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Chief designer and professor Timothy Jacob Jensen was born in 1962 to an American mother from New York and a Danish father from Copenhagen. From the age of four, he grew up in the rural surroundings of Hejlskov on the shores of the Limfjord in Jutland Denmark. From a very young age, Timothy was regarded as a prodigy by many. Having had a rebellious educational upbringing and spending only 7.5 years in school, Timothy joined his father Jacob Jensen’s design studio in 1978 and spent the next six years working there. Timothy joined Bang & Olufsen’s chief designers, Jacob Jensen and David Lewis, at the age of 17, and at 19 he had designed his first car, named Logicar. At the age of 22, he designed the iconic Jacob Jensen classic wrist watch, which was later included in The Museum of Modern Art New York design collections. After running his own studio in Copenhagen for three years, he travelled the world and worked with Ross Littell in Como, Italy and Gerry Musset in Melbourne, Australia.

In 1990, Timothy took over the studio in Hejlskov along with the overall responsibility for all designs and initiatives created up until the end of 2018. As CEO at Jacob Jensen Design, Timothy founded the Scandinavian lifestyle brand Jacob Jensen, which grew to be represented in more than 30 countries. He became chief designer at Gaggenau at the age of 30. At 32, he became advisor to the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Danish government and was included in the book “Who’s Who” at 34. At the age of 34, Timothy had his first daughter, Toko and at 38, a second daughter, Freja. Timothy has been a prominent international keynote speaker since the age of 40, and he was made professor at Fudan University in Shanghai at 48. In 2011, he was appointed as Master of DeTao Masters Academy and established the Jacob Jensen Design I DeTao Shanghai studio. At the age of 51, he established Jacob Jensen Design I KMUTT Bangkok studio in collaboration with King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi.

Timothy was named Designer of the Year in China in 2017 at the age of 55, and the following year he was appointed a member of the jury for the iF Design Award 2019, one of the world’s most prestigious design prizes. At the age of 56, Timothy sold all his shares at Jacob Jensen Design and opened Timothy Jacob Jensen Studios in 2019.

In 2020 with a group colleagues and investors he laid the foundations of what became Designers Trust in March 2021. Designers Trust aims to connect the worlds designers with the brands, provide access to the world of creativity while making sure all the fine print is taken care of, allowing everyone to focus on what they do best. It is built on the 100 years of design inheritance running in the Jensen family, and a fair-share principle model in which everyone gets the credit and remuneration that they deserve for their work.

Thanks to great colleagues, clients and partners, Timothy has gained over 75 international distinctions and awards, remaining the most awarded Danish designer heading the worlds most award-winning design family going back to his grandfather Alfred Jensen, who started the family business back in 1920.

Distinguished architect specialized in industrial design in Salonica and Turin. He has worked on automobile design projects in the car industry in Italy, U.K., France and U.S.A. particularly in the development of road vehicles. Designer and production manager of a pick-up (FARMA) model made in Greece using Renault mechanical componets. Having a 35 year experience as an industrial designer he was actively involved in the development of various products including toys, electric kitchens, solar systems, small boats motorcycles and furniture.

Thanassis Galanis studied Mechanical Engineering in Athens and received further education on CAD-CAM in Holland. He started his design career with FORMA in 1992 for a period of 5 years and has since remained as an external partner. He worked for 7 years for Bic – Violex S.A. as a designer-programmer CNC, and a further 8 years as an industrial designer-mould producer with company MORFI-KYRIAKAKIS.
Since 2009 he works as an independent industrial designer with top companies such as ROLCO VIANYL, BRIGHT S.A. CYCLON, UNILEVER. He teaches design and mechanics.

Vassilis studied in Art Center College of Design (Europe) where he received his Bachelor of Science in Product Design. In 1992 he worked in France at PHI design.
In 1994 he founded Mydesign Mylonadis in Athens which provides its services in product & packaging design, exhibition & retail design and interior design. Since 2005 he has designed, produced and distributed to the market a range of lighting fixtures under the brand name Mydesign. His vision is to eradicate boredoom by designing fun into manufactured products as well as in interior spaces. Fun products create value for those who use them while fun spaces offer better value for those who experience them. The goal is simple and staightforward: Value through fun; Fun through design simplicity and functionality. He was awarded the 2nd prize by SONY for the design of a mobile telephone for the sport field.
www.mydesign.gr

George Giannikopoulos is an architect and industrial designer and the founder of AEMOS Design+Engineering. His engagement with industrial design goes back to 1989.
As a student of architecture, he had worked at the studio of Greek design pioneer Andreas Varotsos, participated at the first Greek Design Week at 1991 and as a graduate architect he won a scholarship at 1992 for Design Academy Eindhoven.
After his internship at Lou Beeren Design studio in Netherlands, he returns to Greece and works as a senior designer at SATO office furniture. While a postgraduate MBA student, he founds AEMOS studio with expertise in product design & development.
He currently holds as well, a course leader position for BSc Product Design Course at AAS College -UCLan Greek campus and he is a visiting tutor at the Industrial Design Engineering department of West Macedonia Technological Institute.
www.aemos.gr