Povl Eskildsen

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A product of the classic Danish furniture tradition, Povl’s interest in design in general and furniture design in particular, started at a young age on the shop floor of his parent’s furniture factory in Salling, Denmark. Povl studied architecture at the renowned Aarhus School of Architecture. He initially worked with a number of Danish indoor furniture companies before turning his sights on outdoor furniture. Working with among others, Trip-Trap and Gloster, Povl brought a new sense of design into the outdoor furniture industry, in particular in teak furniture, where his designs brought the elegance & comfort that had been the norm in Danish indoor furniture for decades to a category where heft and weight rather than design and comfort had been key selling parameters.