A big fat Happy Birthday to the most famous Dane ever, Arne Jacobsen. Although he is probably more well know for his furniture designs and arguably the pioneer for modern Danish design, Jacobsen always considered himself first and foremost an architect, despising the label ‘designer’. His career was predominantly in architecture and it was only in the 50’s did his chair designs become popular. Last November I went on a press trip with Orgreen. I had the pleasure of visiting the Fritz Hansen factory and museum. Fritz Hansen manufactured Jacobsen’s chairs for over sixty years and I was there to see the launch of Orgreen’s redesign of Jacobsen’s famous Swan chairs, the Skyline edition.
It was fascinating to learn more about how Fritz Hansen made Jacobsen’s chairs and the precision and craftsmanship that goes into each one. Click here to watch a series of short films on how Fritz Hansen makes the Egg, Swan and Series 7 Chairs.
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