Fritz Hansen Arne Jacobsen Chair

He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism as well as for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple but effective chair designs.

Fritz hansen arne jacobsen chair. It is characterized by a love of good craftsmanship coupled with a desire to make the most of modern production methods. The series 7 was designed in 1955 and ever since fritz hansen has produced the chair for customers around the world. Arne jacobsen designed the egg for the lobby and reception areas of the sas royal hotel in copenhagen. Arne jacobsen s stacking chairs are some of the most important chair designs in production today.

At the end of the 50 s arne jacobsen designed the royal hotel in copenhagen which introduced the egg the swan the swan sofa and series 3300 to the design world. What began as a popular chair in denmark is now used in homes in tokyo and conference spaces in germany. Explore the whole fritz hansen chair collection here. Find your favourite chair in fritz hansen s wide range collection of designer chairs.

The commission to design every element of the hotel building including the furniture was the designer s grand opportunity to put his theories of integrated design and architecture into practice. The ant and series 7 chairs produced in 1952 propelled both jacobsen and fritz hansen s names into furniture history. The arne jacobsen stacking chairs represents the core of the fritz hansen design dna said the brand. Arne emil jacobsen was a danish architect and designer.

Fritz hansen enlists italian curator carla sozzani to devise a new chromatic palette for arne jacobsen s iconic dining chairs part of the a sense of colour collection are the series 7 chairs by arne jacobsen shown here in a colour palette developed with curator and gallerist carla sozzani. Consisting of a slim shell which is composed of 9 layers of veneer plus 2 layers of cotton textile and rests on a thin mirrored chrome or satin chrome steel base. Design arne jacobsen 1955 steel laminated wood made by fritz hansen a multipurpose range of chairs the series 7 by arne jacobsen is the flagship of fritz hansen s collection. Design brand fritz hansen has created a walnut version of the classic lily chair by danish architect and designer arne jacobsen to celebrate the product s 50th anniversary.