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In 2007, the great furniture (möbler) designer Hans Wegner passed away. He entered this world in Tonger, Denmark, 93 years ago and over time became the most successful and noticed individual at the Danish Modern school of design. His beautiful and unobtrusive style is composed of clean and simple lines.

Hans Wegner started out in carpentry, but that was interrupted by service in the military. Following this he trained in a technical school, later enrolling at Copenhagen Architectural Academy, as well as the School of Arts and Crafts for his professional training. Later on he worked under Erik Moller and Arne Jacobsen, both masters in the field.

His specialty was the construction of chairs, which he liked to think of as a work of art as well as something useful to sit upon. One of his well known philosophies was that a chair should look great from every side and that there should be no "back" but rather a flow around the chair. He wanted very simple and refined designs, but employed many different shapes and materials within his preferences.

He did not stop at basic chairs, though, going in to more complex designs like the 'peacock' style for competitions as well as some designs for tables, beds, and cabinets. He also created a valet chair, he used himself to design the chair to make certain that it both looked good and did the job it was intended for. He is also considered, along with his daughter, to be the inventor of the pole light, which came around in the 1970's.

Chairs are what Hans Wegner is best known for rather than his other furniture (wegner möbler) he had designed, especially wegner ch 25 (or Chair 25) which was created in 1950. He designed four chairs with woven style seats for Carl Hansen and Son; however this was the only one with rope weaving in the seat and the back. It is also uniquely engineered with the back legs are angled and the load bearing front legs are straight. This lounge chair is much more stable than other chairs of that type that have been constructed.

Chair number 25 was created in many types of wood and had a paper rope employed as the back and seat. Also, an intriguing aspect of the architectures involves the side of the seat, which involves an endless curved piece that emerges as the back legs. Many opinions state that chair number 25 closely resembles wicker furnishings and many times is grouped with it. However, this chair is superior to cheap wicker.

Hans Wegner did not give his designs names, only catalogue numbers. One of his models, the PP203, was seen by millions when a dozen of them were purchased by the television networks and used in the famous Kennedy-Nixon election debates in 1960. They were chosen for their simple, clean lines, but all of them are also comfortable.

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Chairs are what Hans J Wegner is best known for rather than his other designs (design mobler), especially wegner ch 25 (or Chair 25) which was created in 1950. He was most talented at constructing chairs, which he considered as much a work of art, as a place to sit. One of his beliefs was that chairs should appear excellent from every perspective, but there should be no "back" to the chair, just a continuous flow around the chair. He designed four chairs with woven style seats for Carl Hansen and Son; however ch 25 was the only one with rope weaving in the seat and the back.