Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom passed away this month on December 9 in New Canaan, Connecticut at the age of 100. Risom moved to American shores in 1939 at the age of 23 and is best ...

When Design Within Reach (DWR) approached Chris Hardy about collaborating with Danish-born furniture legend Jens Risom on an update of one of his classic pieces, the young Atlanta-based talent felt ...

When their daughter’s health issues necessitated a move, the family of the famed Danish American furniture designer found a new living configuration by reworking a classic. Transforming a prefab house ...

Artists Alex Chitty and Norman Teague give each other the permission needed to do something as heretical as saw an Eames chair into pieces. Mingei’s exhibition, Inside the Design Center brings to life ...

Jens Risom, of New Canaan and Block Island, R.I. died on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 at The Inn in New Canaan, where he had lived since early 2010. He was born on May 8, 1916 to Sven and Inger (Henriques) ...

Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom – one of the first to introduce Scandinavian design to the US – has died aged 100. Risom, who passed away at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, on 9 ...

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If you're at all immersed in the design world, you already know the name of Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom. And, if you know Jens Risom, you most certainly know the mid-century, pre-fab ...

Jens Risom, who introduced classic Scandinavian-style furniture design to the U.S. in the early Forties and has had a lasting imprint on the industry ever since, turns 100 on May 8. To celebrate the ...

Jens Risom, of New Canaan and Block Island, R.I. died on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 at The Inn in New Canaan, where he had lived since early 2010. He was born on May 8, 1916 to Sven and Inger (Henriques) ...