Egg, Designed by Arne Jacobsen (1958)

Arne Jacobsen's Egg™ chair is a masterpiece of Danish design. Jacobsen found the perfect shape for the chair by experimenting with wire and plaster in his garage. Today, the Egg chair is recognized worldwide as one of the triumphs of Jacobsen's legendary career and a Scandinavian design icon.

It is said that Arne Jacobsen, growing up in Copenhagen, painted over the Victorian wallpaper in his bedroom. But young Arne did not cover his walls with typical children's drawings or paint the ornate wallpaper a boyish blue. Instead, he decided to paint his room completely white. His decision may seem trivial today, but in the early twentieth century, white walls were not yet in fashion. From the very beginning, Arne Jacobsen was ahead of his time.