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Author : Tony Nibbinsworth

There is a lot that goes into planning the launch of your new hotel When you first got the vision to build a hotel and create that dream get away for your guests, you probably had a vision for just how your hotel would look Maybe it looks like some elegant hotel from the movies in your mind Maybe its some exotic location that was part of a great adventure you had with your family as a child But there is a romance and an excitement to running a hotel and being the boss over every small detail of how that hotel operates

Furniture turns your hotel from a big empty building into something lively, full of personality and atmosphere and a place that welcomes guests to make that hotel a home for a few days Now obviously the purpose of hotel furniture is utilitarian You don t just rent someone a room You provide them with a bed, nightstands, a television and the comforts of your lobby, bar, lounges, gardens, restaurants and other rooms A hotel is not just place to stay but an experience It is a place of relaxation, fun, rest and comfort Good hotel furniture is what makes the magic happen in any hotel That is why how to furnish your new hotel should be a major part of your planning

A good start is to lay out the floor plan of your entire hotel and then address the specific customer service areas room by room Because each room of the hotel will have a specific function, the furniture needs will change with the needs of the customers Now you may have a dominant color scheme and even a style or theme you want to see prevail in the decor of every room The color scheme should not be a difficult thing to carry off as any hotel furniture supplier would be able to customize your order to fit the colors you want to emphasize But using the same interior decorating style approach in every room can be more of a challenge

It might be better to go with color families rather than two or three specific colors of the furniture That is because the mood of each room will be different and you want the color schemes of the walls, the window dressing and the furniture to reflect those differences You will have an entirely different feel in the dining area where you serve continental breakfast than from the bedrooms of the hotel For the breakfast areas, upbeat, cheerful pastels help get the customers up and going for a good day But for the bedrooms, darker, sedate and deeper, more restful colors are the way to go

Of all the spaces of the hotel you will furnish, the reception area is one where you want to put the most effort into making an impression When the customer enters the lobby, they will form an idea of what kind of hotel this is and whether they wish to spend the night or several nights as your guest That first impression is crucial because you don t want to see customers step into the lobby, take one look and walk back out again The hotel lobby should communicate that your hotel is welcoming, professional, classy, fun, relaxing and an adventure, all at once

That is a tall order for hotel furniture and much of the first impression of the lobby will be in layout, the look and feel of the front desk and other decorating details Therefore, the furniture design, style and colors will be integrated into the overall interior decorating scheme to create one image in the mind of the customer But along with style, think about the work lobby furniture will do for your hotel Maybe even more than the hotel rooms, hotel lobby furniture gets a lot of use Because people are on the move through this area along with children and even pets, there are a lot of spills in the lobby and the furniture can be used roughly at time You need to invest in well made furniture that can take it and in fabrics that make clean up go quickly

The need to evaluate each room s furniture needs separately becomes clear when you start to put some detail to what you will need for the multi function rooms in your hotel These rooms can be some of the most profitable spaces in your hotel because they can be used for receptions, dinners, parties, seminars or business meetings But for them to be that flexible, the furniture must be quite adaptable and flexible as well The hotel tables and chairs must be portable so folding tables and stackable chairs is the way to go But you want to be able to still create the feel of elegance with this furniture so invest in top quality tables and chairs that are also durable and able to be moved around and reassembled many ways depending on the function

There may be no single location in a hotel that will more interact with your guests than the actual rooms themselves And the extent to which this furniture serves their needs while they are enjoying privacy there will be the determining factor about whether they will return to your hotel or recommend it to friends Most customers won t file a complaint about a hotel about the color of the lobby couch but they will complain and possibly base future decisions about where to stay on the comfort of their bed or the condition of other furniture items in the room That room is their home for the nights they stay with you so it must be fully able to serve your customers during times when that furniture alone is the hotel representative to those guests

