He was inspired by some of the greatest modernist designers working in the 1950s including charles and ray eames his creativity expanded from architecture to revered seating designs that include the swan chair and the ant chair among others.
Arne jacobsen swan chair original.
The swan is a lounge chair and sofa designed by arne jacobsen in the danish modern style in 1958 for the radisson sas royal hotel in copenhagen.
These two original designer chairs originated in arne jacobsen s own garage at his home in klampenborg north of copenhagen and have been in production at fritz hansen ever since.
It is manufactured by danish furniture manufacturer republic of fritz hansen.
Originally designed for the canteen at novo nordisk an international danish healthcare company the ant chair 1952 faced an unclear future when the manufacturer expressed concern about its potential.
The original arne jacobsen ant chair is a classic piece that he is perhaps most well known for.
It s a design made by the renowned danish architect and furniture designer arne jacobsen who made it in 1958 for radisson sas royal hotel located in copenhagen.
Other designs include the swan sofa series 3300 chairs tongue chair dot stool model 3170 pot chair giraffe chair and more.
The name arne jacobsen is only used to describe the characteristics of the goods made to the original design and not as a trademark.
Arne jacobsen 1902 1971 a highly regarded danish architect is well known and greatly respected for his visionary mid century chair designs.