"His inspiring, imaginative designs made him unique, and put him among the designers of the Danish Golden Age."
Career
Boesen's designs often follow an organic flow, striving for harmony through shape and texture. With many of his pieces, the human body is meant to be seamlessly incorporated, rather than functionally adjacent. In 1936, Boesen wins a design competition organized by the Danish Wicker-Maker Guild. Through his architectural designs, Boesen founded the "Funky Style" or "Funkis Style," a yet-unseen Nordic take on the Art Deco style that would become increasingly popular throughout Denmark after the Stockholm Exhibition of 1935. Although the time period and current Bauhaus school of thought promoted massproduced materials and a minimilist approach, Boesen embraced sustainability and naive maximilism. His chair design, Little Petra, embodies this unique perspective through luxurious sherpa upholstery and a playfully curvacious form.