Because you will be buying beds, televisions, night stands and the other in room furniture for many rooms at once, you will go with a single furniture style and get the benefits of buying in bulk from a quality hotel furniture supplier But your customers view the room as unique to them so put some thought in your choices and make an investment in the quality of that furniture It should be sturdy, well made furniture because it will be subject to all manner of wear and tear as each room entertains diverse guests each week The furniture should not only hold up to rough use but clean up easily as well, be stain resistant and easily brought back to a like new condition between guests

By making the effort to make sure the furniture you buy to take care of your guests during their stay is top quality and made to provide five star service to your hotel customers, you will be making an investment in customer relations And that is the kind of approach that leads to long term customers who review your hotel well, recommend it to others and come back to your hotel each time they are in town And that is what will make make your hotel a success in the long run

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar chairs and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm, http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/bar-tables-chairs.htm

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A Chair is a chair Right? Well not always A chair a lot more than a chair when is was designed by one of the great artists of modern times And many of the most popular and inspiring chair designs of the last several decades were designed by accomplished artists who also turned out to have a terrific eye for the form and function of a modern chair

The unique chair designs of Arne Jacobsen are a perfect example of when furniture serves the double duty as a functional chair and a beautiful and visually stimulating work of art as well Jacobson is the type of artist that you would call a renaissance man because he was successful in many different genres of art In fact, before becoming an accomplished furniture designer, Arne Jacobson had great success in architecture Some of his architectural triumphs include the St Catherine s College, the design of Oxford university and at Merton College as well as his work on the Royal Copenhagen Hotel and the National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen These are just the most outstanding of many buildings that Jacobsen s artistic vision influenced

Even though Arne Jacobsen s creative work occurred in the mid 20th century, the chair designs he brought to life showed he was ahead of his time in vision for how art could embrace function in the chair designs he innovated In fact, his futuristic designs for chairs are in step with the visionaries of science fiction and those who visualized the future world Many futuristic movies have incorporated furniture designs by Jacobson to give the impression of an advanced and sophisticated wold of the future

Several of Arne Jacobsen s chair designs have become incorporated into the world of classical art including a chair very simply named The Number 7 chair which was used by the popular artist Lewis Morale as part of a portrait he painted That influence on other genre s of art is one reason that many of Jacobsen s chair designs have reached the status of classics in the design world and have become so well regarded by scholars in the area of furniture design

When you go to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York, you don t have to look very far to find examples of outstanding furniture design that is on display from different eras of history around the world So when you admire classic examples of chair design from Elizabethan periods or early American sections of the museum, its easy to appreciate the genius of a furniture designer like Arne Jacobsen And its easy to envision that many of his best chair designs will find themselves into museums around the world when the 20th century is one to be honored and documented for the vision of the artists of the time

The vision of Jacobsen s chair design reflects a love of the natural elegance of nature This is a natural reflection of his training as an architect which is one which focuses on making modern buildings reflect the design perfection of the natural world often times The forms suggested by the most famous of Arne Jacobsen s designs are very much in that genre, especially his most famous chair designs of The Ant, The Swan and The Egg In fact, The Egg design is one that has become commonly incorporated into movies that are of a futuristic scene including a funny scene in the move Men in Black as various secret agents try to fill out application forms sitting in an Egg designed chair

Jacobsen s versatility of design was not confined just to architecture and furniture His artistic vision can also be found in designs he developed for cutlery and wallpaper as well in the area of textiles In fact, it was a Jacobsen design of cutlery that was used in the futuristic movie 2001 A Space Oddity to show how people living in space might eat This ability to cast a vision of a more sophisticated world is typical of the genius of Arne Jacobsen

But of the many artistic creations we have as a legacy of the work of Arne Jacobsen, it is probably the Egg Chair that is the one that is the most striking and recognizable to many people Its a style that fits into so many decors not only in private homes but in restaurants and hotels who are seeking a modern look that is stylish, a bit over the top and yet sophisticated at the same time

