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Fritz Hansen: Be original, fight the copies

Danish company Fritz Hansen is serious about counterfeit designs. The company, which is the official manufacturer of Arne Jacobsen's Egg Chair, has posted a stunning slideshow of the destruction of the knock-offs they have confiscated.






Fritz Hansen also posted a brutal (though gratuitous) video of a tractor destroying a fake Egg Chair on their Facebook group for their "Be original, fight the copies" campaign.
Interestingly enough, though the company goes to extremes to protect their original designs, they also provide CAD drawings of many of their products. Fritz Hansen also takes furniture theft seriously; you can register your missing furniture on their website.

[via the excellent BAGnewsnotes, where Robert Hariman posted an interesting interpretation of the photos]

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Thonet then and now

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Above: Gamper, Martino for The Conran Shop, The Chair of the Rings. Bent wood, 2008. [conranusa.com]

Gamper’s three chair designs were commissioned to reflect Terence Conran’s interest in Thonet products and are part of his store’s Inspiration collection.

Below: Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Café Chair (no. 18). Bent beech wood, 1876. [moma.org]

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