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50's
Arne Jacobsen
b. 2/11/1902 - d. 3/24/1971
Danish architect and designer.
Arne Jacobsen is remembered as the developer of Danish Modern. Most notable are his simple, but functional, chair designs.
Arne Jacobsen Website
Examples of Work
Ant Chair (1952)
The Ant chair is a classic of modern chair design. It was designed in 1952 by Arne Jacobsen for use in the canteen of the Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk. The Ant ("Myren" in Danish) was named for its approximate similarity to the outline of an ant with its head raised.
The chair was designed to be light, stable, easy to stack up, and to minimise tangling the user's feet. The original model had three plastic legs and a seat made from form-moulded laminated veneer; Novo ordered just 300 of them. They were manufactured by Fritz Hansen. The chair has since proved very popular although the plastic in the legs was replaced by tubular steel, and a version with four legs was also made.
Source: Wikipedia
Series 7 Chair (1955)
The Model 3107 chair is one of the most popular chairs in Danish design history. It was designed by Arne Jacobsen, using a new technique in which plywood could be bent in two dimensions. Over 5 million units have been produced exclusively by Fritz Hansen ever since its invention in 1955. It is also the most copied chair in the world.
Being a "copy" itself contributes some irony to that fact. The chair, along with the Jacobsen's Ant chair, was, according to Jacobsen himself, inspired by a chair made by the husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames.
The chair comes with a number of different undercarriges - both as a regular four-legged chair, an office-chair with five wheels and as a barstool. It comes with armrests, a writing-table attached, and different forms of upholstering. To some extent, these additions mar the simple aesthetics of the chair, while contributing practical elements.
Source: Wikipedia
Swan Chair (1958)
The Swan is a chair and a couch designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Danish furniture manufacturer Republic of Fritz Hansen.
Along with the swan Jacobsen also developed the Egg chair and further furniture which mostly did not get into mass production, like the Drop. The couch of the swan is still in production.
Jacobsen did not only use the swan for the SAS Royal Hotel, he also used it on his following projects like Danmarks Nationalbank.
Source: Wikipedia
Egg Chair (1958)
Pot Chair (1959)
Giraffe Chair (1959)
Cylinda Line Cocktail Kit
Flatware Cutlery (1957)
60's
