MOSTLY DANISH - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Office Chair in Black Leather

Arne Jacobsen was heavily influenced by the renowned designer couple Charles and Ray Eames. In 1952 he broke onto the Modern design scene with the Ant TM, which was succeeded by the Series 7 TM in 1955. Arne Jacobsen was very productive both as a designer and architect, designing the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen at the end of the 1950s. Arne Jacobsen is responsible for some of the most iconic pieces and styles of furniture in Scandinavian furntiure history. Some of his more notable pieces include the 'Ant' chair, the 'Grand Prix' dining set, and the 'Series 7' line.

Grete Jalk's innovative Danish furniture design statements were astonishing to say the least and are still impressing people to this day. Her well-known creations include the teak coffee table, Lounge Chairs by Grete Jalk and the Extendable Teak Dining Table/Teak armchair.

Job Titles:

• Chairman, Model W2
• Heart Chair in Oak

Hans Wegner is widely celebrated as one of the masters of Mid-Century Modern design. A pioneer in the Danish furniture design movement coming out of the post-war era, Wegner described his way as "continuous process of purification and of simplification." This golden age of furniture design featured Wegner's wishbone chair as one of its icons.

Kai Kristiansen preferred to work in teak and rosewood, much like his Danish modern or Mid-Century Modern counterparts . His designs were produced by leading Danish manufacturers, including Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Fritz Hansen and Fornem Møbelkunst. The manufacturing was challenging in some ways, though, and many of the designs went out of production. That makes owning a Kai Kristiansen piece even more important. Each piece has a story, and each is part of the lore of Scandinavian design history.

Job Titles:

• Owner
• Design Expert
• Founder of Mostly Danish Furniture

Zvi Gross is the founder of Mostly Danish Furniture. It was when he began his new life in Canada that Zvi discovered his passion for woodworking and Scandinavian furniture design. Through study, hard work and dedication to the craft & trade, Zvi has become a master in furniture design and craftsmanship. Zvi Gross, owner of Mostly Danish and a furniture design expert, has meticulously hand-sourced a selection of pieces from around the world. We invite you to take a look. Zvi Gross is the founder of Mostly Danish Furniture. He was born in Hungary, grew up in Israel and eventually immigrated to Canada. It was when he began his new life in Canada that he discovered his passion for woodworking and Scandinavian furniture design. What began many years ago as a small operation of buying and selling unique Danish furniture at local auctions, has today become the largest warehouse of original Scandinavian and mid-century modern furniture in North America. Zvi purchased what was once a tech manufacturing company in Ottawa's South End and transformed it into a warehouse and showroom of over 30,000 sq.ft. Zvi can be found here almost everyday, refinishing and re-upholstering furniture that he has imported from around the world, specializing in Scandinavian furniture design, as well as crafting his own designs.