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Kaj Franck

1911 - 1989

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Kaj Gabriel Franck (9 November 1911 – 26 September 1989) was one of the leading figures of Finnish design and an influential figure in design and applied arts between 1940 and 1980. Franck was born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to parents Kurt Franck and Genéviève "Vevi" Ahrenberg. He was a Swedish-speaking Finn, and he was of German descent through his father. Franck was artistic director of the Arabia ceramics company (now part of Iittala Group) and artistic director and teacher at the College of Applied Arts – the predecessor of the University of Art and Design Helsinki (now Aalto University) – since 1945, but created designs for other companies as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaj Franck is the 61st most popular designer (up from 65th in 2019), the 1,260th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,374th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Kaj Franck ranks 61 out of 104. Before him are Enzo Mari, Syd Mead, Laura Biagiotti, Yuko Shimizu, Hans Wegner, and Diana Vreeland. After him are Georg Jensen, Anton Koberger, Paul Rand, Victor Papanek, Nicolas Jenson, and Storm Thorgerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Kaj Franck ranks 179. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, Grote Reber, Xiao Hong, Harry Andrews, Tarō Okamoto, and George Seaton. After him are Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Broderick Crawford, and Gerhard Stöck. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaj Franck ranks 154. Before him are Anton Diffring, Alex Thépot, Harry Andrews, Ćamil Sijarić, Maurice Evans, and Diana Vreeland. After him are Henri Sauguet, Edmund Leach, Kazimierz Sabbat, José López Rega, Inji Aflatoun, and Clyde Geronimi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Kaj Franck ranks 1,260 out of 3,761. Before him are Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Victor Pelevin (1962), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Boris Volynov (1934), and Yuri Rytkheu (1930). After him are Vladimir Petlyakov (1891), Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), and Vladimir Makovsky (1846).

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Among DESIGNERS In Russia

Among designers born in Russia, Kaj Franck ranks 2. Before him are Peter Carl Fabergé (1846).

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