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7 / Sophisticated B&O design complements Eero Aarnio’s Bubble Chair from 1968, which has enjoyed a well-deserved renaissance.
8 / Vuokko Nurmesniemi’s Jokapoika shirt is the oldest continuously produced Marimekko product, now in 50 colours to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
9 / Søren Georg Jensen’s candlestick from 1960 has been relaunched in steel. The candlestick
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10 / According to Stelton, Stelton 21st, created by Designit, is this century’s answer to the designs of legendary Arne Jacobsen.
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11 / The Sun, one of eleven roundabouts in Skive, Denmark. Designed by Jacob Jensen and his son Timothy Jacob Jensen.
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Finnish design, with frontrunners like the Marimekko textile company and designer Eero Aarnio, shares a lot of the credit for establishing Scandinavian design’s worldwide renown. Together with Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen and Jacob Jensen, and qualityconscious, innovative manufacturers such as silversmith Georg Jensen, B&O and Stelton they paved the way to the international markets. 16 /
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Coming full circle, new designers are taking over where the old masters left off, others are throwing off the irksome fetters of posterity, while several of the luminaries of the golden age of Scandinavian design still contribute new ideas and creations. One example is designer Jacob Jensen. The latest works of Jacob Jensen Design are on a large scale: a host of artistic adornments of roundabouts in Skive, Denmark. / 17