Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) Jacobsen was a Danish architect most famous for is number seven chair created in 1955. In fact, this one chair has become the most important success in Danish furniture history - manufactured in more than 5 million copies. Jacobsen studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts. After graduating, he worked at an architecture firm for Paul Holsoe. He later started his own firm, which he ran until his death in 1971. However, he did not focus solely on architecture, he worked independently as an architect, interior, furniture, textile and ceramics designer.

Jacobsen designed first on paper, moved to plaster or cardboard models, and then to the final product. His work reflects his architecture background, focusing on organic forms and the use of the circle, cylinder, triangle, and cubus. His best known projects are St. Catherine´s College, Oxford, and the SAS Hotel, Copenhagen.

In 1928 he received the Academy's gold medal, but prior to this, when only 23, he was awarded a silver medal at the 1925 Paris World Exhibition - the first of numerous honours that became a natural accompaniment to his artistic activities, his untiring search and his brilliant conceptions, made manifest by many successes in competitions at home and abroad.

I was drawn to Arne because of his unique chair designs. I love the organic nature of these simple forms. He also designs architecture and all of the interior elements. I found this to be quite interesting, for it makes it feel more unified. Within his buildings he designs not only the chairs, but items like lamps and even silverware.

I know online images are banned, but I just wanted to show a quick sampling of his work