Nanna Ditzel was born Nanna Hauberg in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1923. She began her training in cabinetmaking before attending the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen to study furniture design. There, she met Jørgen Ditzel; they married and opened their own design studio in Copenhagen the same year, designing cabinetry, textiles, tableware, jewellery, furniture, and more.
Leaving a legacy as one of Denmark’s foremost designers, she won numerous awards and honors in her lifetime, including the Gold Medal at the International Furniture Design Competition, Japan, in 1990 and the ID-prize, Denmark’s most prestigious design award, in 1995. Additionally, she was awarded the lifelong Artists’ Grant by the Danish Ministry of Culture and was named the Honorable Royal Designer at the Royal Society of Arts in London.