Grand Prix - 3130
The Grand Prix™ chair is
a chair with graphic edge. It was introduced at the Designers’ Spring
Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in 1957. Later that year,
the chair was displayed at the Triennale in Milan where it received the Grand
Prix, the finest distinction of the exhibition. The celebrated chair comes in
both a steel or wood base and can be customised through a series of colours,
wood types and upholstery. The Grand Prix with steel legs reflects Arne
Jacobsen’s larger collection of stackable plywood chairs with tubular steel
legs.
About Designer | |
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Arne Jacobsen |
Arne Jacobsen was born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, was a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, was trained as a bank clerk and often painted floral motifs in her spare time. The family lived in Claessensgade, Copenhagen in a typical Victorian style home. Maybe that is why Arne, as a child, painted the coloured wallpaper in his room white, as a contrast to his parents’ overly decorated taste. |