Over 50 years ago Herbert Krenchel, the materials researcher and civil engineer, designed the Krenit-bowl. You may have seen them in vintage design stores, on online auctions or even in magazines featuring hip retro decorations.

It is with deep respect for Herbert Krenchel’s original design that we are re-launching the iconic Krenit bowl. We love the Danish minimalist design from the 1950s, and when Herbert Krenchel contacted us to get Normann Copenhagen to resume production, we did not doubt for a second.

In the first instance Krenit is going to be re-launched in two sizes. One of these, named “badekarret” (English translation: “the bath tub”) by Herbert Krenchel due to its size, has not been in production previously.

Herbert Krenchel says: “In 1953 the idea was to make a beautiful bowl, preferably so functional and delicate that it was equally suited for use in the kitchen, on the dining table and as a decoration in the sitting room. As a material researcher I really concentrated on getting the different materials to match and look good together as well as making them equally compatible to use together. Enamel is a fantastic material, and even today my heart yearns for an enamel bowl. It is fantastic that the Krenit bowl is coming into production once more”.

Bonus info: The name Krenit is a combination of the name Krenchel and eternit which was the material that Herbert Krenchel used.

Krenit Salad Set and Salad bowl spotted by Wallpaper

More info about Krenit on our homepage

This is the brainchild of A. T. from Switzerland. With this picture he/she enters our competition that ends on the 30^th of September. Participate, have fun and you might win.

Title: me me me

Photo from Rocket Gallery in London 

The Krenit Bowl is once again available for all Krenit lovers. The classic shape is retained; however, the material is melamine.  

Normann Copenhagen is proud to announce our cooperation with the fascinating Herbert Krenchel who designed the design icon; the enamel Krenit-bowl in 1953. 

Herbert Krenchel explains: “As the production stopped in 1966, it was natural to turn to melamine which is a harden plastic of extraordinary high quality and at the same time the material used for the salad set. The Krenit Salad Bowl in melamine is, in my opinion, a great bowl with the same qualities as the enamel Krenit Bowl – especially in use with the Krenit Salad Set.”

Take a look at the Krenit Salad Bowl and Krenit Salad Set on our homepage.

Det känns som jag återkommer till samma vill-ha-saker hela tiden. Krenitskålar och en laminofåtölj i teak och med fårskinn i grått, ständigt på önskelistan med andra ord.

Tradera och Blocket har en hel del att erbjuda, inget snack om saken. Med utbudet är inte det bästa och priserna skjuter ofta i höjden på ett närmast retrofanatiskt sätt. De senaste dagarna har vi därför börjat utforska nya shoppingmarker, nämligen tyska Ebay. Språket är ett lagom stort minus, men utbudet och priserna, herregud… vi kommer att shoppa ihjäl oss på grälla plastprylar, krenitskålar och BMF-byggsatsljusstakar från Nagel.

Ikväll vann vi får första auktion, fyra BMF-ljusstakar för 17 euro. Till det kommer lika många pengar i frakt, totalt 320 kronor. I Sverige kostar en byggsatsdel sällan under 250 kronor, vilket ger en prisskillnad på 680 kronor totalt.

Jag tror nästan vi har tjänat pengar på att göra av med pengar idag, märklig känsla det där.

Men om någon skulle försöka pracka på oss en dansk Krenit-skål eller ett par BMF-moduler från tyska Nagel, då skulle vi nog inte säga nej. Inte så många gånger i alla fall.