Arne Jacobsen, famous architect and designer, was born in Copenhagen in 1902. After training as a stonemason,Arne Jacobsen studied architecture at the Kongelige Danske Kunstakademie in Copenhagen until 1927. After earning his degree, Arne Jacobsen worked with architect Paul Holsoe. In 1929 Arne Jacobsen opened a practice of his own in Hellerup. In about 1925 Arne Jacobsen showed a chair of his design at the influential "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes" in Paris, where he was awarded a silver medal for it. Arne Jacobsen is still best known for the chairs he designed. In 1958 Arne Jacobsen designed the "Egg" and the "Swan", seat furniture originally destined for the interior of the Royal SAS Hotels in Copenhagen but now 20th-century design classics and yet still very popular. Arne Jacobsen was not only one of the most renowned Danish designers he also combined functional objectivity of Modernism with organic natural forms.
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