The Egg Chair

For its golden anniversary, Fritz Hansen is launching a limited edition Egg Chair with engraving and book, here is an excerpt from the press release,

Fritz Hansen will celebrate the 50th Anniversary in 2008 with 999 limited edition designs of the egg chair. The limited edition collection will include chocolate brown suede on the back and chocolate brown leather on the front. You can see the microsite for the project here.  The base is in solid bronze and hand polished to create a unique finish to the chair. The bronze base will darken in appearance over time. Each of the 999 Eggs will be individually engraved, under the seat cushion, with a unique number and a brief text about chairs history.

The 999 limited edition designs will be available to purchase in selected stores across the globe from Feb-ruary 1st 2008.

via: dezziny

The fjord chair, designed by Patricia Urquiola for moroso in 2002 and now featured in the MOMA’s design collection. Its unique shape that was surely influenced on some level or another by Jaconsen’s furniture design. It is made up of a steel frame covered with injected cold foam. available with a swivel base, 4 legs or on a wheeled starbase. can also come with a matching footstool. You can pick up one of these Fjord chairs at Unicahome and MOMA’s design store.

You can see more of Patricia Urquiola’s work at Architonic.

via: stylepark

This new chair by  Lund & Paarmann for the Verikon Furniture. To me it  looks like Arne’s egg chair and the Eames Lounge were getting a little lonely and decided to have a midnight rendezvous.

 “The shell is laminated, bend wood with a walnut veneer at the back. Inside the shell we have used Pantera foam, as it is very durable and probably the least damaging foam regarding our environment. The swivel base is chrome-plated steel. The fabrics and the leather we are using for Lobster are of the very best quality.”

 You can check out more pictures of the lobster egg chair here.

-originally from notcot

Cylinda-line was awarded:
+The ID-prize 1967 by The Danish Society of Industrial Design and
+The International Design Award 1968 by The American Institute of Interior Designers.

The idea behind the line was to create a true line of tableware where the design correlation between individual items would a harmony between the entire table setting. The result is the famous Cylinda Line which launched in 1967.

Line Coffee Pot Details: $439 Unica	Stelton Jug with Icelip Details: $165 from DWR	Line Creamer Details: $75 from DWR
Line Sugar Bowl Details: $105 from DWR	Line Press Coffee Press Details: $315 from DWR	Salt and Pepper Shakers Details: $179 Unica
Line Serving Tray Details: $155 from DWR	Line Ice Tongs Details: $36 from DWR	Cocktail Shaker Details: $220 from DWR
Coasters Details: $89 Unica	Ash Tray Details: $105 Moss Featured in MOMA’s design collection.	Line Ice Bucket Details: $360 from DWR
Martini Mixer Details: $185 from DWR	Line Salad Bowl Details: $319 Unica	Line Saled Servers Details: $109 Unica

If your interested in picking up any of these, I found the biggest selections at Lumens andDesign Within Reach.  The prices seem fairly consistent, but do check out the specials page to see if a sale going on now.

Lamps

(1956)AJ Eklipta
Designed for the City Hall in Rodovre, Denmark. It was used inside for the staircases as well as a wall fixture outdoors.

(1960) Aj Floor Lamp
mimics the angles of his Series 3300 furniture (egg +swan)
Designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen

(1960) Royal Floor Lamp
Were placed in the entry of the Hotel Royal, bringing the the egg chairs into view while placing the lobby in the shadows.

AJ Eklipta  Details: $360 from DWR

AJ Floor Lamp Details: $775 from DWR

Royal Floor Lamp Details: $1340 Lumens

Doorknobs:

The AJ Handle

Clocks + Watches:

(1955) Ciy Hall
Designed for the Rodovre City Hall in Copenhagen.

(1971)Bankers
Designed National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen in 1971

(1937) Romer
Designed for the National Town Hall in Aarhus

Banker’s clock Details: $410 Lumens

Romer clock Details: $360 lumens

City Hall clock Details: $380 Lumens

Bankers watch Details: $630 Nova

Romer Watch Details: $630 Lumens

City Hall watch Details: $630 Lumens

Flatware:
Designed in 1957 and used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, this flatware has been a classic for almost 50 years.

Here is a picture from its big screen debut

Available from:

MOMA store for $115
StudioLX: $115
Unica: $114

Here are some selected quotes attributed to Arne Jacobsen:

On Architecture

+ "Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell."

+ "With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects – the building is there to be used, and times change."

+ "If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect’s task – his most difficult task – is always that of selecting.’

On Design

+ "The primary factor is proportions."

+ "That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions."

+ "It may sound affected – but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank."

+ "I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions – although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one."

On Life

+ "But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much."

+ "Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good – that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high."

On Furniture design

+ "People buy a chair, and they don’t really care who designed it."

-Arne Jacobsen

I stumbled across this product over at Cafepress and thought it might be a good gift idea for the modern furniture design freaks you might have in your life:

It runs at $22.  Details HERE.

An abstract print of Jacobsens City Hall tower in the city of Aarhus, Denmark.  created by the artist Ashjom Lonwig, you can see more of Ashjom’s work HERE.

They sell the prints at ART.com and have them ranging from 8×10′s for $14.99 to 20×24′s for $39.99

Wikipedia article on the city,
Flickr search for more images of the tower.

Here is a photo of the tower courtesy of iznogut and a creative commons license.

Here a few places that manufacturer the Egg chair, many of them are from China.  If you know of any additonal companies or have had experiences ordering products from any of these listed, please contact me and I will make the changes.

Company: Cn.Modernclassic Ya Dea Limited
Contact Person: Mr. Joe Lau (Marketing)
Address: 27F Yi Hai Ge,Splendid garden,Overseas Chinese town,, Shenzhen, Canton, China

Contact Person: Mr. james zhan (Manager)
Company:Fuhualian Import and Export Co., Ltd
Address: Room B303, Jinwenge Jinguanhuacheng, Henggang Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Contact Person: Ms. Bella Chen (Sales)
Company:chinayadea(hk)co.,ltd
Address: shennan road, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Contact Person: Mr. James Zhan (Contracts Manager)
Company: ShenZhen M&F Furniture Co.,Ltd
Address: AnYe Road,ShanJiaoLong Industrial Zone,HengGang Town, shenzhen, guangdong, China

Contact Person: Ms. Wing Guo (Sales)
Company:Guangzhou Panyu Huayu Furniture Co.,ltd
Address: Room 33,NanPu Rd.DongXiang Industrial Estate DaiShi,Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Contact Person: Ms. Angela hu (Director)
Company: Hongkong Brother Home Furnishing Co.,Ltd.
Address: dakang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

You may also check the site tradekey.com which has a large number of suppliers listed in their directory.