The famous Egg Chair is celebrating its 50th anniversary! This icon chair was designed by Arne Jacobsen for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Manufacturer Fritz Hansen: “We wanted to create something special to celebrate the golden anniversary of this legendary design”. Fritz Hansen created a fun patchwork edition of the chair, designed by Tal R.
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9 responses
karina Jul 3, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Fun but too much for me!!!
Johan_vm Jul 3, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I don’t really get what they were thinking:
“it’s the Egg Chair’s 50th anniversary,
how can we completely ruin its legendary, simple design? Maybe we can wrap a ‘fun patchwork’ around it?”
No thanks, I’de go for the original…
danielle Jul 3, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I think you are right. I too would go for original. These are way too much for me too! I hesitated posting the chairs as they are not my thing but was curious to know what others would think of them.
Janne Jul 4, 2008 at 12:12 am
These are not good! I’m the lucky owner of an egg chair, and although it’s beaten up and the leather is torn, I think it looks fantastic compared to these. I agree with Johan_vm - what were they thinking??
But thanks for the post all the same, Danielle! It’s interesting to see what designers come up with sometimes.
Madsen Jul 7, 2008 at 11:36 pm
As I see it it’s all about publicity and this collection has deff. given “The Egg” a lot of publicity…There’s 50 different chairs and they’ll be on display in museums worldwide. Anyway…I rather have this one than any one of the patchworks ones: http://kostasvoyatzis.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/the-golden-egg-arne-jac obsens-egg-chair-launches-its-50th-anniversary/
Mary-Laure Jul 8, 2008 at 2:11 am
I think they’re pop and fun, really.
Danielle Jul 8, 2008 at 8:44 am
Thanks for sharing your opinions! It is interesting to see what works for some, doesn’t work for others. It would be boring if we all had the same taste..
GW Jul 9, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I don’t know what to think of it really. It is a smart move because patchwork prints are popping up everywhere! We are going back to the seventies baby:-P.
Trevor Aug 25, 2008 at 8:40 am
If you are interested in learning more about the egg chair, their is a resource/fan site over at http://www.the-egg-chair.com
Thanks for pointing this new design out.
-T
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