Bold Jens Risom 'Group 7' Executive Desk by Jens Risom Design
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This desk by iconic Danish-American modernist designer Jens Risom is grand enough to capture your attention and warm enough to fall in love with. Every office needs a centrepiece and this stunning sculptural object is beautiful from every angle.
The linear walnut form feels tailored and the cabinets add storage with memorable drawer pulls in solid timber. Enjoy the inspired simplicity rarely achieved in an object of this magnitude. It's the kind of madmen style offering that is best appreciated with a straight whiskey - at lunchtime.
Image from 'Jens Risom: A Seat at the Table' by Vicky Lowry (Phaidon)
Each piece is checked and carefully hand restored at our Kingsland studio workshop. Our focus is preserving the character and patina of the design while ensuring it displays beautifully in a contemporary interior.
Each piece is checked and carefully restored at our Kingsland studio workshop. Our focus is preserving the character and patina of the design while ensuring it displays beautifully in a contemporary interior.
- Joints checked and reglued
- Timber cleaned and stains removed
- Veneer repairs if needed
- Surfaces polished / refinished
The items showcased in our gallery are constantly changing – not all items are on display at once.
Please enquire if there is a specific piece you would like to view and we’ll make sure it’s in the gallery.
All pieces are available for collection in person from our Ponsonby gallery. We are also happy to provide a quote for delivery throughout New Zealand.
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Bold Jens Risom 'Group 7' Executive Desk by Jens Risom Design
Note: We showcase a curated edit from the Mr. Bigglesworthy catalogue. Please contact us to view specific items.
Jens Risom studied as a furniture maker at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, alongside other talented Danish designers such as Hans Wegner. Here he developed a love for furniture that expressed the human need for 'beauty, warmth and simplicity'. In 1939 Risom moved to the United States to further his studies and he never turned back. After a slow start, Risom met Hans Knoll and together they released a range of furniture, recognised for the use of excess parachute straps from the First World War.
Risom and Knoll enjoyed a successful partnership until Risom was enlisted to fight in World War 2. During the war, he used his design sensibility to create maps and was also called upon as a German translator. Upon returning to post war America, Risom and Knoll went their separate ways. Risom continued to make Scandinavian modernist furniture and founded his own company, Jens Risom Design Inc. His designs were so popular that he set up manufacturers around America and the world.
Perhaps an unofficial show of Risom's popularity was when he was chosen by Playboy magazine to feature in their central segment on furniture designers. He was one of six designers chosen for this privilege. Risom had become one of America's most loved designers.
