Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) was one of the greatest architects and designers of the 900th century. Danish by birth, he began his creative journey in his homeland where he won, in 1929, an award for the project of the House of the Future. He soon moved to Sweden where he mainly deals with projects for textile products such as upholstery and fabrics.

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen

Throughout his life he has maintained a focus on both architecture and design, excelling in both areas. The Copenhagen studio he founded, inherited from two colleagues, is still active today.

Arne Jacobsen's design philosophy

The unmistakable style of Arne Jacobsen is based on having made Danish taste in particular and Scandinavian in general coincide with the dictates of European rationalism of currents such as De Stijil and Bauhaus. A new way of building was born, based on the harmonious coexistence between volumetric simplicity and refinement of surfaces. To do this, Arne Jacobsen turned to the use of exposed brick and wood for the structures, pitched roofs and streamlining the windows into small squares. Its architectures are still perfectly recognizable today.

Design products

Even in design, Arne Jacobsen left important traces and some of his projects are exhibited in important museums such as the Moma in New York. Among the most famous objects he designed:
- the 3100 chair, with three legs;
- the 3107 chair, in plywood and steel, made in infinite variations. Crete in the 1955, is still in production;
- the Egg armchair, with iron structure and padding first in leather and then in fabric. Also still in production;
- AJ cutlery, in stainless steel, unsurpassed model.


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