Jens Martin Skibsted
Encyclopedia
Jens Martin Skibsted is a Danish
designer
, brands expert
and entrepreneur
. He has founded or co-founded companies such as the Biomega
designer bike brand, Actics, and Skibsted Ideation and KIBISI.
He has won several international awards and is currently a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders for the period 2009–2014.
, Denmark. Shortly after his birth his father was killed in a car crash. He mainly grew up in Francophone countries. After spending a year in Paris, he founded the Av-Art art association in Copenhagen. It was a combined art gallery, record label and venue for experimental music and poetry readings.
He then returned to Paris to study at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques
film school, graduating in 1994. After that he went back to Copenhagen
to study philosophy at the University of Copenhagen
, finishing his bachelor degree in 1998. After that he took a degree in Business Management from University of California, Berkeley
in 2000.
with former university classmate Elias Grove Nielsen. Marc Newson
, Ross Lovegrove
and Karim Rashid
are among the designers who have collaborated with the company.
) abd BIG
/Bjarke Ingels
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
, brands expert
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. He has founded or co-founded companies such as the Biomega
Biomega (bicycles)
Biomega is a Copenhagen-based, Danish brand of designer bicycles. It is known for engaging international top designers from outside the bicycle industry—including Marc Newson, Ross Lovegrove and Karim Rashid— in designing its products...
designer bike brand, Actics, and Skibsted Ideation and KIBISI.
He has won several international awards and is currently a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders for the period 2009–2014.
Early life and education
Jens Martin Skibsted was born in SønderborgSønderborg
Sønderborg Municipality , is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 76,236...
, Denmark. Shortly after his birth his father was killed in a car crash. He mainly grew up in Francophone countries. After spending a year in Paris, he founded the Av-Art art association in Copenhagen. It was a combined art gallery, record label and venue for experimental music and poetry readings.
He then returned to Paris to study at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques
Ecole Superieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques
Established in 1973, the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques is a professional school in the fields of film and audiovisual techniques, and the use of multimedia applied to audiovisual works....
film school, graduating in 1994. After that he went back to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
to study philosophy at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
, finishing his bachelor degree in 1998. After that he took a degree in Business Management from University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 2000.
Biomega
In 1998 Skibsted co-counded BiomegaBiomega (bicycles)
Biomega is a Copenhagen-based, Danish brand of designer bicycles. It is known for engaging international top designers from outside the bicycle industry—including Marc Newson, Ross Lovegrove and Karim Rashid— in designing its products...
with former university classmate Elias Grove Nielsen. Marc Newson
Marc Newson
Marc Newson was born in Sydney, Australia. Now based in London, he is a successful industrial designer who works in aircraft design, product design, furniture design, jewellery, and clothing. He incorporates a design style known as biomorphism to his various designs...
, Ross Lovegrove
Ross Lovegrove
Ross Lovegrove is an industrial designer, perhaps best known for his work on the Sony Walkman.- Biography :He studied at Manchester Polytechnic , graduating with a First Class BA in Industrial Design in 1980 and then went to the Royal College of Art, London in 1983 where he completed his master of...
and Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid is an industrial designer. He received a Bachelor in Industrial Design from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada in 1982 and completed his postgraduate studies in Italy....
are among the designers who have collaborated with the company.
Other design activities
AApart from his work in bike design, Skibsted has also worked with other industrial designs. In 2009 he co-founded the KIBISI design studio with Kilo Design (Lars Holme LarsenLars Holme Larsen
Lars Holme Larsen is a Danish designer. He has founded Kilo Design and co-founded KIBISI.With Jens Martin Skibsted and Bjarke Ingels he is one of three partners in the Danish Design Group KiBiSi. He has won the Danish Design Prize.-External links:...
) abd BIG
Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is an international architectural firm founded in 2005 by Bjarke Ingels in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2010 it opened a branch office in New York City...
/Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect. He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006. In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi...
.
Awards and recognition
- His Puma bicycle is in the MoMAMomaMoma may refer to:* Moma , an owlet moth genus* Moma Airport, a Russian public airport* Moma District, Nampula, Mozambique* Moma River, a right tributary of the Indigirka River* Google Moma, the Google corporate intranet...
and the SFMoMA collection. - Included on the 2006 I.D. Forty list
- 2009 Young Global Leader, World Economic ForumWorld Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....