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Cutlery Set, Arne Jacobsen – Designclassics

Lecturer/s
Course/s

BA Design Warm-Up – Foundation Course

Year

2023

semester

1957

Sweden

Arne Jacobsen

Georg Jensen, Cutlery set

Groundbreaking, innovative and radical when first created in 1957, the Arne Jacobsen cutlery set designed by Georg Jensen has gained iconic status as a design classic, due to its perfect mix of functionality and striking good looks. With extremely simple and bold lines, his “less is more” approach ranked him among other architectural greats of the era.

 

Das von Georg Jensen entworfene Besteck von Arne Jacobsen war bei seiner Einführung im Jahr 1957 bahnbrechend, innovativ und radikal. Dank seiner perfekten Mischung aus Funktionalität und auffallend gutem Aussehen hat es heute den Status eines Designklassikers erlangt. Mit seinen extrem einfachen und kühnen Linien und seinem „Weniger ist mehr“- Ansatz reihte er sich in die Riege der architektonischen Größen seiner Zeit ein.

 

Innovativo e radicale quando fu creato per la prima volta nel 1957, il set di posate Arne Jacobsen disegnato da Georg Jensen si è guadagnato lo status di icona come classico del design, grazie al suo perfetto mix di funzionalità ed estetica sorprendente. Con linee estremamente semplici e decise, il suo approccio “less is more” lo ha collocato tra gli altri grandi dell’architettura dell’epoca.