Jacobsen s designs will certainly continue to be used by artists who are looking to create a futuristic design for other medium including paintings, film, television and movies In fact, not long ago on the famous television show Saturday Night Live, a skit used futuristic designs of chairs in a humorous piece in which a family in the future shows the post peculiar tastes in food, entertainment and furniture And while the chairs in this sketch are virtually unusable, the humor is appreciated and it is a reflection on the enjoyment we get from very creative approaches to design such as Arne Jacobsen was known for

These many references in art and popular culture will make it easy to recognize the Jacobsen influence when you are shopping for chairs for a very specific kind of decor And while the sleek and rounded designs that made history when Jacobsen innovated them can seem a little cold and exotic, in the right setting with some skilled interior decorating, they can create a look in the living room or den that is at the same time modern and warm all at once So the Ant, Egg and Swan designs deserve a look whether your decoration challenge is a home setting or one of a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel Jacobsen s design concepts fit equally well in all of these settings

Since Jacobsen innovated the design, there have been many adaptations that use the basic egg approach but to add stylization to it to fit it into a particular decor and to take the design further into even more artistic expression of that same basic concept It is common in art for one inspiration to foster others and to mold and shape how art evolves So when you see very modernistic designs of chairs that may very much reflect the basic egg, swan and ant styles that originated with Arne Jacobsen, you can now appreciate how this versatile Renaissance man from Denmark changed the way we all see furniture in many ways right up to modern times

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm

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A Chair is a chair Right? Well not always A chair a lot more than a chair when is was designed by one of the great artists of modern times And many of the most popular and inspiring chair designs of the last several decades were designed by accomplished artists who also turned out to have a terrific eye for the form and function of a modern chair

The unique chair designs of Arne Jacobsen are a perfect example of when furniture serves the double duty as a functional chair and a beautiful and visually stimulating work of art as well Jacobson is the type of artist that you would call a renaissance man because he was successful in many different genres of art In fact, before becoming an accomplished furniture designer, Arne Jacobson had great success in architecture Some of his architectural triumphs include the St Catherine s College, the design of Oxford university and at Merton College as well as his work on the Royal Copenhagen Hotel and the National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen These are just the most outstanding of many buildings that Jacobsen s artistic vision influenced

Even though Arne Jacobsen s creative work occurred in the mid 20th century, the chair designs he brought to life showed he was ahead of his time in vision for how art could embrace function in the chair designs he innovated In fact, his futuristic designs for chairs are in step with the visionaries of science fiction and those who visualized the future world Many futuristic movies have incorporated furniture designs by Jacobson to give the impression of an advanced and sophisticated wold of the future

Several of Arne Jacobsen s chair designs have become incorporated into the world of classical art including a chair very simply named The Number 7 chair which was used by the popular artist Lewis Morale as part of a portrait he painted That influence on other genre s of art is one reason that many of Jacobsen s chair designs have reached the status of classics in the design world and have become so well regarded by scholars in the area of furniture design

When you go to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York, you don t have to look very far to find examples of outstanding furniture design that is on display from different eras of history around the world So when you admire classic examples of chair design from Elizabethan periods or early American sections of the museum, its easy to appreciate the genius of a furniture designer like Arne Jacobsen And its easy to envision that many of his best chair designs will find themselves into museums around the world when the 20th century is one to be honored and documented for the vision of the artists of the time

The vision of Jacobsen s chair design reflects a love of the natural elegance of nature This is a natural reflection of his training as an architect which is one which focuses on making modern buildings reflect the design perfection of the natural world often times The forms suggested by the most famous of Arne Jacobsen s designs are very much in that genre, especially his most famous chair designs of The Ant, The Swan and The Egg In fact, The Egg design is one that has become commonly incorporated into movies that are of a futuristic scene including a funny scene in the move Men in Black as various secret agents try to fill out application forms sitting in an Egg designed chair

Jacobsen s versatility of design was not confined just to architecture and furniture His artistic vision can also be found in designs he developed for cutlery and wallpaper as well in the area of textiles In fact, it was a Jacobsen design of cutlery that was used in the futuristic movie 2001 A Space Oddity to show how people living in space might eat This ability to cast a vision of a more sophisticated world is typical of the genius of Arne Jacobsen

