Hanging PodWhite HangingHanging Egg ChairHanging SeatOutdoor Hanging ChairOutdoor SwingsHanging FloorFloral HangingHanging Chairs In BedroomForwardZara Hanging Pod Chair: Hang this stunning chair from your covered balcony or as a feature in your living room. It looks incredible, but, most importantly, it is super comfy. Room 606 is the only hotel room with the original Arne Jacobsen décor from July 1960 when the hotel first opened its doors. blue-green colours, the wengé wood and a selection of the most representative furniture designed for the hotel, this room takes its visitors to another time and place. Room 606 functions as a regular guestroom and is a must for Arne Jacobsen fans and design lovers. offers state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen TV and Royal Club amenities. Hotel guests with an interest in design are welcome to visit Room 606, when it is available. Arne Jacobsen designed the famous Egg and Swan chairs for the Royal as well as the lesser known and rare Drop chair.
The room features other details like built-in makeup mirrors, radio and The Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen was designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen for the airline Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) between 1956 and 1960. It was the largest hotel in Denmark when it was completed in 1960 and was the first skyscraper in Copenhagen. It is located in the heart of the city, close to Tivoli and the central station. The entire hotel from the exterior facade through to the stainless-steel cutlery used in the restaurant and the Swan and Egg chairs gracing the lobby have been designed by famous Danish architect, Arne Jacobsen. Since most of his work has been replaced by coporate standard fabrics and furniture, the hotel is referred to as Jacobsens Lost Gesamtkunstwerk. Only a single room has been kept in the original design. It has all of the original, green furniture and the wood panels on the wall. This room, with the number 606, is still available for booking.
Arne Jacobsen in front of the building under construction. During the design phase sketches of the building where published in Danish newspapers. Critics feared a destruction of the traditional skyline of Copenhagen. The structure is twenty stories high and it became a defining characteristic of Copenhagen's skyline. The structure was inspired by New York Park Avenue buildings, namely Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Lever House. The building's sense of lightness emanates from its Lever House-inspired form with a two-story base supporting its lofty "punch card" tower. The effect is also enhanced with the architect's placing of "thin aluminum mullions and the pale glass pandrels, and avoids appearing as a dominant foreign object in conflict with its surrounds." It was renamed the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in 1994, when SAS bought a share in the foreign division of Radisson hotels. When SAS sold their share, it kept his old name even though all other Hotels where renamed "Radisson Blu" instead of "Radisson SAS" in 2009.
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Jacobsen created the Egg™ chair in 1958 as a modern version of the timeless wing chair design. missioned to design every element of the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen (1958-1960) – from the high-rise facade to its interiors and furnishings – Jacobsen was able to successfully apply his theories on integrated architecture and design in practice. The Egg™ was a significant component of Jacobsen’s overall grand master plan for the Royal Hotel, and was designed to sit in the hotel’s reception and lobby areas.Historic image from the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen.Unassuming Scandinavian BrillianceThe Egg™ was first presented during the Formes Scandinaves Exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in November 1958, as a part of Jacobsen’s proposed furnishings for the SAS Royal Hotel. Today, the SAS Royal Hotel is now the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel. Once reminiscent of a Mad Men-esque midcentury Jet Age, Jacobsen’s modernist masterpiece has surrendered to the uniform decor found in many contemporary hotel chains.
Thankfully, his Egg™ chair has remained a constant symbol of good design, preserved in perpetuity.Egg™ in SAS Royal Hotel Lobby. Image via Radisson Blu.Arne Jacobsen at the SAS Royal Hotel. Image via Pamono courtesy of Radisson Blu Royal Hotel.A technological innovation, the Egg™ consisted only of curving contours. When placed in the Royal Hotel, a high-rise building constructed with vertical and horizontal lines, the Egg™ chair’s pure organic quality, along with its approachability, offered an altogether elegant contrast. It was indeed a veritable study in organic modernism. During that period, Jacobsen was one of the relatively few designers employing an organic style of furniture design, a humanistic approach that doubtless helped to increase his popularity.Arne Jacobsen and the Egg™ shell. Photo by Bjarne Lüthcke via Berlingske Media.Egg™ in three captivating shades of grey.Jacobsen initially conceived the basis for the Egg™ chair in his garage, where he worked with clay to model and perfect its shape.
In realising the chair, he was the first designer to make use of a strong foam inner shell underneath the upholstery. Today, the Egg™ is made using a polyurethane foam with glass fiber reinforcement. It is then padded with a cold foam and covered in fabric or leather – 1200 hand-sewn stitches go into the making of each Egg™. The chair’s shell has a tilt fitting that is adjustable to the user’s weight and stands on a star-shaped, satin-polished swivel base. As a finished product, the Egg™ is a chair crafted with fervour and made for life.Egg™ chairs upholstered with the Divina fabric in the colours Divina 463 (yellow) and Divina 836 (turquoise).Egg™ chairs upholstered with fabric by Japanese designer Minagawa.Arne Jacobsen, an architect and designer, was also an artist, something that must have influenced his thinking on the use of colour. Many of Jacobsen’s furniture designs feature brilliant hues, and the Egg™ lends itself perfectly to coloured fabrics and leathers.
Egg™ and footstool in Paul Smith fabric.This special edition of the Egg™ is upholstered with dark blue Canvas fabric – inspired by Arne Jacobsen’s enthusiasm for bluish colour tones. The base has been made with a burnished look.Curvy, Distinctive SilhouetteWith its distinctive shape, the Egg™ strikes a commanding presence and pose, practically bidding the individual to sit. When seated, the chair provides a modicum of privacy, a feature that is particularly useful in public spaces or when wishing to nestle at home. With its swivel base, the sitter can choose to rotate towards the conversation or simply pivot away, finding their own seclusion.Egg™ and footstool in rustic leather.Accompanying the Egg™ chair, Jacobsen also designed the Egg™ foot stool in 1958. Both the chair and stool are manufactured by Fritz Hansen (the Egg™ was in fact Fritz Hansen’s first lounge chair).Almost sixty years later, the Egg™ remains a representative icon of Denmark’s much admired design DNA.