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2007 marked the death of a great Danish furniture (möbler) designer, Hans J. Wegner. He was born in 1914 in Tonger, Denmark, and grew to be the most famous and successful member of the Danish Modern school of design. His style consists of clean, simple lines that meld together to be beautiful and dynamic.

Hans Wegner started out in carpentry, but that was interrupted by service in the military. Following this he trained in a technical school, later enrolling at Copenhagen Architectural Academy, as well as the School of Arts and Crafts for his professional training. Later on he worked under Erik Moller and Arne Jacobsen, both masters in the field.

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. Although he used a variety of shapes and materials, he wanted simple refined designs.

He did not stop at basic chairs, though, going in to more complex designs like the 'peacock' style for competitions as well as some designs for tables, beds, and cabinets. He also created a valet chair, he used himself to design the chair to make certain that it both looked good and did the job it was intended for. He is also considered, along with his daughter, to be the inventor of the pole light, which came around in the 1970's.

Hans J Wegner is best known for his chair designs and he made four chairs with woven style seats for Carl Hansen and Son. But the chair 25, also known as ch 25 is one of his better designs which has rope weaving both in the seat and the back. The front legs carry most of the load and are very straight and the back legs are angled. This lounge chair is more stable than most other chairs of that type and is a very unique piece of furniture .

Chair number 25 was created in many types of wood and had a paper rope employed as the back and seat. Also, an intriguing aspect of the architectures involves the side of the seat, which involves an endless curved piece that emerges as the back legs. Many opinions state that chair number 25 closely resembles wicker furnishings and many times is grouped with it. However, this chair is superior to cheap wicker.

Hans Wegner did not give his designs names, only catalogue numbers. One of his models, the PP203, was seen by millions when a dozen of them were purchased by the television networks and used in the famous Kennedy-Nixon election debates in 1960. They were chosen for their simple, clean lines, but all of them are also comfortable.

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Chairs are what Hans J Wegner is best known for rather than the other home furnishings (hem mobler) 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 angled and the load bearing front legs being straight. This lounge chair is much more stable than other chairs of that type that have been constructed.