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Danish-American furniture designer (1916 - 2016)

Jens Risom (JENSSREE-səm; 8 May 1916 – 9 December 2016) was a Danish Americanfurniture designer.

An exemplar of Mid-Century modern design, Risom was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design in the United States.^[1]

Biography

Risom was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 8 May 1916.^[2] His father was a prominent architect, Sven Risom, a member of the school of Nordic Classicism.

Risom was trained as a designer at the Copenhagen School of Industrial Arts and Design (Kunsthåndværkerskolen), where he studied under Ole Wanscher and Kaare Klint.

Jens risom coffee table

He was classmates with Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen.^[3]

Risom spent two years at Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College, before beginning work as a furniture developer and interior designer with the architectural firm of Ernst Kuhn.

He later relocated to Stockholm, taking a job with a small architectural firm. From there