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A cursory observation of the fashion industry reveals that that it revolves in cycles every few decades. For instance, we now see a re-emergence of 80s era clothing, cars, and even musical trends. Countries like the UK know this all too well, being home to many of the fashion and media icons of the 1950s and 60s. Then suddenly we witness it, not just in clothing but in many aspects of design, a resurgence of 60s, 70s and even 80s fashion trends which many world-famous entertainment and media icons use to make a fashion statement in order to impact current trends.

While it is true that fashions from the 60s to the 80s have sprouted once again, nowhere else is this visible than in the furniture and interior design realms. Like clothing, furniture designs from the 50s and 60s era have resurfaced with a lot of zeal. A casual trip to a furniture store, a hotel lobby or a flip through an interior design magazine shows that this has not abated.

Furniture in the 60s was largely inspired by the minimalist theme. While things there have been a lot of changes and new trends emerging, the overall 60s theme has remained unaltered. From floors to furniture to the way we set our floor tiles, not much has changed since the designs of these previous decades debuted. But perhaps on such pierce of furniture that reinforces this argument is the popularity and continued top-ten sales of the world-famous egg chair.

Strictly-speaking, the egg chair is a relic of the past decades. It is a brain-child of world-renowned Danish interior designer, Arne Jacobson. In 1958, after the completion of the 5-star SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, he was tasked with ensuring that the furniture that was placed in this hotel made a statement. Arne was known to be someone who took exceptional pride in his work and would not disappoint. With meticulous skill precision fitting, he produced what we have now come to call the egg chair. This chair has since gone on to become world-acclaimed, and now sits in many homes, hotels and other places where comfort is considered important. The design of the chair has also inspired many other designers as we continue to see. One is the drop chair which continues to be famous. Egg chair can be said to have made a great impact to the overall furniture industry.

Arne Jacobsen hailed from Copenhagen, Denmark in 1902. His name is considered iconic in the world of furniture and interior design. He is also considered one of Denmark's greatest designers with a portfolio that includes innovative and world-famous architecture and furniture design in 1950. Other interior designs from all over the world have gone on to emulate him. Arne initially worked in the housing and school projects in Denmark and it was here that his passion for interior design was birthed. Later, his lessons at the housing projects became the bedrock of his innovations. His pioneering work includes the Ante chair which appeared in photographs in many fashion magazines. It was later modified and became the inspiration behind the egg chair.

The egg chair is considered one of today's most innovative designs just as it was in the 60s. While other countries also produce variations of the chair, Denmark still remains its biggest exporter. The interior design company Fritz Hansen has become famous by being the largest single exporter of the chair. The company has earned a steady flow of customers since the design of the egg chair has remained largely unchanged since the 60s. Today's egg chair resembles, almost exactly, its 1950's model.

Other furniture designers have also been inspired by the egg chair. There is the ball Chair, the Bubble Chair and the Pastil Chair all of which closely mimic the egg chair in appearance. We can acknowledge their designers as being very talented in their right, but they nevertheless drew their creativity from Arne Jacobson' work.

The egg chair is one of today's top-selling pierce of exotic and has continued making ripples in the furniture industry. We can determine this not just by the fact that it sits in millions of homes, worked-famous hotels and other buildings, but that it has also inspired many other designers. In view of this, we cannot expect its popularity to wane any time soon.