Danish Luxury

Discontinued. No longer made.

Design Tableware Normann Copenhagen

Familia

A china dinner service and kitchen series that Ole Jensen designed for Normann Copenhagen; it is no longer made.

Designed by
Ole Jensen

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Familia cups, jugs, teapot and bowls in white china
Familia cups, jugs, teapot and bowls in white china
The Familia service set out on a table
The Familia service set out on a table

Pictures © Normann Copenhagen, from normann-copenhagen.com (archived pages).

Why it is renowned

Familia Tableware won an iF Product Design Award in 2008, and the Familia Kitchen Series a red dot design award and a Good Design award in 2007.123 The Familia teapot was selected for a competition called "The 100 most beautiful things in the world".1

Recognition

  • iF Design Award22008iF Product Design Award, Familia Tableware
  • red dot design award22007Familia Kitchen Series
  • Good Design Award22007Familia Kitchen Series

The story

Ole Jensen, who trained at the Arts and Crafts College in Kolding and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, designed Familia for Normann Copenhagen.1 He drew it with the vessels of Mesopotamia some 6,000 years ago in mind.3 The round handles and the plain plates came out of a long development in which every detail that was not needed was taken away.31 The china service took in cups, a jug with a lid, a teapot and plates, made for everyday meals as well as parties.13 By 2026 it was no longer in Normann Copenhagen's range.4

Sources
  1. Familia, Normann Copenhagen (archived copy of 2012-06-06). web.archive.org, read 16 October 2026.
  2. Normann Copenhagen, Wikipedia (Danish). da.wikipedia.org, read 16 October 2026.
  3. iF Design, Familia. ifdesign.com, read 16 October 2026.
  4. Search, Normann Copenhagen. normann-copenhagen.com, read 16 October 2026.

Last checked 16 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.