ALWAYS AHEAD OF TIMES As an architect, Arne Jacobsen dedicated his career to stripping down and rethinking products and structures from a functional, minimalist perspective. Architecture, in the form of residential and public buildings was the starting point of Jacobsen’s career, but he was interested in far more than a building’s exterior. He also designed interior elements, furniture, textiles, tableware, fixtures and fittings, door handles and much more. So it was no surprise that Arne Jacobsen also designed the clocks on his buildings: Aarhus City Hall, Rødovre City Hall on Denmark’s National bank. Using these clocks as inspiration, Rosendahl Design Group collaborated with Jacobsen’s former employee, architect Teit Weylandt, to create a new series of wall clocks. One of Jacobsen’s table clocks has also been bought back into production. Som arkitekt bruger Arne Jacobsen sin karriere på at skære ind til benet og gentænke ethvert produkt eller bygning ud fra en enkel, funktionalistisk vinkel. Selvom arkitekturen i form af boliger og offentlige bygninger var udgangspunktet for Jacobsens professionelle liv, var det ikke gjort med de ydre rammer. Hans produktion omfatter også interiør, møbler, boligtekstiler, service, armaturer, dørgreb og meget mere. Derfor er det også oplagt, at Arne Jacobsen tegner ure til sine egne bygninger: Aarhus Rådhus, Rødovre Rådhus og Nationalbanken. Det er de ure, Rosendahl Design Group med kyndig vejledning fra Jacobsens tidligere ansatte, arkitekt Teit Weylandt, har omsat til vægure. Desuden har vi sat et ældre bordur i ny produktion.
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