The multi-purpose table Little Friend™ designed by Kasper Salto is a small yet significant piece of furniture in the history of Fritz Hansen. The groundbreaking design was the result of a series of think tanks’ ideas of new ways of working and living.
Height: 50-73 cm
Length: 45 cm
Width: 45 cm
Kasper Salto, the designer of Fritz Hansen Ice and Runner chairs was trained as a cabinetmaker with Jørgen Wolff. He graduated in 1994 as a designer from the Danish Design School.
During his studies Salto spent a term at the Art Center in Switzerland.
From 1996-1997 Salto Lectured at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen and was also appointed a member of S.E. (The Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition). In 1997 Kasper Salto became an exhibiting architect for S.E. at the Museum of Applied Art in Copenhagen.
In Kasper Salto's work the Danish tradition of furniture design is continued in a well, balanced combination with international industrial design.
Salto's main source of inspiration is nature's superior way of designing and colouring.
In spite of his young age, Kasper Salto has already received several design awards for his works. Lately, Salto received the Danish Cabinetmaker's Award 2002.
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