Farewell Arne Vodder  

Thanks for this the beloved.
Sad news, but he certainly left behind his legacy and his influence will live on.
Obituries like this would never usually be reported in the mainstream media so thanks for the post.

Great shame to learn of this....
Great shame to learn of this. One of my fav Danish designers, a true style of his own.

My first introduction to his ...
My first introduction to his designs, was his articulating back dining chair he did for France & Daverkosen. Great designer and great legacy.

Verification
Hi Guys
Been COMPLETELY unable to find any verification in Denmark or on any Danish sites about his death apart from the one source in Australia.
Would make a difference to have it confirmed 100% or the poor sod might think we are trying to kill him off

If he is still alive and kicking he could use the classic quote,
`Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated`.

The news is from Great Dane Furniture
who was working with him to re-issue his pieces.
Here is the link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Dane-Furniture/38715174266

If you look down the page
you will see photos of Arne Vodder and Anton Assaad, owner of Great Dane Furniture together working on the re-issues.
Simon, it is surprising and sad that the Danish sites are not covering this. I would think this is big news, right up there with Wegner passing.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Dane-Furniture/38715174266

Arne Vodder the legacy
Dear Design addicts,
My name is Anton Assaad i am the founder and director of Great Dane. I have had the privelage of working with Arne for the last 2 years with the goal of getting his designs back into production in Denmark. It is true sadly that Arne passed away on Sunday the 27th of Dec 2009. I am pleased that Arne was able to view and approve of the new production, which i think gave him some joy. We will be re launching the range very soon.
Anton
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Great-Dane-Furniture/3871517426...

A homepage in honor of Arne Vodder
I'm one of the granddaughters of Arne Vodder, and my family and I are right now working on creating a homepage, where we will put up information about Arne and his work to honor him. We were working on this with my grandfather before he passed away :o( I talked a lot with him about it and when we figured out how much interest there was for him on the internet we decided to create a page with all of his work and history. I don't know of any media in Denmark that has written about his death, but that is surely the way Arne would have wanted it to be. He always loved to play and work with his passion and did it all the way to the end...
Best regards Julie

Thanks Julie, I hope some of...
Thanks Julie, I hope some of the flippant remarks here have not caused any offence.
I am sure the homepage will be a great tribute to your Grandfathers work, please keep us posted and let the community know when it is up and running.

den bedste ide
Hej Julie.
Det er en rigtig god ide i der har fået og en som vil blive meget eftertragtet.
Hvis jeg kan være behjælpelig på noge måde så sig endelig til.
Mvh
Simon
Danish Homestore (UK)
DHS møbeleksport (DK)

Your grandfather was one of the great designers,Julie
He will be greatly missed.Just think of all the lives he has enriched with his beautiful designs.It's nice to know he enjoyed his private life,too.We certainly will look forward to the Vodder database! -Thanks.

Thanks
First of all thanks for all the beautiful words about my grandfather. That's all ways nice in a hard time like this. We have lost a close person next to us with a big heart...
We're unfortunately not close with a homepage, but it will come...
Tak, Simon for dit bidrag om at ville hjælpe, og det kan sagtens være vi kan få brug for mere information om tiden trends og hvad der er in lige pt. m.m. i branchen. Lige nu prøver vi at arbejde videre med det vi lavede med ham. Nemlig få styr på hvad han har lavet. Der er nemlig rigtig mange ting og vi vil samle de fleste med billede og tekst på den kommende hjemmeside. Men vi er et stykke fra at have lavet en endnu, desværre...

Arne Vodder fan page on facebook
Join the fan page on facebook and get all the new informations :o)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/pages/Arne-Vodder/283156896384?ref=ts