Designers & Makers Biographies

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen (1917 - 1982) was the fifth of Georg Jensen’s six children, and his third son. Like his older brother Jorgen, he trained to become a silversmith. He...

Søren Georg Jensen

Søren Georg Jensen (1917 - 1982) was the fifth of Georg Jensen’s six children, and his third son. Like his older brother Jorgen, he trained to become a silversmith. He...

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen grew up in a small village Raadvad, 10 km north of Copenhagen. The close, daily contact with nature in this area turned out to be a continuous artistic...

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen grew up in a small village Raadvad, 10 km north of Copenhagen. The close, daily contact with nature in this area turned out to be a continuous artistic...

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927-2004) known as Torun, was born on December 7, 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Her father was director of town planning in Malmo and her mother was a...

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927-2004) known as Torun, was born on December 7, 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Her father was director of town planning in Malmo and her mother was a...

Allan Adler

Allan Adler

Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 – December 3, 2002) was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars". Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed silverware and holloware in...

Allan Adler

Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 – December 3, 2002) was an American silversmith, known as "silversmith to the stars". Beginning his career as an apprentice in 1938, Adler designed silverware and holloware in...

Piet Hein

Piet Hein

Piet Hein- architect, mathematician, poet. A rare ability to bring poetry, geometry and design together in a harmonious design, where function and art is weighed equally.  Piet Hein's sculptures are...

Piet Hein

Piet Hein- architect, mathematician, poet. A rare ability to bring poetry, geometry and design together in a harmonious design, where function and art is weighed equally.  Piet Hein's sculptures are...

KPM

KPM

Abbreviated as KPM, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur was the Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin , also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory, whose products are generally called Berlin porcelain. KPM was founded in...

KPM

Abbreviated as KPM, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur was the Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin , also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory, whose products are generally called Berlin porcelain. KPM was founded in...