Abundant with personality and warmth, Hans Olsen’s Fried Egg Lounge Chair is an iconic piece of modernist design, a playful and elegant chair that invites engagement with its distinctive shape. Loved for its comfort and striking aesthetics, the Fried Egg has been reimagined through the contemporary lens of veteran designer Alfredo Haberli.
Wanting to honour Olsen’s original work while giving it a modern feel, Haberli has carefully selected a range of different fabrics to explore the interplay between colour, shade and texture. At first glance, the chair appears to be a single uniform colour, but on closer inspection, the individual quirks of each fabric come to the fore. The monochromatic reinvention of the chair gives it new relevance.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1964, Alfredo Haberli is an award-winning designer based in Zurich. His collaboration with Warm Nordic has seen him curate a new colour palate for Hans Olsen’s classic designs. Showcasing his respect for modernist design and love for monochromatic colours, Haberli has carefully selected colours and textiles that perfectly compliment Olsen’s playful designs.
Hans Olsen’s work are perfect examples of 1950s Danish modernism, each piece imbued with an inventive playfulness that defines his experimental approach to furniture design. A student of Kaare Klint, Olsen’s work still espouses the classical virtues that underpin modernist principles.
