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Jens Martin Skibsted (born 28 June 1970) is a

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and author. He is a partner a
Manyone A/S
He has founded or co-founded companies such as Biomega, Skibsted Ideation, Actics, KiBiSi and Ogojiii. He has won several international awards and holds a number of board memberships.

Career

In 1998 Skibsted co-founded Biomega with former university classmate Elias Grove Nielsen. In 1998 Skibsted Ideation was founded. Actics was founded in 2005. In 2009 Skibsted co-founded KiBiSi with Lars Holme Larsen and Bjarke Ingels. In 2015 Skibsted founded the printed design magazine Ogojiii in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2018 Skibsted was a co-founder of Strategic Design Group alongside Søren Lehmann Poulsen and ex- Designit partners David Fellah and Lasse Jensby Dahl. In September 2019 Strategic Design Group was transformed into Manyone. Signaling that the bureau is one joint consultancy with one culture and one process. co-owner and Management Board of Manyone

Board memberships and Think tanks

*Young Global Leader, (2009-2014) *Chairman, Danish Design Council (2014-2018) *Co-chair, World Economic Forum’s think tank on entrepreneurship * Council Member, World Economic Forum's Future Council on the Future of Cities and Urbanization * Bitten og Mads Clausens Fond, (2012–present)

Awards and recognition

* His Puma bicycle is in the MoMA and the SFMoMA collection. * Included on the 2006 I.D. Forty list Vice-chair of the World Economic Forum design & innovation global agenda council (i.e.) think tank and co-chair of the entrepreneurship global future council. *Included in the European Centre's 2014 40under40 list *Wallpaper Design Award 2019: Best Power Trip Main Designer for first Biomega electric Bike *Good Design Award for Biomega NYC (2014) *Good Design Award for Biomega PEK (2016) *iF Design Award for Kallista Taper by KiBiSi (2018) Award-winning Designer with KiBiSi (a design group with Bjarke Ingels). Design of The Year (2019) HAV dinner set by KiBiSi for Royal Copenhagen. Design and Development for the Terrafugia Transition flying car Recipient of The Knud V. Engelhardt's Memorial Delegate.

Early life and education

Jens Martin Skibsted was born in

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film school, graduating in 1994. After that he went back to

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to study philosophy at the

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, finishing his bachelor's degree in 1998. After that he took a degree in Business Management from

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in 2000. Global recognition for the Aeroslider white paper design.

Writing

Skibsted is the author of four books, Kavesom (2003), Instant Icon (2008), Tilbage til virkeligheden (2013) & Expand (2022). He regularly contributes with blogs and opinion pieces to international publications such as Huffington Post,

Fast Company ''Fast Company'' is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. It publishes six print issues per year. History ''Fast Company'' was launched in November 1995 by Alan Web ...

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and

Harvard Business Review ''Harvard Business Review'' (''HBR'') is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. ''HBR'' is published six times a year and is headquartered in Brighton, Ma ...

. He occasionally writes for Danish business publication Børsen.

Bibliography

*''Kavesom''. Attika 2003. *''Instant icon''. Gyldendal Business 2008. *Tilbage til virkeligheden(Back to Reality). *''Expand: Stretching the Future By Design''

References

External links

BiomegaStrategic Design GroupSkibsted IdeationOgojiii MagazineManyone
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