KAY

BOJESEN A FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY

“I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY GRANDFATHER’S CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND THEREFORE IT SEEMED OBVIOUS TO CARRY FORWARD HIS DESIGN, WHEN THE POSSIBILITY PRESENTED ITSELF.”

Kay Bojesen is a Danish design company founded in 2011 by Sus Bojesen Rosenqvist, granddaughter of Kay Bojesen. Sus has always worked with her grandfather’s design, and therefore it has only seemed natural to carry forward his design legacy into the 21st century.

As a young girl, Sus helped out in Kay’s store in Bredgade 47 in Copenhagen, and for many years she assisted her father, Otto Bojesen, in the quality control of Kay Bojesen’s wooden animals. Later on, Sus opened her own store with Kay Bojesen’s designs and even tried her hands as a silversmith.

In 2011, Sus decided to relaunch her grandfather’s Grand Prix cutlery, and thus founded Kay Bojesen. She visioned to uphold Kay’s mindset to offer everyone the experience of his design. Kay believed that: “Good design is something everyone is entitled to”, and this is still the essence of the brand today.

Inspiration for new interior and tableware designs is found in the extensive Kay Bojesen archives, containing numerous old sketches of products that have not been in production for many years.

It is a privilege and an honour to carry forward Kay Bojesen’s design heritage and let it evolve with contemporary lifestyle. However, there is also a responsibility to stay true to Kay’s design values and keep rethinking materials, shapes and new functions for objects - just as Kay would have done.