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Celebrating Hans J. Wegner’s 100-year anniversary

Hans Jørgensen Wegner, (April 2, 1914 – January 26, 2007), was a world renowned Danish furniture designer. His high quality and thoughtful work, along with a concerted effort from several of his manufacturers, contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design. His design style is often described as Organic Functionality, a modernist school with emphasis on functionality.

Wegner has received a number of prizes and recognitions. Amongst other things, he is an honorary member of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and has received an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London. He was also the first ever recipient of the Lunning Prize and received the 8th International Design Award in Osaka, Japan. His works are exhibited at major international museums including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and Die Neue Sammlung in Munich.

I am proud to be a Dane when I think of all those many great things that came out of our creative artists in our little amazing country, and Wegner is definitely one of them who is worth being extra proud of. I just love each one of his designs. His designs are so simple, classic, indescribably elegant, they are ultra comfortable and all his designs are timeless. This year 2014 it´s Wegner’s 100-year anniversary, so let´s celebrate him and his incredible designs!

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Hans Jørgensen Wegner him self, (April 2, 1914 – January 26, 2007).

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“The Chair”, 1949. The Chair best represents Wegner’s design philosophy of “continuous purification…to cut down to the simplest possible elements of four legs, a seat, and a combined top rail and armrest. The Chair was a collaboration of Wegner and furniture maker Johannes Hansen. It rose to prominence in the 1961 televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Both presidential candidates sat in The Chair during the debate, and what else to call this elegant classic chair but, The Chair!

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Shell Chair
, 1963.
The Wegner Shell Chair is one of Hans Wegner’s most iconic chairs. Wegner Shell Chairsachieve their floating lightness thanks to wing-like lines and arching curves of a three-legged design. The Shell Chair, is one perfect thing: a low elegant lounge chair with a generous smile and an inviting seat for life.

Peacock Chair
Peacock Chair, 1947. The Peacock chair is so elegant and it was inspired by a traditional Windsor chair. Wegner exaggerated the arched back, creating a high backed, yet airy chair. The back spindles are flattened in the approximate area of a person’s shoulder blades, the visual result of which evokes a birds tail plumage. Flag-Haleyard-Chair-by-Hans-Wegner

Flag Halyard Chair, 1950. While Wegner often drew from historical forms he also created forms without precedent. The Flag Halyard was inspired by a trip to the beach, during which Wegner carved out the form in the sand. The metal, rope, and sheepskin chair is an unusual, but not unprecedented, break from Wegners prolific use of wood. hans-wegner-papa-bear-chair2

The AP-19 chair, better known as the “Papa Bear” or “Teddy Bear” chair, 1951. This comfortable chair speaks for itself, so no word needed.

 

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Wishbone Chair or The Y-Chair, 1949.  The inspiration is clearly visible and lightweight. I love this Wishbone Chair and I would love to have 4-6 of these chairs surrounding my dining table, a timeless classic chair that you will never get tired of sitting in or tired of looking at.

Happy 100-year anniversary Hans J Wegner!

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