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Skandium is celebrating the famous Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen together with the Danish company Stelton, manufacturer of Jacobsens classic 1967 brushed stainless steel 'Cylinda Line' table top series.

Skandium will be the first retailer in the world to offer an exclusive, numbered limited edition Arne Jacobsen gift box from Stelton. The box will be shown at Skandium in London, Skandium Selfridges London and at Skandium Selfridges Manchester with start during 100% Design in September 2001. Bookings can be made beforehand but the box will only be delivered to the customers on 15 February 2002, one hundred years to the day since Arne Jacobsen was born.

The box contains the classic Jacobsen tea pot together with a hot water jug and a tea strainer - one of Jacobsens original designs from 1967 which has not been produced for many years - and a specially designed tea container. The box also contains a booklet with the story of the Cylinda Line told by Steltons founder Peter Holmblad and a CD where the manufacturing of the products can be followed. Included is also the first english translation of the definitive volume on Arne Jacobsens complete work, a 600 page clothbound book produced by the Architectural Society in Denmark. Each box is numbered and has a purchase certificate.

The steel accessories company Stelton was founded in 1960 by the young entrepreneur Peter Holmblad. He managed to interest and involve Arne Jacobsen who came up with sketches for a series of items all based on cylindrical shapes. The complex manufacturing process of the Cylinda Line had to be invented from start and it took Stelton three years from idea to final product. The series received the prestigious Danish ID Prize in 1967 and has sold successfully ever since. Today the Cylinda Line is represented in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and many other permanent museum collections, including the Design Museum in London. It has also been used in numerous science fiction films including Star Wars and Star Trek.



Celebrating Arne Jacobsen 100 years with Skandium and Stelton Skandium is celebrating the famous Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen together with the Danish company Stelton, manufacturer of Jacobsens classic 1967 brushed stainless steel 'Cylinda Line' table top series. Skandium will be the first retailer in the world to offer an exclusive, numbered limited edition Arne Jacobsen gift box from Stelton. The box will be shown at Skandium in London, Skandium Selfridges London and at Skandium Selfridges Manchester with start during 100% Design in September 2001. Bookings can be made beforehand but the box will only be delivered to the customers on 15 February 2002, one hundred years to the day since Arne Jacobsen was born. The box contains the classic Jacobsen tea pot together with a hot water jug and a tea strainer - one of Jacobsens original designs from 1967 which has not been produced for many years - and a specially designed tea container. The box also contains a booklet with the story of the Cylinda Line told by Steltons founder Peter Holmblad and a CD where the manufacturing of the products can be followed. Included is also the first english translation of the definitive volume on Arne Jacobsens complete work, a 600 page clothbound book produced by the Architectural Society in Denmark. Each box is numbered and has a purchase certificate. The steel accessories company Stelton was founded in 1960 by the young entrepreneur Peter Holmblad. He managed to interest and involve Arne Jacobsen who came up with sketches for a series of items all based on cylindrical shapes. The complex manufacturing process of the Cylinda Line had to be invented from start and it took Stelton three years from idea to final product. The series received the prestigious Danish ID Prize in 1967 and has sold successfully ever since. Today the Cylinda Line is represented in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and many other permanent museum collections, including the Design Museum in London. It has also been used in numerous science fiction films including Star Wars and Star Trek.