Arne Jacobsen

Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA (11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural Functionalism as well as for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple but effective chair designs.

Arne Jacobsen designed the Egg™ (1958) for the lobby and reception areas in the Royal Hotel, in Copenhagen. The commission to design every element of the hotel building as well as the furniture was Jacobsen’s grand opportunity to put his theories of integrated design and architecture into practice. The Egg is one of the triumphs of Jacobsen’s total design.

The 3300™ series was created for the SAS Terminal at the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, one of Arne Jacobsen’s architectural masterpieces. In harmony with Jacobsen’s architectural work at that time, the 3300 series is cool and formal. Furthermore, the 3300 series exudes Jacobsen’s unfailing sense of line and proportion and his ability to design everlasting classics.

Initially, Arne Jacobsen designed the Ant™ for the canteen at Novo Nordisk, an international Danish healthcare company. Today, the Ant is one of the prominent icons of the collection. Originally, the Ant was, however, close to ending up as just another prototype, because Fritz Hansen was not convinced of the chair’s potential.

It was in the beginning of the 1950's and alongside Arne Jacobsen's process of creating the Ant™, that another little treasure, the Dot™ was developed. During this period Arne Jacobsen spent a lot of time at the factory testing, refining and finalizing the chair. Whilst doing this, he fell in love with the little Dot™ - so much that he made it part of his work and used it for one of his important projects at the time.