The Egg Chair

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.

From the 1950s onwards Jacobsen became one of the dominant figures in Danish architecture, but outside of Denmark he made his large inroads in his work as a furniture and product designer. As well as the Swan, Egg and the Series 7 chairs, he was also responsible for another 20th century classic, the Cylinda Line stainless steel set and the AJ flatware.

Arne Jacobsen initially was trained as a mason deciding to study architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Copenhagen eventually graduating from there in 1927.  From his graduation until 1930, he worked in the architectural office of Paul Holsoe. He then decided to establish his own design office, and continue to operate until he died in 1971.

He was also a professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1956 in Copenhagen. Some of his better known projects are St. Catherine´s College in Oxford, and the SAS Hotel located in Copenhagen.

Here is a chornological list of his built work:

Bellevue Theatre (1935-36)

Århus City Hall (1939-42)

Søllerød Town Hall (1940-42)

Søholm semi-detached houses in Klampenborg (1950-54)

Rødovre Town Hall (1957)

Glostrup Town Hall (1958)

The Munkegård School in Copenhagen (1955-59)

SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen (1958-1960)

Toms Chocolate Factories in Ballerup (1961)

Danmarks National bank (started in 1965)

St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (1964-66)

Hamburger Elektrizitaetswerke Verwaltungsgebaeude in Hamburg

Arne Jacobsen reflected on his career, a few Months before his death in 1971, "The fundamental factor is proportion," he concluded. "Proportion is precisely what makes the old Greek temples beautiful…And when we look at some of the most admired buildings of the Renaissance or the Baroque, we notice that they are all well-proportioned. That is the essential thing." Here is a quick gallery of Arne Jacobsen work.

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.

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

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