Tage Frid | |
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| Born | (1915-05-30)30 May 1915 |
| Died | 4 May 2004(2004-05-04) (aged 88) Newport,Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupations | Professor, woodworker, furniture designer, author |
| Known for | Modern Design |
Tage Frid (30 May 1915 – 4 May 2004) was aDanish-bornwoodworker, educator and author who influenced the development of thestudio furniture movement in the United States. His design work was often in theDanish-modern style, best known for his three legged stool and his publications.[1]
Son of asilversmith, at the age of 13, he started a five-yearapprenticeship inCopenhagen followed by work in cabinet shops; worked for nearly a decade at the Royal Danish Cabinetmakers,[2] then spent time inIceland before immigrating to the United States in 1948 at the request of theAmerican Craft Council.[2]
Frid headed the program inwoodworking of the School for American Craftsmen (SAC) inAlfred, New York; later moving with this program toRochester Institute of Technology.[3][4] In 1962 he became professor of Woodworking and Furniture Design at theRhode Island School of Design (RISD), remaining until 1985.
When teaching, he emphasized a craftsman's need to learn all the available tools and methods one could use to complete a given task. Thus, the person can work in any shop situation and produce the same quality. Frid's students include noted American studio furniture makers such asHank Gilpin,Jere Osgood,[5]Alphonse Mattia,[6]William Keyser,John Dunnigan, andRosanne Somerson.
He was an editor ofFine Woodworking magazine from its inception in 1975 to his death.[2]
In 2001, Tage Frid was honored byThe Furniture Society with itsAward of Distinction. The Permanent collection of theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston owns some of his designs, most of which represent the Danish modern style.[2]
Frid is best known for his three-volume work, "Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking". Some editions of which are published as the first two volumes in one, the third is still separate (Frid's own classic European-style workbench is detailed, in a revised and corrected version, in the third edition of this essential series):
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