The Designer

Jacob Jensen, industrial designer, born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Denmark.  He was admitted into the School of Applied Arts where his instructors included Jacob Hermann, Kaare Klint, Hans J. Wegner and Jørn Utzon. Industrial design was his specialized subject. Employed at Sigvard Bernadotte and Acton Bjørn - the first Danish industrial design studio.

During this time he also worked in the U.S.A. with Raymond Loewy, and Latham,Tyler & Jensen; Assistant professor in industrial design at The Chicago University. Jacob Jensen has had his own studio from 1958 under the name of JACOB JENSEN DESIGN.

"With regard to the actual inventive process, I have a tool which I call conscious coincidence”

"The way conscious coincidence works is that I begin to draw faster and faster and faster. More and more off the track. In a way, I make a mess of it, ruining my drawings because I am back jammed. I can't get through. I make accidents on what I'm working on.

Afterwards I read these drawing, these conscious coincidences, and then I see: Ha! That, that's damn good! In some way I see the shadow, or whatever it is. That, then, becomes the foundation for the next breakthrough, the next design. And not just design.

New ideas emerge on the functional side..... New functions always bring new forms."