Arne jacobsen swan chair wooden legs

„i suffocate on aesthetics.“ as arne jacobsen once – only half jokingly – said. aesthetes can be tiring: his coffee cups always had to be in strict order in the cupboard, and even when selecting and arranging pieces of cake he is said to have been fastidious about appearance.

but on the other hand there&#;s genius: an extremely passionate precision and perseverance led jacobsen to create not only outstanding modern architecture, but also some icons of the 20th century.

Arne jacobsen swan chair wooden legs for sale

his biography is so extensive and highly interesting that we don&#;t want to and can‘t dive deeper into it here. just buy a book or two about him, it‘s absolutely worth it.

when he designed a building, he usually also created the whole interior, right up to the curtain rail.

the &#;swan&#; series of chairs and sofas was developed in for the suites, lobby and panoramic restaurant of the sas royal copenhagen hotel. a skyscraper, dubbed the ugliest building in the city by copenhageners a