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The Scandinavian design owes its reputation to its comfy style and its refined design, as the Beetle Chair<\/a>, imagined by the half Danish half Italian duo GamFratesi. The Egg Chair became an icon of Danish creativity when it comes to design pieces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Arne Jacobsen imagined the Egg chair quite roundly. Presented in an enveloping and ergonomic form, the piece was first fabricated in 1958 to furnish the lobby and reception of the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The designer wanted to create a chair that would contrast with the building\u2019s strictly straight lines. Forced to respond to her own demands for comfort, aesthetic, and simplicity of lines, the artist found the perfect balance in this chair with simple and irreproachable curves. To do this, Jacobsen put herself in a sculptor\u2019s shoes: her intimate chair is inspired by an egg, an egg who\u2019s shell is constructed around a framework composed of a rigidly reenforced foam structure and covered with tissue or leather. A 107 cm back bequeaths the piece with an atypical and revolutionary look.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Egg Chair is fixed on a polished aluminum base. Able to be inclined and pivoted, it remains unchanged. This masterpiece of modern design has been released in a number of fabrics and colors. While the first Egg Chair was made of brown leather, the most popular color has been red. For its 50th anniversary, the icon was released in a series of colorful patchworks that revisit this anthology of design around a number of unique and unconventional pieces. 50 pieces to be exact. 50 Egg Chairs imagined by painter Tal R throughout the course of a few visual pilgrimages. Cities with fabrics dug up in unexpected places, from Danish thrift markets to Israeli kibbutz, Tal R has been able to give it a touch of modernity: \u201cThrough this dressing, I wanted to tell a multitude of stories. To do this I needed fabrics that were imbued with life.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Scandinavian design owes its reputation to its comfy style and its refined design, as the Beetle Chair, imagined by the half Danish half Italian duo GamFratesi. The Egg Chair became an icon of Danish creativity when it comes to design pieces. Arne Jacobsen imagined the Egg chair quite roundly. 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