Poul Cadovius

Poul Cadovius was a Danish furniture designer and manufacturer, who held 400 patents.

Biography

Poul Cadovius was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark, in 1911. He was a son of Nikolaj Cadovius and Agnes Jensen.
His education included training as a saddler and upholsterer.
He began producing furniture with only six employees. In 1945, he founded the Royal System furniture company, with factories in Denmark and design departments abroad. He designed the Royal System, System Ultra, System Cado, system abstracta and Cadomus. As a designer, he was one of the first to use plastics. He also designed the shell-shaped bus stop shelters.
Poul Cadovius died in 2011.