Timothy Jacob Jensen (born 27 April 1962) is a Danish

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. He was best known as

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and Chief Designer of Jacob Jensen Design (

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’s oldest design studio) from 1990 to 2018. Jensen was also the founder of the Scandinavian

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JACOB JENSEN. He has created numerous well-known designs for timepieces,

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, communication equipment,

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, furniture and kitchens. He has also been prominent within the automotive design, branding and value clarification fields.

Early life and career

Timothy Jacob Jensen was born in Copenhagen,

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, and was raised in Hejlskov ( Central Jutland). He is the son of the Danish industrial designer

Jacob Jensen Jacob Jensen (29 April 1926 – 15 May 2015) was a Danish industrial designer best known for his work with Bang & Olufsen. Jensen designed numerous popular high-end consumer products, developing a functional minimalism style that formed a promin ...

and Patricia Ryan.

Early career

In 1978, Jensen became an apprentice at his father’s (

) studio. Timothy Jacob Jensen joined Jacob Jensen, David Lewis, and Bang & Olufsen’s team of chief designers at the age of 17. In 1982, he became chief designer of Jacob Jensen Design. In 1985, he opened his own studio in Copenhagen called ''Voss Foerlev & Jensen''. The studio closed in 1988, at which time Jensen started collaborating with various international designers including Ross Litell. In 1983, he designed his first car name "Logicar".

Founding JACOB JENSEN

In 1985, he founded JACOB JENSEN. The company designs lifestyle products including

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s, kitchen products, and other products. In 1985, Jensen designed wristwatches ''The Classic series models 510'' and ''520'', which were included at the design study collection in the

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(

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). In 1996, the

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were also awarded “Watch of the Year.” In 1990, he purchased ''Jacob Jensen Design'' and became the company's

and chief designer. Jensen developed Jacob Jensen Design internationally, collaborating with numerous major companies including

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(Danish shoe manufacturer), Gaggenau Hausgeräte,

Bang & Olufsen Bang & Olufsen (B&O) is a Danish high-end consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures audio products, television sets, and telephones. It was founded in 1925 by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, who designed a radio to work with al ...

Haier Haier Group Corporation () is a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells products including refrigerators, air conditioners, was ...

, LG,

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, Steinway Lyngdorf (

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, and

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. From 1991 to 1998, Jensen worked as chief designer for Gaggenau Hausgeräte’s design programme, where he designed ceramic hobs, built-in ovens, extractor hoods, dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers. A number of these products received awards including the EB900 Built-in oven and CK494 Glass ceramic hob. At 48 years of age, he became professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. Jensen's works have been featured is various museums, including the

(

), the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg (Paris), the Danish Museum of Art and Design (now known as

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), the Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt (

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), the Danish Watch Museum (

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), Het Kleine Veenloo Museum (

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( Copenhagen), Kalmar Konstmuseum (Kalmar), the

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( Chicago), Bauhaus Museum, Weimar ( Berlin),

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( Copenhagen),

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(

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), and others. In 2011, Jensen founded his first subsidiary, the ''Jacob Jensen Design / DeTao Shanghai'' studio. The studio was created in collaboration with the DeTao Group at SIVA Campus in

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. In 2014, ''Jacob Jensen Design'' established its second subsidiary studio named ''Jacob Jensen Design / KMUTT Bangkok''. The studio was founded in collaboration with King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. Jensen terminated his position and sold all of his shares from Jacob Jensen Design May 2018 and stopped working for the company in October 2018. He left Jacob Jensen Design to start new businesses includin
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2021)
Bytimothy
2022).

Other Work

Timothy Jacob Jensen was appointed as Master of the ''DeTao Masters Academy'' in

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in 2011. He was later appointed as

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at the

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(SIVA), China. Jensen was subsequently awarded the title of High-level Expert by the ''China Industrial Design Association'' (CIDA). He currently also serves as a lecturer at universities, companies, and other institutions. Timothy Jacob Jensen was appointed by the iF International Forum Design to be jury member of iF design Award 2019 in the 'Discipline Product’ category. He founded Timothy Jacob Jenson Studios. As CEO at Jacob Jensen Design, he founded the Scandinavian lifestyle brand Jacob Jensen, which is currently represented in 30 countries. In 2017 Jensen was named Designer of the Year in China, and in 2019 he was selected as jury member for the iF Product Design Award. Jensen is considered the most awarded Danish designer, heading the most award-winning design family in the world.

Jacob Jensen Design

In 1990, Jensen became chief executive officer and chief designer of ''Jacob Jensen Design'', and expanded the company internationally. The studio focuses on design, and has branches in

, China, and

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. In 2018, Jensen left his positions as chief designer, CEO and board member, and is currently working under his own name. In 2019 he founded Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios, and in 2021 he launched digital

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platform Designers Trust. In June 2022 the

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gave

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and his family the gift of four wrist watches by the Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios. The watches were designed by Timothy Jensen and his daughter.

Design Style

Timothy Jacob Jensen developed his father's design works, which involved the merging of the International style (architecture) and

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style. Jensen turned his father's

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graphic works into

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designs, applying this to multiple major brands including

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, Steinway Lyngdorf (

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), and JACOB JENSEN. Jensen's maxim is “Form follows feeling.”

Gaggenau Hausgeräte

From 1991 to 1998, Jensen was served as designer for Gaggenau Hausgeräte’s design programme. This comprised several ranges of products including ceramic hobs, built-in ovens,

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dishwasher A dishwasher is a machine that is used to clean dishware, cookware, and cutlery automatically. Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies heavily on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwasher cleans by spraying hot water, ...

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s, and

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s. A number of these products received awards, primarily in Germany. These include the EB900 Built-in oven and CK494 Glass ceramic hob. In 1995, Gaggenau Hausgeräte was acquired by Bosch-Semiens Hausgeräte (

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Works

Timothy Jacob Jensen’s best known works include the ''

Beocenter 9000'' (1986),

''Beowatch'' (1993), ''Jabra JX10 Bluetooth headset'' (2005), ''Vertu Aerius Bluetooth headset'' (2006), ''Gaggenau EB900 Built-in oven'' (1993), '' Gaggenau CK494 Glass ceramic hob'' (1993), ''Rosti Mepal Victoria Bowl'' (2008), ''Steinway Lyngdorf Model D Music System'' (2007), ''Toshiba WL768 flat screen television'' (2010), ''Tommerup Kister Diamant 32 Coffin'' (2010), ''Lufthansa First Class Aminety Kit'' (2016), ''Danzka The Spirit'' (2016), ''Phicomm K3 Router'' (2017), ''Classic Watch'' (Model 510), ''JACOB JENSEN Strata Watch 270 and 280'' (2014), ''JACOB JENSEN Smoke Alarm'' (2001), ''Telephone T3'', ''JACOB JENSEN Air Quality Monitor'' (2016), ''JACOB JENSEN Weather station series '' (1999), and others. File:TommerupKister Diamant32.jpg, Tommerup Kister Diamant 32 Coffin, 2010 File:T3 Phone.jpg, JACOB JENSEN T3 Telephone, 1994 File:GagenauEB900.jpg,

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Awards

* IF Award (1990–2018, Germany) * China Red Star Design Award (2013–2017, China) * German Design Award (2012–2017, Germany) * Red Dot Award (1993–2017, Germany) * Design Plus Award (1988–2016, Germany) * German Design Award (2012–2018, Germany) * IDA Awards, (2016,

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) * Plus X Award (2006–2016, Germany) * Good Design Award (1985–2012,

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) * Designer of the Year (2017, China).

Personal life

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References

External links

www.timothyjacobjensen.com

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