In 2007, the great furniture designer Hans Wegner passed away. He entered this world in Tonger, Denmark, 93 years ago and over time became the most successful and noticed individual at the Danish Modern school of design. His beautiful and unobtrusive style is composed of clean and simple lines.

Hans Wegner started his career as a woodworker. Unfortunately, he was called to serve his country. He continued his training at a school that specialized in technical skills. Then he became a student at the Copenhagen Architectural Academy as well as the School of Arts and Crafts for additional training. Later, he studied with the masters Erik Moller and Arne Jacobsen.

His specialty was the construction of chairs, which he liked to think of as a work of art as well as something useful to sit upon. One of his well known philosophies was that a chair should look great from every side and that there should be no "back" but rather a flow around the chair. He wanted very simple and refined designs, but employed many different shapes and materials within his preferences.

An innovation from 1970 was the pole light he created with his daughter. When he was entering competitions he varied from his basic chair concept and added his peacock design to make a more elaborate patterned piece of furniture . Beds, cabinets and tables were also included and after thoroughly testing it's usefulness and appearance on himself, he also designed a valet chair.

Chairs are what Hans Wegner is best known for rather than his other furniture he had designed, especially ch25 (or Chair 25) which was created in 1950. He designed four chairs with woven style seats for Carl Hansen and Son; however this was the only one with rope weaving in the seat and the back. It is also uniquely engineered with the back legs are angled and the load bearing front legs are straight. This lounge chair is much more stable than other chairs of that type that have been constructed.

Chair 25 was designed with the use of several different woods, and had a paper rope for the seat and the back of the chair. Also interesting about the design is the side of the seat, which is made from one piece that curves and becomes the back legs. Often Chair 25 is grouped with wicker furniture , as some consider it to look wicker in style, but Wegner's design is in a league apart from flimsy wicker furnishings.

Catalogue names were given to Hans Wegner's work instead of design names. The PP203, for example, was an item seen by millions when used by television networks during the famous Kennedy-Nikon debates of 1960. The PP203 was chosen for its simple and clean lines, as well as being comfortable.

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Chairs are what Hans Wegner is best known for rather than his other designs (design mobler), especially wegner ch 25 (or Chair 25) which was created in 1950. He was most talented at constructing chairs, which he considered as much a work of art, as a place to sit. One of his beliefs was that chairs should appear excellent from every perspective, but there should be no "back" to the chair, just a continuous flow around the chair. He designed four chairs with woven style seats for Carl Hansen and Son; however ch 25 was the only one with rope weaving in the seat and the back.