Cecilie Manz

Designer, born 1972 in Denmark. Lives and works in Copenhagen.

After graduation from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design in 1997 including exchange studies at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Cecilie Manz founded her own studio in Copenhagen in 1998.
Here, Cecilie Manz works with design of industrial manufactured products and experimental prototypes and sculptural one-offs.

Recipient of the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal 2011 (Denmark), the Bruno Mathsson Prize 2009 (Sweden), the Finn Juhl Architectural Prize 2007 (Denmark), The Crown Prince Couples Cultural Award 2014 (Denmark), Designer of the Year 2018, Maison&Objet Paris, E. Kold Christensen’s Award of Honour, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2019 (France), the lifelong Honourable Award from the Danish Art Foundation (Denmark), Honourable Award from the Danish National Banks Foundation 2021.

Works with Duravit, Fritz Hansen, Bang & Olufsen, Fredericia Furniture, Iittala, Muuto, Nils Holger Moormann, Nikari, Georg Jensen Damask, 1616 Arita Japan, Maruni, Hermès and others.

My work has always revolved around simplicity, the process of working toward a pure, aesthetic and functional object —Cecilie Manz