Fritz Hansen, also known as Republic of Fritz Hansen, is a Danish furniture design company. Designers who have worked for Fritz Hansen include

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, Hon. FAIA (; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to functionalism (architec ...

(1902–1971), Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980), Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007) and Piet Hein (1905–1996). Fritz Hansen also collaborates with contemporary furniture architects including Benjamin Hubert, Hiromichi Konno, Cecilie Manz, and Kasper Salto.

History

Fritz Hansen was founded in 1872, when Fritz Hansen, a Danish carpenter, founded his own furniture company and in 1915 introduced his first chair in steam bent wood. In 1934, Fritz Hansen began his collaboration with

resulting in some of the famous, classic icons of Danish Design including the '

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' (1952), the ' Series 7' (1955), the ' Grand Prix' (1957) the ' Swan' (1958), and the ' Egg' (1958). Other famous collaborations have resulted in Piet Hein's super-elliptical table from 1968 and in 1982 Fritz Hansen acquired the rights to a major part of Poul Kjærholm's furniture collection. Since the 1980s continuing into the new millennium, Fritz Hansen has added new designs to the collection including the Essay table by Cecilie Manz, T-NO1 by Todd Bracher, RIN chair by Hiromichi Konno, Plano tables by Pelikan Design and the Ice series by Kasper Salto.

Design Icons

Image:Jacobsen, 7an.jpg, The 7 Chair (1955) by

Image:The Egg Chair.jpg, Egg chair (1958) by

Image:Ngv design, arne jacobsen, swan chair, 1958.JPG,

Swan (chair) The Swan is a lounge chair and sofa designed by Arne Jacobsen in the Danish modern style in 1958 for the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen, SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen ...

(1958) by

Image:Ro-Fritz-Hansen-10-800x1064.jpg, The Ro Chair (2013) by Jaime Hayon

Designers

Fritz Hansen manufactures the works of designers such as

, Poul Kjærholm, Cecilie Manz, Hiromichi Konno, Piero Lissoni, Morten Voss, Bruno Mathsson, Todd Bracher, Hans J. Wegner, Hans S. Jakobsen, Kasper Salto, Pelikan Design, Jehs+Laub and Piet Hein.

Style

Products made by Fritz Hansen usually display characteristic Scandinavian designs where functionality predominates esthetics. Hence, Fritz Hansen's creations mainly show minimalistic designs, with refined lines and recurring use of wood.

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