Editing Arne Jacobsen (section)

==Furniture and product design==
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[[File:Arne Jacobsen - Drop, Egg and Swan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Drop, [[Egg (chair)|Egg]] and [[Swan (chair)|Swan chairs]] designed by Jacobsen for use in the [[Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen|SAS Royal Hotel]] (pictured in background).]]
[[File:Arne Jacobsen - SAS - Köpenhamn-2000.jpg|thumb|left|200px|An exhibition with Jacobsen's furniture etc. at SAS Royal Hotel in [[Copenhagen]] 2000.]]
Today, Arne Jacobsen is remembered primarily for his furniture designs. However, he believed he was first and foremost an architect. According to Scott Poole, a professor at [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]], Arne Jacobsen never used the word 'designer', notoriously disliking it.

His way into product design came through his interest in [[Gesamtkunstwerk|Gesamtkunst]] and most of his designs which later became famous in their own right were created for architectural projects. One of his first furniture designs was the Paris lounge chair from 1929 which was also displayed as a part of the interior design of his famous “House of the Future". Most of his furniture designs were the result of a cooperation with the furniture manufacturer [[Fritz Hansen (company)|Fritz Hansen]] with which he initiated a collaboration in 1934 while his lamps and light fixtures were developed with [[Louis Poulsen]]. In spite of his success with his chair at the Paris Exhibition in 1925, it was during the 1950s that his interest in furniture design peaked.

A major source of inspiration stemmed from the bent plywood designs of [[Charles and Ray Eames]]. He was also influenced by the Italian design historian Ernesto Rogers, who had proclaimed that the design of every element was equally important "from the spoon to the city" which harmonized well with his own ideals.

[[File:Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek - Auditorium 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Model 3107 chair|No. 7 chairs]] in the auditorium of the [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]] in [[Copenhagen]] ]]
In 1951, he created the [[Ant (chair)|Ant chair]] for an extension of the [[Novo Nordisk|Novo pharmaceutical factory]] and, in 1955, came the [[Model 3107 chair|Seven Series]]. Both matched modern needs perfectly, being light, compact and easily stackable. Two other successful chair designs, the [[Egg (chair)|Egg]] and the [[Swan (chair)|Swan]], were created for the [[Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen|SAS Royal Hotel]] which he also designed in 1956.

Jacobsen's greatest contribution to the furniture genre came in 1951–52 with his three-legged "Ant "chair which was created for functionality being constructed with laminated veneered plywood housed on of chrome legs that were condensed and stackable for economy of space.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hackney|first1=Rod|author-link1=Rod Hackney|date=Autumn 1972|title=Arne Jacobsen: Architecture and Fine Art|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1572585|journal=[[Leonardo (journal)|Leonardo]]|language=en-gb|publisher=[[MIT Press]]|publication-place=[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]|volume=5|issue=4|pages=307&ndash;313|doi=10.2307/1572585|issn=0024-094X|jstor=1572585|oclc=5547939901|url-access=subscription|access-date=2024-10-02}}</ref> 

Other designs were made for Stelton, a company founded by his foster son Peter Holmbl. These include the now classic Cylinda Line stainless steel cocktail kit and tableware.

Other interior design is a line of faucets and accessories for bathroom and kitchen, created after he won a competition in 1961 for his design of the National Bank of Denmark. This classic design is still in production today by Danish company Vola.