Arne Jacobsen is undoubtedly the architect of the 50 most iconic Scandinavian design and one of the best known adherents of the current initially fonctionnaliste.Suivant trained bricklayer, he finds his way by integrating the architecture section the Royal Danish Academy of fine arts, where he graduated in 1927.Two years later, he founded his own agency and quickly impose a modern look as well in his architectural projects in his design creations.In 1952, Arne Jacobsen is an international success thanks to the Ant chair, the Ant chair, it creates for the canteen of the pharmaceutical company Novo. True innovation of simplicity and sophistication, this chair brings together for the first time in a single seat plywood and backrest. Its versions, the 7 Series and the 3107 experience a rarely equaled success: 5 million copies of it have been produced to date.Arne Jacobsen's architectural projects also enable it to explore multiple worlds as it also designs and manufactures well outside the interior. The completion of the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel in 1958, the first skyscraper Denmark, enabled him to design two other of his became objects icons: the Swan chair (the Swan) to deployed armrests and masterful Egg chair (the Egg chair) to the curved shape. He participated in the entire hotel decoration, designing furniture, lighting, fabrics or dishes.Contemporary references modernism of the twentieth century, the designs of Arne Jacobsen, now become classics of Danish and international design, illustrate its insatiable quest for simplicity and functionality from a sharp and innovative work on raw materials natural.Arne Jacobsen's designs since 1934 are mainly produced by Fritz Hansen, who knows through her international fame.It is probably the designer the most copied throughout the world, and remains "the" undisputed reference of Scandinavian design.