But of the many artistic creations we have as a legacy of the work of Arne Jacobsen, it is probably the Egg Chair that is the one that is the most striking and recognizable to many people Its a style that fits into so many decors not only in private homes but in restaurants and hotels who are seeking a modern look that is stylish, a bit over the top and yet sophisticated at the same time

Jacobsen s designs will certainly continue to be used by artists who are looking to create a futuristic design for other medium including paintings, film, television and movies In fact, not long ago on the famous television show Saturday Night Live, a skit used futuristic designs of chairs in a humorous piece in which a family in the future shows the post peculiar tastes in food, entertainment and furniture And while the chairs in this sketch are virtually unusable, the humor is appreciated and it is a reflection on the enjoyment we get from very creative approaches to design such as Arne Jacobsen was known for

These many references in art and popular culture will make it easy to recognize the Jacobsen influence when you are shopping for chairs for a very specific kind of decor And while the sleek and rounded designs that made history when Jacobsen innovated them can seem a little cold and exotic, in the right setting with some skilled interior decorating, they can create a look in the living room or den that is at the same time modern and warm all at once So the Ant, Egg and Swan designs deserve a look whether your decoration challenge is a home setting or one of a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel Jacobsen s design concepts fit equally well in all of these settings

Since Jacobsen innovated the design, there have been many adaptations that use the basic egg approach but to add stylization to it to fit it into a particular decor and to take the design further into even more artistic expression of that same basic concept It is common in art for one inspiration to foster others and to mold and shape how art evolves So when you see very modernistic designs of chairs that may very much reflect the basic egg, swan and ant styles that originated with Arne Jacobsen, you can now appreciate how this versatile Renaissance man from Denmark changed the way we all see furniture in many ways right up to modern times

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm

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There is a lot that goes into planning the launch of your new hotel When you first got the vision to build a hotel and create that dream get away for your guests, you probably had a vision for just how your hotel would look Maybe it looks like some elegant hotel from the movies in your mind Maybe its some exotic location that was part of a great adventure you had with your family as a child But there is a romance and an excitement to running a hotel and being the boss over every small detail of how that hotel operates

Furniture turns your hotel from a big empty building into something lively, full of personality and atmosphere and a place that welcomes guests to make that hotel a home for a few days Now obviously the purpose of hotel furniture is utilitarian You don t just rent someone a room You provide them with a bed, nightstands, a television and the comforts of your lobby, bar, lounges, gardens, restaurants and other rooms A hotel is not just place to stay but an experience It is a place of relaxation, fun, rest and comfort Good hotel furniture is what makes the magic happen in any hotel That is why how to furnish your new hotel should be a major part of your planning

A good start is to lay out the floor plan of your entire hotel and then address the specific customer service areas room by room Because each room of the hotel will have a specific function, the furniture needs will change with the needs of the customers Now you may have a dominant color scheme and even a style or theme you want to see prevail in the decor of every room The color scheme should not be a difficult thing to carry off as any hotel furniture supplier would be able to customize your order to fit the colors you want to emphasize But using the same interior decorating style approach in every room can be more of a challenge

It might be better to go with color families rather than two or three specific colors of the furniture That is because the mood of each room will be different and you want the color schemes of the walls, the window dressing and the furniture to reflect those differences You will have an entirely different feel in the dining area where you serve continental breakfast than from the bedrooms of the hotel For the breakfast areas, upbeat, cheerful pastels help get the customers up and going for a good day But for the bedrooms, darker, sedate and deeper, more restful colors are the way to go

Of all the spaces of the hotel you will furnish, the reception area is one where you want to put the most effort into making an impression When the customer enters the lobby, they will form an idea of what kind of hotel this is and whether they wish to spend the night or several nights as your guest That first impression is crucial because you don t want to see customers step into the lobby, take one look and walk back out again The hotel lobby should communicate that your hotel is welcoming, professional, classy, fun, relaxing and an adventure, all at once

