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Born in 1923, Kristian Vedel graduated from the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design and pioneered working with new materials like melamine. Kristian Vedel designed the BIRD in 1959. Since then, they have expressed every frame of mind in living rooms and offices all over the world. The BIRD is extremely expressive: It’s body can be turned upside down to look male or female, and it’s head and beak can be tilted in any direction to make it look, sad, happy, curious, contemplative, or anything you can imagine.