooment.

Some of her most known designs include the Caravaggio lamp for Lightyears and the Mikado table.

More recently, she has worked with Bang & Olufsen designing the functional but retro-looking speaker line of BeoLit AirPlay speakers and the BeoPlay Bluetooth speaker lineup [4] for the company.

In awarding her the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize in 2014, Prince Frederik commented: "The fascinating thing about Cecilie Manz's design is that despite the diversity of her work, there is a clearly discernible tone. The basic idea is always strong in Manz's design, evoking associations with historical realisations in design while clearly reflecting the present." [1]

Awards and recognition

2017 Designer of the year, Design Awards 2017, Bo Bedre, Costume Living, Nordic Living, Boligmagasinet

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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