That is a tall order for hotel furniture and much of the first impression of the lobby will be in layout, the look and feel of the front desk and other decorating details Therefore, the furniture design, style and colors will be integrated into the overall interior decorating scheme to create one image in the mind of the customer But along with style, think about the work lobby furniture will do for your hotel Maybe even more than the hotel rooms, hotel lobby furniture gets a lot of use Because people are on the move through this area along with children and even pets, there are a lot of spills in the lobby and the furniture can be used roughly at time You need to invest in well made furniture that can take it and in fabrics that make clean up go quickly

The need to evaluate each room s furniture needs separately becomes clear when you start to put some detail to what you will need for the multi function rooms in your hotel These rooms can be some of the most profitable spaces in your hotel because they can be used for receptions, dinners, parties, seminars or business meetings But for them to be that flexible, the furniture must be quite adaptable and flexible as well The hotel tables and chairs must be portable so folding tables and stackable chairs is the way to go But you want to be able to still create the feel of elegance with this furniture so invest in top quality tables and chairs that are also durable and able to be moved around and reassembled many ways depending on the function

There may be no single location in a hotel that will more interact with your guests than the actual rooms themselves And the extent to which this furniture serves their needs while they are enjoying privacy there will be the determining factor about whether they will return to your hotel or recommend it to friends Most customers won t file a complaint about a hotel about the color of the lobby couch but they will complain and possibly base future decisions about where to stay on the comfort of their bed or the condition of other furniture items in the room That room is their home for the nights they stay with you so it must be fully able to serve your customers during times when that furniture alone is the hotel representative to those guests

Because you will be buying beds, televisions, night stands and the other in room furniture for many rooms at once, you will go with a single furniture style and get the benefits of buying in bulk from a quality hotel furniture supplier But your customers view the room as unique to them so put some thought in your choices and make an investment in the quality of that furniture It should be sturdy, well made furniture because it will be subject to all manner of wear and tear as each room entertains diverse guests each week The furniture should not only hold up to rough use but clean up easily as well, be stain resistant and easily brought back to a like new condition between guests

By making the effort to make sure the furniture you buy to take care of your guests during their stay is top quality and made to provide five star service to your hotel customers, you will be making an investment in customer relations And that is the kind of approach that leads to long term customers who review your hotel well, recommend it to others and come back to your hotel each time they are in town And that is what will make make your hotel a success in the long run

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar chairs and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm, http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/bar-tables-chairs.htm

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A Chair is a chair Right? Well not always A chair a lot more than a chair when is was designed by one of the great artists of modern times And many of the most popular and inspiring chair designs of the last several decades were designed by accomplished artists who also turned out to have a terrific eye for the form and function of a modern chair

The unique chair designs of Arne Jacobsen are a perfect example of when furniture serves the double duty as a functional chair and a beautiful and visually stimulating work of art as well Jacobson is the type of artist that you would call a renaissance man because he was successful in many different genres of art In fact, before becoming an accomplished furniture designer, Arne Jacobson had great success in architecture Some of his architectural triumphs include the St Catherine s College, the design of Oxford university and at Merton College as well as his work on the Royal Copenhagen Hotel and the National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen These are just the most outstanding of many buildings that Jacobsen s artistic vision influenced

Even though Arne Jacobsen s creative work occurred in the mid 20th century, the chair designs he brought to life showed he was ahead of his time in vision for how art could embrace function in the chair designs he innovated In fact, his futuristic designs for chairs are in step with the visionaries of science fiction and those who visualized the future world Many futuristic movies have incorporated furniture designs by Jacobson to give the impression of an advanced and sophisticated wold of the future

Several of Arne Jacobsen s chair designs have become incorporated into the world of classical art including a chair very simply named The Number 7 chair which was used by the popular artist Lewis Morale as part of a portrait he painted That influence on other genre s of art is one reason that many of Jacobsen s chair designs have reached the status of classics in the design world and have become so well regarded by scholars in the area of furniture design

