Designer Desire: Tias Eckhoff

Montage of Tias Eckhoff designs

Tias Eckhoff (1926-2016) was a Norwegian industrial designer. Probably chiefly known for his cutlery, he also created furniture, crockery, cookware, glassware and door furniture.

He attended the Norwegian State College of Applied Arts and Crafts where he graduated with a degree in ceramic arts in 1949. Early in his career, he designed for Porsgrund for whom he produced the successful Det riflede ceramic range in 1949.

His cutlery designs include Una, Norstaal, Tiki and Maya for Stelton (previously Norsk Stålpress), Opus for Lundtofte and Cypress for Georg Jensen.

His work is in the permanent collections of institutions such as the V&A in London and Denver Art Museum.

Find examples of his designs for sale on Etsy and Pamono.

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L is for… Lundtofte

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Vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee set | H is for Home

We picked up this fabulous vintage stainless steel coffee set last weekend.

vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee pot | H is for Home vintage stainless steel Lundtofte coffee set | H is for Home

That made our minds up about what the letter ‘L’ should be for!

vintage stainless steel Lundofte ice bucket | H is for Home vintage stainless steel ice bucket | H is for Home

Danish company Lundtofte produced high quality, stainless steel pieces – predominantly kitchen & dining wares, but also some decorative household objects.

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They used top quality materials and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques – stainless steel often combined with teak or rosewood handles and finials.

vintage stainless steel sauce boat | H is for Home

There are some fantastic mid century modern designs to be found by designers such as Tias Eckhoff, Eric Herlow and Lone Sachs.

vintage Lundtofte 'Opus' cutlery set | H is for Home vintage Lundtofte 'Opus' cutlery set | H is for Home

vintage Lundtofte chaffing dish | H is for Home

vintage boxed salt & pepper set | H is for Home vintage salt & pepper pots | H is for Home

We have a few examples of vintage Lundtofte for sale at the moment in the H is for Home web shop – have a look!

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