Like many people, my taste in modern furniture design often far outruns my actual furniture budget. My problem is that I have a love for the classics of modern furniture. I love those iconic designs like the ball chair, the Womb Lounge Chair and in this case the Swan Chair designed by Arne Jacobson. Jacobson was a was a Danish architect and designer who was a firm believer in Functionalism both in architecture and in furniture design. Although this belief puts function before aesthetics, Jacobson managed to design some of the most interesting and aesthetically pleasing furniture in modern design including the Egg …
Classic Womb Lounge Chair With Ottoman The Womb Lounge Chair was designed in 1948 by Eero Saarinen, a talented Finnish/American Architect and Industrial Designer. He is noted for the chairs he designed for Knoll, designing many important pieces of furniture including the Grasshopper Lounge Chair and Ottoman. Know for breaking the rules and challenging the old standards, he has gone on to set many of the new standards in modern furniture design. The Womb Chair is still one of most recognized representations of mid-century modern furniture design and is as popular today as …







