ARNE JACOBSEN (1902-1971)
Born in: Copenhagen, Denmark
Active years: 1924 to 1971
Architect and Designer
Arne Jacobsen is one of the grandfathers of modern Danish furniture and the minimalist Danish style.
Arne Jacobsen was another influential Danish architect who made an impact on the mid century furniuture movments though his minimalist functional chair designs. His Syveren (1955), Egg (1957) og Swan (1958) chair are among the most recognizable pieces from this period. His last work was Danmark Nationalbank in Cooperation with Dissing and Weitling.
Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, professor at the Academy. He assumed a leading position at international level with a business that was increasingly characterized by the sense of clean-cut, clarified forms.
Arne Jacobsen built the townhouses in Aarhus, Søllerrød and Rødovre, the SAS house at Vestebrogade and a number of school in Copenhagen, the suburban center with adjacent houses in Klampenborg, housing in the interbau area of Berlin, several public buildings in Germany and Saint Catherine`s Collage in Oxford.
Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair
Arne Jacobsen Swan Chair
Active years: 1924 to 1971
Architect and Designer
Arne Jacobsen is one of the grandfathers of modern Danish furniture and the minimalist Danish style.
Arne Jacobsen was another influential Danish architect who made an impact on the mid century furniuture movments though his minimalist functional chair designs. His Syveren (1955), Egg (1957) og Swan (1958) chair are among the most recognizable pieces from this period. His last work was Danmark Nationalbank in Cooperation with Dissing and Weitling.Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, professor at the Academy. He assumed a leading position at international level with a business that was increasingly characterized by the sense of clean-cut, clarified forms.
Arne Jacobsen built the townhouses in Aarhus, Søllerrød and Rødovre, the SAS house at Vestebrogade and a number of school in Copenhagen, the suburban center with adjacent houses in Klampenborg, housing in the interbau area of Berlin, several public buildings in Germany and Saint Catherine`s Collage in Oxford.
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Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair
The Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair was the culminations of a new technique that Jacobsen pioneered with Egg. Like a sculptur. Jacobsen first sculpted the Egg out of clay in his garage so he could perfect the shape. He then molded the Egg Chair out of a strong foam inner shell under the upholstery. The result is a wholly unique shape, meaning the Jacobsen Egg Chair affords privacy in otherwise public spaces.
The Jacobsen Egg first appeared in the reception areas of the Royal Hotel, in Copenhagen. The commission to design every element of the hotel building as well as the furniture was Jacobsen`s grand opportunity to put his theories of integrated design and architecture into practice. The Egg is one of the triumphs of Jacobsen`s total design- a sculptural contrast to the Bulding`s almost exclusively vertical and horizontal surfaces.
Dimensions: W: 33.9, D:31.1-37.4, H: 42.1 and Seat H: 14.6
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Arne Jacobsen Swan Chair
Arne Jacobsen designed The Swan Chair for the lobby and lounge areans at Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in 1958 and it has been a design icon ever since. The Swan was a technologically innovative chair ( no straight lines- only curves). A moulded shell of cold foam covering the shell upholstered in fabric or leather. Jacobsen built the original in own garage in Klampenborg, and the Swan Chair has been in production at Fritz Hansen ever since. The Swan is ideal for lounge and waiting areas as well as the home.
Dimensions: W: 29.1, D: 26.8, H: 30.3 and Seat H: 15.8
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