Arne Jacobsen Ant Chair

The unusual design guaranteed the chair s stability on uneven floors and cemented its distinct identity.
Arne jacobsen ant chair. Designed by arne jacobsen in 1952 the chair is made from nine layers of pressure moulded veneer. The ant chair s visual expression is delicate and artful much like the curves of a musical instrument. The three legged ant chair 1951 sold in the millions and is considered a classic today. It was so different so avant garde.
Morley just happened to use a chair that he had in the studio which turned out to have been a copy of jacobsen s design. Series 7 comes in different veneers and finishes. Its elegant shape disguises its remarkable strength and comfort. Nuy fritz hansen ant chairs coloured lacquered ash design arne jacobsen 1952 initially arne jacobsen designed the ant for the canteen at novo nordisk an international danish healthcare company.
The inspiration for the ant came from hvidt mølggard s ax series. The ant wooden chair by designer arne jacobsen is a classic of modern design. Not everyone understood ant at the time. The chair was initially designed in 1951 for a danish pharmaceutical company novo nordisc who wanted a compact and light chair for their new canteen.
Myren chair is a classic of modern chair design. This wooden chair was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen to be used in the cafeteria of a danish company. Arne jacobsen denmark 1902 1971 arne jacobsen bought a plywood chair designed by charles eames and installed it in his own studio where it inspired one of the most commercially successful chair models in design history. Arne jacobsen designed ant in 1952 as a threelegged chair in the shape of a little ant with its head raised.
Arne jacobsen design visionary and creator of the egg the swan the series 7 the ant and the drop among others. 7 chair is known for being the prop used to hide christine keeler s nakedness in the iconic photograph of her taken by lewis morley in 1963. All chairs are made of pressure moulded sliced veneer. It was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen for use in the canteen of the danish pharmaceutical firm novo nordisk.
Among the many masterpieces of furniture of the great danish architect and designer arne jacobsen is unquestionably the ant chair. The series 7 designed by arne jacobsen is by far the most sold chair in the history of fritz hansen and perhaps also in furniture history.