Erik Magnussen was a ceramist, educated at the Danish School of Design. As a young man he worked with art – including graphics and sculpture, but his interest in industrial production led him to industrial design. He saw his ceramic background as ideal for all kinds of industrial design. He therefore took on assignments within an unusually wide range, including tabletops, furniture, lamps, medical equipment and accessories in several different materials such as ceramics, porcelain, plastic, steel, aluminium, pewter, wood and leather.