| Product type | Clock |
| Dimensions | Ø: 16 / 21 / 29 cm Depth: 4,5 / 5,4 / 6,3 cm |
| Weight | 0,3 / 1,1 / 1,46 kg |
| Material | Mineral glass, convex Housing: aluminum |
| Variants | Available in 3 sizes |
| Function & properties | Japanese RHYTHME movement Battery AA 1.5V |
| Delivery includes | Batteries not included |
| Care | Dust and lint can be removed with a soft duster. |
| Warranty | 24 months |
| Product family | All AJ clocks |
...Why Arne Jacobsen Arne Jacobsen was chosen for this task – a logical decision that was hardly, if at all, a matter of chance... Space before Object – Arne Jacobsen’s Working Method What really sets the SAS Royal Hotel apart is not the individual furniture designs, but the way in which they came about...
...And an attempt to develop affordable, mass producible, furniture for a mass public in 1950s Denmark, an attempt to develop furniture appropriate for and responsive to the realities of 1950s Denmark, that can also be understood in the 1955 Series 7 by Arne Jacobsen... A work Jacobsen developed from the three-legged 1952 Ant chair, essentially, because Fritz Hansen wanted a four-legged side chair and Arne Jacobsen didn't want a four-legged Ant, and in many regards is that work which best typifies the move observable in context of the exhibition Arne Jacobsen – Designing Denmark at Trapholt, Kolding, in Jacobsen's oeuvre away from project specific designs which could become consumer products but weren't intended as consumer products, such as the Ant, to works designed for an anonymous mass public, such as Series 7; an indication of Jacobsen's increasing understanding after the 1939-1945 War of design as a component of wider society, of design as a service for society...
..."Hvis jeg får et nyt liv, vil jeg være gartner", opined once the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen... "If I have another life, I want to be a gardener" Not that, as Arne Jacobsen – Designing Denmark at Trapholt, Kolding, would tend to imply, he made an incorrect career choice...
...It must however also be noted that in addition to the absentees the 1925 exposition did represent an important milestone for several soon-to-be stars of their branches, including Poul Henningsen who was awarded a Gold Medal for what was to become the first in the now legendary PH lamp series,6 the then student Arne Jacobsen who was awarded a Silver Medal for a chair project,7 while a fresh faced Gio Ponti was awarded a coveted Grand Prix for a collection of objects for the Florentine porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori... Carsten Thau & Kjeld Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architectural Press, Kopenhagen, 2002 8...
...While still a student Verner Panton worked in Arne Jacobsen's Copenhagen office and was involved in the early development stages of the Ant Chair...
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