Egg (chair) at San Francisco International Airport features the Egg in its boarding area. Now there are hundreds of different types of egg chairs and hanging egg chairs inspired by Arne Jacobsen's design. The Hanging Egg Chair was designed by Danish furniture designers Nanna Ditzel and her husband Jørgen Ditzel in 1957 in Denmark and launched in 1959 in cooperation with the wicker company R. Wengler in Copenhagen. Since 2012 it is distributed by Sika Design.. The egg-shaped basket seat is made of woven natural rattan and suspended by a metal chain from above. Nanna Ditzel incorporated the minimalist visual elements that
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