Diana Holstein for Royal Copenhagen
“I began working with Royal Copenhagen in 1994 when I was asked to conceive a new design for an existing classic in their crockery range. I worked with their development department to produce a range of colour schemes, of which two were finally chosen: light blue and dark blue.
The collection was named Liselund for several reasons. Primarily, I had drawn much inspiration from the beautiful chateau at Liselund, situated on the south-east tip of Denmark and built in the style of the Romantic Age.
In particular I was fascinated by the wall decorations in the chateau which used a special shading technique to carefully apply shadows within the design that seem to make the decoration float just above the surface. I adapted this technique to the design for the Liselund crockery. I was also drawn to the name “Liselund” because of my mother Lise, who I wished to thank and honour for the creative gifts she gave me.
The set was first shown at the Formland Fair in the Spring of 2001, where Royal Copenhagen and I received the Formland prize.”
