JeffReuben
Copenhagen Swans
The SAS Royal Hotel, completed in 1960, was Arne Jacobsen’s masterpiece. It was a gesamtkunstwerk -- total work of art -- in which Jacobsen was architect and designer. He created a number of pieces of furniture, including the Swan Chair, especially for this project. The Swan (Svane in Swedish) and some other pieces, notably the Egg Chair, became very popular internationally. In 2017-2018, the property, now called the Radisson Collection Royal Copenhagen, commissioned Space Copenhagen to redesign the property in the spirit Jacobsen as many of the original elements had been removed or altered over the years. Space Copenhagen blended historic preservation, restoration, and new elements to re-imagine this Modernist icon for the new millennium. This included restoring and creating new Swans as well as newly designed pieces.
To read more about this, please see my article for Scandinavia Standard at:
www.scandinaviastandard.com/the-complete-artwork-of-arne-...
Copenhagen Swans
The SAS Royal Hotel, completed in 1960, was Arne Jacobsen’s masterpiece. It was a gesamtkunstwerk -- total work of art -- in which Jacobsen was architect and designer. He created a number of pieces of furniture, including the Swan Chair, especially for this project. The Swan (Svane in Swedish) and some other pieces, notably the Egg Chair, became very popular internationally. In 2017-2018, the property, now called the Radisson Collection Royal Copenhagen, commissioned Space Copenhagen to redesign the property in the spirit Jacobsen as many of the original elements had been removed or altered over the years. Space Copenhagen blended historic preservation, restoration, and new elements to re-imagine this Modernist icon for the new millennium. This included restoring and creating new Swans as well as newly designed pieces.
To read more about this, please see my article for Scandinavia Standard at:
www.scandinaviastandard.com/the-complete-artwork-of-arne-...