Hans J. Wegner, JH 501, Den runde stol, The Chair, 1947

1949 var året, hvor amerikanske journalister kom til København og begyndte at skrive om Danish Design. Wegners Den runde stol var en af deres favoritter – de kaldte den The Chair, den ultimative stol. Alt på stolen var organisk formet, det lodrette ryglæn glider over i det vandrette armlæn, Stolen blev et symbol på vestligt demokrati, da den blev anvendt i den første tv-transmitterede præsidentvalgkamp i USA mellem John F. Kennedy og Richard M. Nixon i 1960.

Hans J. Wegner, JH 501, The Chair, 1947

1949 was the year when American journalists came to Copenhagen and began to write about Danish Design. Wegner’s Round Chair was one of their favourites. They referred to it as ‘The Chair’: the ultimate chair. Every element of the chair was organically shaped. The chair became a symbol of Western democracy when it was used in the first televised presidential debate in the United States between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in 1960.