CECILIE MANZ
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After graduation from the design school Danmarks Designskole in Copenhagen in 1997 with additional studies at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Cecilie Manz founded her own studio in Copenhagen in 1998.
Here, Cecilie Manz designs furniture, glass, lamps and related products.
In addition to her work with industrial products, her experimental prototypes and more sculptural one-offs make up an important part of her work and approach.

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For further info or high res. images
please contact: cecilie@ceciliemanz.com
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CV

Born 1972 in Denmark.


EDUCATION
Denmarks Design School / Furniture and Product Design, Institute of Industrial Design. 1992-1997
University of Art and Design, Helsinki. Finland.1995


EMPLOYMENT
KYW Design, Professor Yrjö Wiherheimo. Helsinki, Finland. 1997
Own studio in Copenhagen since 1998.


EXHIBITIONS
SofaStykker / Silkeborg Bad. 2007
Drud&Koeppe Gallery / Copenhagen 2006
Honey, I'm Home / Danish Design Centre. 2006
Danish - Framing the future of design/ Danish Design Centre. 2005
EXPO, Japan. 2005
Cecilie Manz - Taking Stock / one-woman exhibition, Danish Design Centre. 2005
anders als immer/somewhat different / Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany. 2005
Northern Lights / MDS-G / Issey Miyake Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. 2004
1m?=max, MARTa Herford, Germany. 2004
Talents Ambiente / Frankfurt, Germany. 2004
Tokyo Designers Block 2003,
Danish Slow Life House / Japan. 2003
Walk the Plank l + ll / Danish Museum of Art and Design / Museum Trapholt / Maison du Danemark, Paris / Stockholm. 1999, 2003
PP Moebler Aniversary Exhibition / Danish Design Centre. Copenhagen. 2003
STAFET/ Danish Design Centre / Form & Design Centre Malmoe, Sweden. 2003
Hommage a Arne Jacobsen (- 100 ans un maÌtre du Design Danois et ses hÈritiers) / Maison du Danemark, Paris. 2002
Living in Motion / Vitra Design Museum Basel + Berlin. 2002
Danish Design Prize / Danish Design Centre Copenhagen. 2002, 2004
Bodil and Cecilie Manz in Conversation/ Centrum Goed Werk, Belgium. 2001
Danish Form / Gl. Dok Architectural Centre, Copenhagen / Jakopic Gallerie, Ljubljana, Slovenien. 2001
The Third Design For Architecture Symposium Exhibition/ Alvar Aalto Academy, Finland. 2001
Danish Art of Cabinetmaking/ Kronborg Castle. 2000
Gallery Nicola Quadri Achitettura Design, Milano. 2000
Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition, Copenhagen. 2000
Danish Form / Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg / Stilwerk, Hamburg. 2000
SE - Cabinetmakers Autumn Exhibition 2000-2004
Kropsholder - Redlohspork / Scandinavian Furniture Fair / Designers Block London. 1997, 1998


EXHIBITION DESIGN
From the Kilns of Denmark / Maison du Danemark, Paris (with Jacob Manz)
Assistent for Robert Wilson : A House for Edwin Denby / WanÂs Utställningarna, Sweden. 2000
Assistent for Robert Wilson : Anna Did Not Come Home That Night / Danish Museum of Art and Design. 2000
Form - Transformation / Retrospective of Ceramists Bodil & Richard Manz / Danish Museum of Art and Design.1999


MISCELLANEOUS
Lecturer at The Third Design For Architecture Symposium / Alvar Aalto Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2001
Participant at The 1999 Summer Workshop by Robert Wilson / The Watermill Centre, NY, USA. 1999


MEMBERSHIPS
Art Community,
Danish Designers,
SE - Cabinetmakers Autumn Exhibition,
Danish Design Council.
Kraks Blaa Bog /Who's Who 2006.


PRIZES & AWARDS
Kunstpreis Berlin 2008/Architecture
'Moebel Prize 2007'
Finn Juhl Architectural Prize 2007
IF Product Design Award 2007 (Minima)
Design Plus 2007 (Minima)
Forum +1 award / Caravaggio P4, 2006
Danish Design Prize 2004, Inga & Ejvind Kold Christensens Foundation Award of Honour 2003,
Klaessons Design Team Prize Sweden 2000,
Winner of the competition A Furniture to a famous Dane 2003,
Bo Bedres Design Prize 2000.
National Art Foundations 3-years Grant 2004, Design Foundation, The National Bank Foundation, Crafts Foundation, Jorcks Foundation, Foghts Foundation and others.


REPRESENTED
MoMA, New York
Vitra Design Museum, Basel
Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen
International Museum Of Applied Art, Turin


REFERENCES
Fredericia Furniture / www.fredericia.com
Nils Holger Moormann / www.moormann.de
Lightyears A/S / www.lightyears.dk
Holmegaard A/S / www.holmegaard.com
Mooment / www.mooment.com



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