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Article: What Is It About That Chair?(50th anniversary of Arne Jacobsen's iconic Egg Chair)
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- March 1, 2008
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by Craig Kellogg
Arne Jacobsen's iconic Egg has beguiled us for 50 years
'The only thing I can say is-Jetsons!' That's David Mann, principal of MR Architecture + Decor, on the subject of the Egg chair. Then there's Kenyan-born Shamir Shah. As a new arrival in New York two decades ago, he perceived the chair to be 'straight off a Bond movie set.' Today, the principal of Shamir Shah Design wonders with a laugh, 'What were they putting in the water in Copenhagen?'
Arne Jacobsen's design may seem iconic now-a 'brilliant piece of swiveling genius,' in Shah's estimation. But the Danish press initially savaged the SAS Royal Hotel, the 1958 masterpiece ...