Armchair Fritz Hansen the Swan, the Nordic design

That’s one of the masters of Nordic design, Arne Jacobsen, Is the hand that designed the Swan chair by the mark Fritz Hansen the lobby and common areas at the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in 1958. The commission to design each element of the construction of the hotel as well as furniture for Jacobsen was a great opportunity to put into practice his theories of integrated design between design and architecture.

In fact, in 1958, the Swan chair was a technologically innovative chair: no straight lines, built only by soft curves. A simple shell molded from synthetic material on a rotating basis aluminum star, with a layer of foam that covers the cold shell, then coated in fabric or leather.

This piece comes from a prototype design by Jacobsen kept in the garage of his home in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen and was then put into production at Fritz Hansen since.

This swan Designed in parallel with another large object, the Egg chairIs ideal for the living room and the waiting areas and home. It ‘available in different types of leather and fabric. The base is always star-shaped brushed aluminum.

The sofa Swan was instead presented as a special form for the furnishing of the suites, lounges and a rooftop restaurant SAS hotel in 1958.

The sofa was in production from 1964-1974 and was reintroduced in 2000. The characteristic shape three dimensions is available in a variety of fabrics, and the types of skin exclusively. The sofa rests on a shaker in brushed aluminum finish.