Jens Risom: one of modern design’s great Danes

Featuring an angular leg and a cutout, this Model T539 magazine table by Jens Risom achieved $2,800 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2019. Image courtesy of Wright and LiveAuctioneers.
Featuring an angular leg and a cutout, this Model T539 magazine table by Jens Risom achieved $2,800 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2019. Image courtesy of Wright and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Jens Risom (1916-2016) was one of the earliest and most prominent Scandinavian furniture designers to bring that timeless aesthetic to the United States. Yet, for all his talent and fame at the height of his decades-long career, he has been underappreciated when compared to his Danish compatriots, like Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen and Borge Morgensen.

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Jens Risom, unsung luminary of Scandinavian design, profiled in new book

Phaidon’s ‘Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table’ will be the first authoritative biography of the influential but underappreciated Mid-century Modern designer.
Phaidon will release ‘Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table,’ the first book to spotlight the Scandinavian design pioneer, on February 2.
Phaidon will release ‘Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table,’ a book that spotlights the Scandinavian designer, on February 2.

NEW YORK – Phaidon is pleased to present Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table, the first book to celebrate the seminal figure’s legacy in design history. One of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design to the United States, Risom is an unsung hero of the highly popular Mid-century Modern movement. The 264-page Risom book will be released as a hardback on February 2, priced at $125.

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