Founded in 1872, Fritz Hansen originated with a forward-thinking family of Danish cabinetmakers who revolutionized the Scandinavian furniture industry, producing some of the world’s most revered design classics in the process.

Through creative partnerships with visionary designers and architects such as Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm, Fritz Hansen developed a culture characterized by the love of good craftsmanship coupled with a desire to make the most of modern industrial production methods in the manufacturing and distribution of good design.

Today Fritz Hansen is part of a small, exclusive array of global luxury furniture makers. From the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen to the North Carolina Museum of Art, to fine homes all over the world, Fritz Hansen is known for products of unmatched quality and world-class design.

As a young man, Paul McCobb moved from Boston to New York to pursue his dream of becoming a designer. McCobb was completely self taught with no formal design education, but his profound understanding of perspective paved the way for his career as one of the most important designers of his time, an American midcentury design icon.

Perspective and scale in particular became a trademark for McCobb, whose tables, shelves and lamps were the result of meticulous attention to the room the design would inhabit. Thin lines, simplicity of form and a distinct lightness characterize the works of Paul McCobb. He was a realist and a perfectionist who's designs are a clear reflection of his personality.

McCobb’s recipe for no-nonsense design, where only the essential is required to obtain both functionality and aesthetics, is a recipe Fritz Hansen followed in collaboration with McCobb's daughter to relaunch his Planner  coffee tables. Details such as the narrowing of the welded steel by the “feet” of the base characterize this genuine McCobb design.