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Preben Juul Fabricius (1931–1984) was a Danish furniture designer who collaborated with Jørgen Kastholm. Fabricius was trained as a cabinetmaker by Niels Vodder. Afterwards, he attended the School of Interior Design where he was apprenticed to Finn Juhl. After meeting the blacksmith Jørgen Kastholm, they established a design studio in a Gentofte cellar. In 1965, they exhibited at the furniture fair in Fredericia where they met the German furniture manufacturer Alfred Kill. They agreed to work for him and travelled to Stuttgart with their first designs for production in Kill's factory in nearby Fellbach. They became famous at the Cologne Fair in 1966 when they exhibited a whole series of office and home furniture. Their minimalistic designs were usually made out of steel and leather. They were known for the Tulip Chair, the Grasshopper Chair and the Scimitar Chair. Eventually, the pair decided to terminate their cooperation in 1968, because of disagreements. Fabricius was honoured with the Illum Prize (1969) and, together with Jørgen Kastholm, the first German Gute Form prize for their FK Tulip chair (1969).Fabricius died in March 1984 at the age of 52.
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