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72<br />

EJ 220 · 270<br />

Design: Erik Jørgensen<br />

Med sine smalle armlæn<br />

og relativt lave højde har<br />

Erik Jørgensens EJ 220 en let,<br />

blød og skødesløs fremtoning.<br />

De store, fyldige hynder udstråler<br />

overskud, komfort og hjemlig<br />

hygge. En af de ting, der optog<br />

Erik Jørgensen i de sene<br />

1960’ere, var, hvordan man<br />

kunne redefinere sofaens formsprog<br />

og gøre det populære<br />

dagligstuemøbel til en æstetisk<br />

nydelse med god komfort.<br />

Resultatet af Erik Jørgensens<br />

overvejelser blev kassesofaen<br />

EJ 220, som siden sin introduktion<br />

i 1970 har dannet skole for<br />

sofadesigns i Danmark.<br />

The narrow armrests and<br />

relatively low height give<br />

Erik Jørgensen’s EJ 220 a light,<br />

soft and casual appearance.<br />

The big voluminous cushions<br />

signal abundance, comfort and<br />

a feeling of hominess. One of<br />

the challenges that preoccupied<br />

Erik Jørgensen in the late<br />

1960s was how to redefine the<br />

design of sofas and turn the<br />

popular living room piece of<br />

furniture into an aesthetic<br />

visual experience with a high<br />

level of comfort. The result of<br />

Erik Jørgensen’s contemplations<br />

was the box sofa EJ 220, which<br />

was introduced in 1970 and has<br />

since founded a school for how<br />

sofas are designed in Denmark.<br />

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