Via Freshhome, I see that the iconic Egg Chair has been given a facelift for its 50th anniversary. It’s giving me bad Preppy Handbook flashbacks. What do you think? The Egg Chair says, “On the occasion of the chair’s golden anniversary, Fritz Hansen asked the well-known conteporary artist Tal R to interpret 50 Egg chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen…This series of the Egg visually expresses its 50 years of fame as if every piece of textile represents a period of time with past and present trends.” Okay, that makes it understandable, if still not a look I’m loving.

I much prefer this version — The Golden Egg in leather and suede on a brass base. Beautiful.

Speaking of Arne Jacobsen, remember the European McDonald’s featuring Jacobsen furniture designs? Turns out that Fritz Hansen severed ties with the chain last fall, lambasting McD’s for putting “terrible copies” of their iconic furniture in some of its UK stores. What McDonalds was doing was legal, but not lovable. –Mary T.

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