Oral History Interview with Tage Frid, January 1997

Interview of Tage Frid conducted by Rosanne Somerson in Frid's home on January 1, 1997. Frid speaks of his time building houses in Iceland and working in Denmark before moving to the United States to teach. Frid also recalls opening Shop One in Rochester and working with many of his former stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frid, Tage, Somerson, Rosanne, Archives, RISD, Muhly, Frank
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@RISD 1997
Subjects:
Denmark
Woodworking
Furniture Design
Rochester
Shop One
John (Jack) Prip
Fine Woodworking
Jimmy Carter
Scandinavian design
RISD Oral Histories
oral history
archives
interview
Industrial and Product Design
Iceland
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/archives_oralhistories/15
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/context/archives_oralhistories/article/1014/type/native/viewcontent/Tage_Frid_v3.29.mp4_dl_0
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Summary:Interview of Tage Frid conducted by Rosanne Somerson in Frid's home on January 1, 1997. Frid speaks of his time building houses in Iceland and working in Denmark before moving to the United States to teach. Frid also recalls opening Shop One in Rochester and working with many of his former students. Along with this, Frid discusses what he values in woodworking and design with a model of one of his chairs. Transcript forthcoming. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/archives_oralhistories/1014/thumbnail.jpg

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