Our Story
Thorvald Lissau
The bookcase is designed and developed by the Lissau family. The founder, manufacturer Thorvald Lissau, started producing exclusive wooden blinds and roller blinds in 1922.
Henrik Lissau
Later, the Lissau shelving system was developed by designer and director Henrik Lissau, an airy, elegant piece of furniture made of solid wooden slats, where countless combinations are possible, the 15x24mm slats were originally surplus slats from the production of wooden blinds. The Lissau bookcase was originally produced in oak by and for Henrik Lissau's own furniture shop, which dealt in all the well-known classics. Oak was also the leading wood type for "high end" furniture and classics at that time. The bookcase was then part of the pine wave of the 70s and was exported to Scandinavia and most of Europe.
Thomas Lissau
Owner Thomas Lissau, who is also a cabinetmaker, has from the early 1980s expanded, updated and continued the elegant shelving system with several models colors and woods and made it possible to design the shelf that suits your home, office or wine storage - and it has become a multitude of beautiful, built-in, freestanding, imaginative often tending artwork shelving.
Today
Today, Thomas and his wife Lotte are in charge of production and sales of this classic design icon.
