Piet Hein
Born in 1905 in Copenhagen, Piet Hein was a successful scientist, mathematician, philosopher, writer, designer and artist. Hein was educated...
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Fritz Hansen
B619 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 180–300 x 120 cm Chrome
From €4,648€5,468
Fritz Hansen
B619 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 180–300 x 120 cm White
€4,648€5,468
Fritz Hansen
B619 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 180–300 x 120 cm Grey
€4,648€5,468
Fritz Hansen
B620 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 170–270 x 100 cm Grey
€4,322€5,085
Fritz Hansen
B620 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 170–270 x 100 cm White
€4,322€5,085
Fritz Hansen
B620 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 170–270 x 100 cm Chrome
From €4,322€5,085
Fritz Hansen
B619 Superellipse Extendable Dining Table 180–300 x 120 cm Black
€4,648€5,468
Fritz Hansen
A222 Circular Coffee Table Ø 75 cm
€1,438
Fritz Hansen
A223 Circular Coffee Table Ø 90 cm
€1,726
Fritz Hansen
Supercircular A202 Coffee Table
€2,110
Fritz Hansen
Supercircular A203 Coffee Table
€1,822
Fritz Hansen
B616 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 170 cm Warm Graphite
€2,201€2,589
Fritz Hansen
B612 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 150 cm Warm Graphite
€2,038€2,398
Fritz Hansen
B611 Superellipse Dining Table 90 x 135 cm White
€1,875€2,206
Fritz Hansen
B612 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 150 cm Black
€2,038€2,398
Fritz Hansen
B617 Superellipse Dining Table 130 x 300 cm White
€4,729€5,564
Fritz Hansen
B611 Superellipse Dining Table 90 x 135 cm Chrome
€1,875€2,206
Fritz Hansen
B613 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 180 cm Black
€2,283€2,686
Fritz Hansen
B617 Superellipse Dining Table 130 x 300 cm Chrome
€4,729€5,564
Fritz Hansen
B613 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 180 cm Warm Graphite
€2,283€2,686
Fritz Hansen
B614 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 240 cm Warm Graphite
€3,098€3,645
Fritz Hansen
B612 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 150 cm Chrome
€2,038€2,398
Fritz Hansen
B617 Superellips matbord 130 x 300 cm Black
€4,729€5,564
Fritz Hansen
B611 Superellipse Dining Table 90 x 135 cm Black
€1,875€2,206
Fritz Hansen
B616 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 170 cm Grey
€2,201€2,589
Fritz Hansen
B616 Superellips matbord 100 x 170 cm White
€2,201€2,589
Fritz Hansen
B612 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 150 cm Grey
€2,038€2,398
Fritz Hansen
B616 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 170 cm Black
€2,201€2,589
Fritz Hansen
B613 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 180 cm White
€2,283€2,686
Fritz Hansen
B612 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 150 cm White
€2,038€2,398
Fritz Hansen
B614 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 240 cm White
€3,098€3,645
Fritz Hansen
B614 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 240 cm Black
€3,098€3,645
Fritz Hansen
B613 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 180 cm Chrome
€2,283€2,686
Fritz Hansen
B616 Superellipse Dining Table 100 x 170 cm Chrome
€2,201€2,589
Fritz Hansen
B614 Superellipse Dining Table 120 x 240 cm Chrome
€3,098€3,645
Fritz Hansen
A826 Circular Dining Table Ø145 cm
€3,180€3,741
Fritz Hansen
A825 Circular Dining Table Ø120 cm
€2,364€2,781
Fritz Hansen
A623 Circular Café Table Ø90 cm
€1,630€1,918
Fritz Hansen
A622 Circular Café Table Ø 75 cm
€1,386€1,630
Fritz Hansen
Supercircular Dining Table
From €1,386€1,630
Piet Hein 1905 – 1956
Piet Hein was born in 1905 in Copenhagen and was a renowned scientist, mathematician, philosopher, author, designer and artist. Hein studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. His interest in art led him to take several courses at private art schools in Copenhagen. He also studied at Stockholm’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Back in Copenhagen, he resumed his studies in philosophy, which he chose to combine with theoretical physics. For Piet Hein, there was always a connection between subjective art and objective science. He always saw himself as both an artist and a scientist.
Hein went on to design everything from furniture to games and lighting fittings. He is known for designing Sergels torg in Stockholm with architect David Helldén. Together with Bruno Mathsson, he also created the revolutionary tension leg, which can be found on the immensely popular Superellips table. The shape of the super ellipse was developed with mathematical intuition and resolved the contrast between the circle and the square.
Piet Hein also devoted himself to writing poetry, which helped him to find a harmonious method of production and design. According to him, art is the solution to problems that cannot be clearly formulated until they have a solution. Many architects and designers who worked with and around Piet Hein consider his designs to have a distinct poetic element.
During his lifetime, Piet Hein developed friendships with both Albert Einstein and Charles Chaplin. Hein received numerous awards for his services, including the Aarestrup Medal in 1969, the Industrial Design Prize, the Annual Prize of the Danish Design Council and the Tietgen Medal in 1990. Internationally, Hein received the Alexander Graham Bell "Silver Bell" in 1968 and the Doctorate in Human Letters at Yale University in 1972. Piet Hein is one of the most recognized Danes of modern times, right after Nils Bohr and author Karen Blixen.
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