When you go to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York, you don t have to look very far to find examples of outstanding furniture design that is on display from different eras of history around the world So when you admire classic examples of chair design from Elizabethan periods or early American sections of the museum, its easy to appreciate the genius of a furniture designer like Arne Jacobsen And its easy to envision that many of his best chair designs will find themselves into museums around the world when the 20th century is one to be honored and documented for the vision of the artists of the time

The vision of Jacobsen s chair design reflects a love of the natural elegance of nature This is a natural reflection of his training as an architect which is one which focuses on making modern buildings reflect the design perfection of the natural world often times The forms suggested by the most famous of Arne Jacobsen s designs are very much in that genre, especially his most famous chair designs of The Ant, The Swan and The Egg In fact, The Egg design is one that has become commonly incorporated into movies that are of a futuristic scene including a funny scene in the move Men in Black as various secret agents try to fill out application forms sitting in an Egg designed chair

Jacobsen s versatility of design was not confined just to architecture and furniture His artistic vision can also be found in designs he developed for cutlery and wallpaper as well in the area of textiles In fact, it was a Jacobsen design of cutlery that was used in the futuristic movie 2001 A Space Oddity to show how people living in space might eat This ability to cast a vision of a more sophisticated world is typical of the genius of Arne Jacobsen

But of the many artistic creations we have as a legacy of the work of Arne Jacobsen, it is probably the Egg Chair that is the one that is the most striking and recognizable to many people Its a style that fits into so many decors not only in private homes but in restaurants and hotels who are seeking a modern look that is stylish, a bit over the top and yet sophisticated at the same time

Jacobsen s designs will certainly continue to be used by artists who are looking to create a futuristic design for other medium including paintings, film, television and movies In fact, not long ago on the famous television show Saturday Night Live, a skit used futuristic designs of chairs in a humorous piece in which a family in the future shows the post peculiar tastes in food, entertainment and furniture And while the chairs in this sketch are virtually unusable, the humor is appreciated and it is a reflection on the enjoyment we get from very creative approaches to design such as Arne Jacobsen was known for

These many references in art and popular culture will make it easy to recognize the Jacobsen influence when you are shopping for chairs for a very specific kind of decor And while the sleek and rounded designs that made history when Jacobsen innovated them can seem a little cold and exotic, in the right setting with some skilled interior decorating, they can create a look in the living room or den that is at the same time modern and warm all at once So the Ant, Egg and Swan designs deserve a look whether your decoration challenge is a home setting or one of a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel Jacobsen s design concepts fit equally well in all of these settings

Since Jacobsen innovated the design, there have been many adaptations that use the basic egg approach but to add stylization to it to fit it into a particular decor and to take the design further into even more artistic expression of that same basic concept It is common in art for one inspiration to foster others and to mold and shape how art evolves So when you see very modernistic designs of chairs that may very much reflect the basic egg, swan and ant styles that originated with Arne Jacobsen, you can now appreciate how this versatile Renaissance man from Denmark changed the way we all see furniture in many ways right up to modern times

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm

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A Chair is a chair Right? Well not always A chair a lot more than a chair when is was designed by one of the great artists of modern times And many of the most popular and inspiring chair designs of the last several decades were designed by accomplished artists who also turned out to have a terrific eye for the form and function of a modern chair

The unique chair designs of Arne Jacobsen are a perfect example of when furniture serves the double duty as a functional chair and a beautiful and visually stimulating work of art as well Jacobson is the type of artist that you would call a renaissance man because he was successful in many different genres of art In fact, before becoming an accomplished furniture designer, Arne Jacobson had great success in architecture Some of his architectural triumphs include the St Catherine s College, the design of Oxford university and at Merton College as well as his work on the Royal Copenhagen Hotel and the National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen These are just the most outstanding of many buildings that Jacobsen s artistic vision influenced

