Jesper O. H. Sørensen

Born May 23 in 1955 in Randers, Denmark out of a family of 5 - Father of 2 boys

Occupation: 

President, Chief Designer of BEACON DESIGN ApS. (est. 1992.).  Besides this post he performs as Free-Lance designer for a number of other Danish companies within the industry.

Education:

Originally an international commercial background comprised by a degree in BA specialized in international Marketing & Exports. Supplementary education in U.S.A and U.K. within International Marketing and Management.

Skills:     

As a designer, Jesper O.H. Sørensen is a self-made autodidact. Since the early youth and throughout his career, he always had a profound innovative interest and deep dedication to the aesthetics of design.

Career:    

Simultaneously with his business career, sketches and drawings were an integral part of his way of communication, and aside his professional career he perfected his creative skills within drawing, sculpture, concept development, and creating a multiple of innovative product designs - primarily furniture.

After finishing his BA degree, Jesper O.H. Sørensen initiated his career in the Danish Furniture industry in 1981 within Sales & Marketing Management.

With over 27 years in the furniture industry, he has formerly held positions as Sales Manager, Marketing Manager and Sales Director for various Danish firms, combining his skills both as a creative designer and business individual.

Style & Inspiration 

Furniture designs by Jesper O.H. Sørensen are characterized by the simplicity and minimalistic style typical for the Scandinavian furniture design traditions. His unique and clean-lined design universe is inspired by the ideals, visions, and courage that aroused from the great Icons Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjaerholm, Le Corbusier –the ideas of originality, classic form, good function and high quality traditions.

Design Strategy: 

As he puts it “to make an appealing design comes relatively easy for me, but the challenge to design and produce a high profile designer-product that also from a construction, functional and production point of view, will meet the customers demand, not only poses a tremendous professional task, but is indeed an objective to which I am highly challenged”.

Statements:

“Life is too short and busy for boring homes, -good design should be within reach of everyone who can appreciate it, irregardless of how much money you make”.

“Good design is therapy for the soul, -it makes you feel good and gives most people great pleasure and positive vibrations in the stressing everyday-life of the 21st century”.