Arne jacobsen egg chair information
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Arne jacobsen egg chair information
From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Designed in the fifties, the Egg Chair is a design classic that has become one of the most recognisable and copied chairs of all time
Photography courtesy of Fritz Hansen
The original Egg was created by the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in downtown Copenhagen.
Jacobsen was commissioned to design every element of the building, from the walls to the furniture, including the cutlery that would be used in the restaurant, the lighting and even the ashtrays. He seized the opportunity to put into practice some ideas he had about how architecture and furniture could be better integrated.
The Egg Chair was the most outstanding part of his entire hotel design and has become a design classic with global success.
It broke all design conventions with its curving shape, which Jacobsen was able to achieve by moulding the inner structure out of foam and covering it with uphol