The Egg Chair http://the-egg-chair.com A community resource site dedicated to Arne Jacobsen's Egg Chairs by Fritz Hansen Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:28:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Egg Chair Gift Ideas http://the-egg-chair.com/egg-chair-gift-ideas http://the-egg-chair.com/egg-chair-gift-ideas#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:52:07 +0000 trevor http://the-egg-chair.com/?p=56 Pendant Image Credit: Frogletackegg-chair-pendant

Do you have an Egg Chair obsessed relative or designer in your family?  What better way to fuel to obsession that to get them some handcrafted Egg Chair inspired art?.

A community craft site site called Etsy sells handmade goods from thousands of artists and that includes plenty of Mid-Century modern arts and crafts, After a little of digging I was able to find a handful of items made specifically to honor the Arne’s Egg Chair in all its glory.  A few of the examples include a pendant necklace, a custom Egg chair pillow all the way down to more expected custom prints.

egg-chair-pillowEgg chair Pillow Image Credit: Studio Tree

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Print Image Credit: Blue Trike

View the complete Egg Chair art and gift idea collection here and make sure your loved one knows that you are well aware of their design obsession and all its many paths.

]]> http://the-egg-chair.com/egg-chair-gift-ideas/feed 0 Egg Chair Imitations: LA Times takes a quick look http://the-egg-chair.com/egg-chair-imitations-la-times-takes-a-quick-look http://the-egg-chair.com/egg-chair-imitations-la-times-takes-a-quick-look#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:27:55 +0000 trevor http://the-egg-chair.com/?p=51 the-look-for-less-arne-jacobsen-s-egg-chair-hatches-imitations-la-at-home-los-angeles-timesThe LA Times LA At Home section recently did a piece analyzing the Original Arne Jacobsen Egg chair to some of the new reproductions coming out.  It mainly focuses on pricing and a few design details like stitching but it still give a nice overview on some of the latest reproductions and how they are presenting themselves.  You can read the full article here.

egg-chair-restoration-hardwareImage Credit: Restoration Hardware

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Altough Fritz Hansen gets upset and minor variations or reproductions on the original they have no problem adding their own little flare to the classic Egg Chair from time to time with a limited edition.  This round is  to celebrate a book launch of  features in the new book ‘And Another Thing’, the 6th book in the Hitchhiker’s double trilogy written by Eoin Colfer.  Created by Lost Weekend the 42 chairs will be traveling with the author on the book tour. The front of the chair features white leather with a natural seat cushion and embroidery on the back. .  See more information and images here.

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]]> http://the-egg-chair.com/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-egg-chair/feed 0 The Egg chair at 2008 Milan Design Week http://the-egg-chair.com/the-egg-chair-at-milan-design-week-2008 http://the-egg-chair.com/the-egg-chair-at-milan-design-week-2008#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:52:38 +0000 trevor http://the-egg-chair.com/the-egg-chair-at-milan-design-week-2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As one of the ways Fritz Hansen is celebrating the Egg Chairs 50th anniversary they asked the contemporary artist Tal R, to cover 50 of the Arne Jacobsen designs.   "This series of the Egg visually expresses its 50 years of fame as if every piece of textile represents a period of time with past and present trends; rather like a multi-colored genealogical tree" 

The fabrics chosen by Tal were handpicked from places all over the world, including washed out work clothes from a kibbutz in Israel and a second hand shop in Denmark.

The 50 unique Eggs will  exhibited at Galleria Carla Sozzani from 16th – 27th April 2008 after which they plan to travel to galleries around the world.  Tal explains a little about the chairs "The whole point was to make a chair that tells a multitude of stories.  So the pieces of cloth had to be full of life. It should look a bit as if it was homemade."

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel Tal was raised in Copenhagen.  He graduated from the Royal Danish academy of Arts and is now a professor at the Dussel-dorf Academy of Arts. You can read more about Tal and see some of his work here

Tal has been inspired in the past by the work and writings of Sigmund Freud, and this exhibition proved to be no different, giving each of the 50 eggs unique names, a few of which include: Martha (Freud’s wife), Irma (Freud’s ‘classic’ early dream analysis) and Adler (friend, doctor and psychologist to Freud).

+Read the original press release from Fritz Hansen here.
+Follow some more first hand reporting of Milan’s Design Week from the David Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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