Event Images from Arne Jacobsen: Celebrating an Icon

Inform Interiors had the recent pleasure of hosting the Fritz Hansen North America team as well as Master Upholsterer Hans Thure Mannerhagen from the factory in Denmark. Adrian Pollack presented a wonderful seminar about Arne Jacobsen's life and work for Fritz Hansen. This was followed by Hans finishing an Egg™ chair on site during the event. It was truly an eye opening experience to see the amount of craftsmanship that goes into each piece. Seeing the craft behind the design elevates the product and company. Inform has the new limited edition 60th Anniversary Series 7™ chair available to see and purchase in the showroom. All photos are courtesy of Andrea Auge, thank you!

Adrian Pollack presenting on the life and work of Arne Jacobsen

The impressive Hans with his tools of his trade

Tools of the trade

Finished Egg™ chair available for you at the showroom!

Arne Jacobsen: Celebrating an Icon

Inform Interiors, Seattle’s premier design resource showroom for 15 years is celebrating Arne Jacobsen and his dedication to crafting timeless design.  Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971), renowned architect and designer, is known for designing classics such as the Egg™, Swan™, Ant™ and Series 7™ chairs. 2015 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Series 7™ chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen and produced by Fritz Hansen in 1955. 

In celebration of the Series 7 chair 60th anniversary, Inform is hosting an evening event on March 10th from 5-8.  Inform Interiors invites you to an evening including; 

• Seminar: The work of Anre Jacobsen presented by Fritz Hansen's Adrian Pollack.  Seminar begins at 6 pm.
• Launch: The North West's first showing of Fritz Hansen's limited edition Anniversary Series 7™ chair.
• Workshop: Fritz Hansen's Master Upholsterer from Denmark, Hans Thure Mannerhagen, will be on site at Inform.  You will witness the craftsmanship that goes into each Fritz Hansen product.  Hans will hand sew one of our Danish modern classics, Arne Jacobsen's  Egg™ chair.

 We look forward to welcoming you: Tuesday March 10th, 5pm-8pm to our showroom

Light refreshments will be provided during the event. 

For entry, please RSVP by Tuesday March 3rd, 2015 to info@informseattle.com.

Fritz Hansen Limited Edition Egg chair

Designed by Arne Jacobsen, produced by Fritz Hansen.

The inspiration for this new Limited Edition Egg chair from Fritz Hansen comes from designer Arne Jacobsen's original color palatte for the iconic Royal SAS Hotel in Copenhagen. The unique material combination for this version consists of a deep indigo canvas fabric paired with a brown leather piped edge and burnished dark metal base. The leather piping is made up of 1200 hand-sewn stitches, highlighting the unique profile of the Egg chair. This exclusive edition is made up of 999 total pieces, each with a sewn in leather label indicating the edition number for the chair.

Sewn in leather edition number under the seat cushion.

Organic and informal, this is a chair known for its timeless combination of sophistication, comfort and style. The Egg chair has a swivel feature, adjustable tilt and comes with an optional matching footstool. This Limited Edition version retails with footstool for $9,873.

Inform at the Nordic Heritage Museum with Docomomo WEWA

Inform Interiors was pleased to present remarks about Poul Kjaerholm at Docomomo WEWA's event at the Nordic Heritage Museum's Danish Modern: Design for Living exhibit.

A refreshingly interested and engaged audience had all sorts of questions and comments and most made a point of trying out the 3 Poul Kjaerholm chairs we brought in for the event, the PK25, PK22 and PK9 (left to right in the top image). Furniture is meant to be sat in after all! 

One attendee, retired architect Audrey Legh Van Horne found her way to our showroom the next day just for a promised private tour with Hillary. It was delight going through the many pieces that we have at Inform from the same era as Poul Kjaerholm's work. We toured works from Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Gino Sarfatti, and Charles and Ray Eames. Inform is available as a resource for the design community. Please visit us often to see what's new and revisit the classics we try to have on hand at all times.