Gjerløv-Knudsen, Ole

(1930-2009)

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Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen was a productive Danish designer, well known for his OGK daybed safari chair as well as the Modeline collection, which he designed together with Tørben Lind. After finishing his training as a cabinetmaker, Gjerløv-Knudsen studied furniture design in the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and architecture in The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Later on he taught in the Danish School of Arts and Crafts’ School of Architecture and worked as the principle of his alma mater from 1967 to 1990. Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen has designed pieces for the following brands: Skovshoved Møbelfabrik