designbriefs
Designer · 1902–1971

Arne Jacobsen

Website →
3
briefs
5:28
average
16 min
in total
On design.briefs3
5:27

Egg (chair)

Arne Jacobsen · 1958

The Egg chair is a tightly constrained response to the SAS Royal Hotel commission: a sculptural, isolating seat made possible by new materials. Its couch variant reveals the cost of scaling that logic — a visible seam, limited production, and unresolved tension between form and upholstery. It belongs to design/furniture and design/interiors. Topics include furniture, industrial-design, and interiors.

1:35

Swan (chair)

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen designed the Swan lounge chair and sofa for Copenhagen's SAS Royal Hotel in 1958. The chair combines an upholstered body with a star-shaped satin-polished aluminium base.

9:23

Arne Jacobsen

Total design is not style—it’s the refusal to outsource a single decision.