Even though Arne Jacobsen s creative work occurred in the mid 20th century, the chair designs he brought to life showed he was ahead of his time in vision for how art could embrace function in the chair designs he innovated In fact, his futuristic designs for chairs are in step with the visionaries of science fiction and those who visualized the future world Many futuristic movies have incorporated furniture designs by Jacobson to give the impression of an advanced and sophisticated wold of the future

Several of Arne Jacobsen s chair designs have become incorporated into the world of classical art including a chair very simply named The Number 7 chair which was used by the popular artist Lewis Morale as part of a portrait he painted That influence on other genre s of art is one reason that many of Jacobsen s chair designs have reached the status of classics in the design world and have become so well regarded by scholars in the area of furniture design

When you go to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York, you don t have to look very far to find examples of outstanding furniture design that is on display from different eras of history around the world So when you admire classic examples of chair design from Elizabethan periods or early American sections of the museum, its easy to appreciate the genius of a furniture designer like Arne Jacobsen And its easy to envision that many of his best chair designs will find themselves into museums around the world when the 20th century is one to be honored and documented for the vision of the artists of the time

The vision of Jacobsen s chair design reflects a love of the natural elegance of nature This is a natural reflection of his training as an architect which is one which focuses on making modern buildings reflect the design perfection of the natural world often times The forms suggested by the most famous of Arne Jacobsen s designs are very much in that genre, especially his most famous chair designs of The Ant, The Swan and The Egg In fact, The Egg design is one that has become commonly incorporated into movies that are of a futuristic scene including a funny scene in the move Men in Black as various secret agents try to fill out application forms sitting in an Egg designed chair

Jacobsen s versatility of design was not confined just to architecture and furniture His artistic vision can also be found in designs he developed for cutlery and wallpaper as well in the area of textiles In fact, it was a Jacobsen design of cutlery that was used in the futuristic movie 2001 A Space Oddity to show how people living in space might eat This ability to cast a vision of a more sophisticated world is typical of the genius of Arne Jacobsen

But of the many artistic creations we have as a legacy of the work of Arne Jacobsen, it is probably the Egg Chair that is the one that is the most striking and recognizable to many people Its a style that fits into so many decors not only in private homes but in restaurants and hotels who are seeking a modern look that is stylish, a bit over the top and yet sophisticated at the same time

Jacobsen s designs will certainly continue to be used by artists who are looking to create a futuristic design for other medium including paintings, film, television and movies In fact, not long ago on the famous television show Saturday Night Live, a skit used futuristic designs of chairs in a humorous piece in which a family in the future shows the post peculiar tastes in food, entertainment and furniture And while the chairs in this sketch are virtually unusable, the humor is appreciated and it is a reflection on the enjoyment we get from very creative approaches to design such as Arne Jacobsen was known for

These many references in art and popular culture will make it easy to recognize the Jacobsen influence when you are shopping for chairs for a very specific kind of decor And while the sleek and rounded designs that made history when Jacobsen innovated them can seem a little cold and exotic, in the right setting with some skilled interior decorating, they can create a look in the living room or den that is at the same time modern and warm all at once So the Ant, Egg and Swan designs deserve a look whether your decoration challenge is a home setting or one of a restaurant, bar, coffee shop or hotel Jacobsen s design concepts fit equally well in all of these settings

Since Jacobsen innovated the design, there have been many adaptations that use the basic egg approach but to add stylization to it to fit it into a particular decor and to take the design further into even more artistic expression of that same basic concept It is common in art for one inspiration to foster others and to mold and shape how art evolves So when you see very modernistic designs of chairs that may very much reflect the basic egg, swan and ant styles that originated with Arne Jacobsen, you can now appreciate how this versatile Renaissance man from Denmark changed the way we all see furniture in many ways right up to modern times

To view over 2,000 contract furniture products including bistro and cafe furniture, bar and hotel furniture please visit http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-bistro-furniture.htm and http://www.laytrad.co.uk/commercial-hotel-furniture.htm

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