KAY BOJESEN STEEL

KAY BOJESEN’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS WERE ALL CRAFTED IN SILVER, BUT ALREADY DURING THE 1950s, KAY LOOKED TO MODERNISE HIS CHOICE OF MATERIALS

Kay Bojesen was a trained silversmith and spent countless productive hours designing and crafting unique household pieces in silver. During his career, he managed to put several thousand different designs into production, some of which are still unseen. Among all of his silver creations, the best ones have been reintroduced in stainless steel, which correlates with Kay’s vision to make his designs more readily available.

One wondrous discovery was Kay Bojesen’s Royal Guard in silver. Years after Kay had passed away, his grandchildren had to empty their parent’s attic and found a small, rattling, but anonymously looking box. Upon opening the box they found a lot of loose components and one fully assembled Royal Guard.

This is just one example of Kay’s classic silver designs that have recently been rema- de in stainless steel. However, already during his own lifetime and career, Kay was looking towards modernising his choice of materials. Only some twenty years after creating his iconic Grand Prix cutlery in silver, he presented it in a more affordable matte steel version.

Now, many of Kay’s original pieces are also manufactured with a polished steel finish that mimics the original look. Besides the Grand Prix cutlery, is also the children’s tableware, the NEST serving bowls and the combined vase and candle holder; VISTA.

Today, the stainless steel pieces are amongst the most popular Kay Bojesen items, and most recently, the NEST bowl has been launched in stainless steel with a black silk matt finish. The materials still continue to be rethought and developed to stay contemporary and relevant.