Nanna Ditzel should be regarded as one of Denmark's best designers but has been "forgotten" according to speakers at a panel discussion hosted by Dezeen in collaboration with furniture brand Fredericia.

"She was considered the punk woman of Danish design," said Fredericia owner Thomas Graversen. "All the younger generation didn't dare to do what she did."

But he added that she was "more or less forgotten in Denmark".

"I have to conclude she was forgotten and probably because she was a woman," said Anders Byriel, CEO of Danish textile brand Kvadrat.

"I think she's in the top five Danish designers. She's up there with the big masters."

Graversen and Byriel discussed the late designer's legacy at Fredericia's London showroom on 17 March in a conversation moderated by Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.

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