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Asger Risborg Jakobsen
Even as a child Asger Risborg Jakobsen found joy in creating all kinds of tools that he
played with in the fields and trees around his home. Later Asger chose to make his
passion his way of living by studying architecture at The Royal Danish Academy in
Copenhagen. After three years he felt the joy of designing fading away and needed
a change.
This time, he wanted to try something completely different. Asger started studying
medicine and quickly became fascinated with the architecture of the human body.
He gradually rediscovered his joy of designing and now combines working in both
fields. In his creative work, Asger finds inspiration in the simultaneous complexity
and simplicity of nature – and he is driven by creating designs that outlive trends
and that can endure everyday use over many years.
“I find lighting fascinating. It is both a practical and essential tool that enables us to
unfold our lives after the sun sets. At the same time, it is an aesthetic element that
affects us and our surroundings. It transforms the appearance of materials and shapes.
It changes the atmosphere. Everything changes with the light.”
With his strong focus on longevity in terms of durability, functionality and aesthetics,
Asger Risborg Jakobsen is not subject to short-lived trends and tendencies.
“I believe that instead of making trendy objects we should try to make objects that
outlive trends. The objects we make will of course always reflect our time and in this
way, nothing is genuinely timeless, but I aim to create contemporary classics.”
