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Kaj Franck

1911 - 1989

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Kaj Gabriel Franck (9 November 1911 Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland – 26 September 1989 Santorini, Greece) was one of the leading figures of Finnish design and an influential figure in design and applied arts between 1940 and 1980. Franck's parents were 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaj Franck has received more than 41,470 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaj Franck is the 57th most popular designer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,005th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Kaj Franck ranks 57 out of 86Before him are Otl Aicher, John Baskerville, Milton Glaser, Enzo Mari, Paul Smith, and Paul Rand. After him are Domenico Dolce, Louis Majorelle, Hans Wegner, Milena Canonero, Virgil Abloh, and Storm Thorgerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Kaj Franck ranks 150Before him are Pierre Harmel, Tilly Fleischer, Juan Carlos Zabala, René Barjavel, Mirzo Tursunzoda, and Otakar Vávra. After him are Leopold Kielholz, Heinz von Foerster, Jiří Sobotka, Hume Cronyn, Aliya bint Ali, and Ronald Neame. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaj Franck ranks 128Before him are Colin Clark, Huey P. Newton, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Edoardo Amaldi, Harold Jeffreys, and Sourou-Migan Apithy. After him are Imre Németh, Georges Schehadé, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Carl Dahlhaus, Luiz Gonzaga, and George C. Homans.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Kaj Franck ranks 1,141 out of 3,262Before him are Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vera Krepkina (1933), Catherine Breshkovsky (1844), Maria Ouspenskaya (1876), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), and Vasily Agapkin (1884). After him are Vasily Rozanov (1856), Eino Rahja (1885), Igor M. Diakonoff (1914), Galina Kulakova (1942), Nilus of Sora (1433), and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530).

Among DESIGNERS In Russia

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