Jens Risom standing on the road
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Very few designers have two large-scale exhibitions, in consecutive years, in the same city. But Jens Risom is more than just a run of the mill designer. At the age of 92 he’s in peculiar situation of witnessing his own revival - a fitting final chapter to a life that’s witnessed and been responsible for some of the greatest developments in contemporary design.

Yellow chair with white background

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Click here to see a selection of the designer’s finest work

Last year, London’s Rocket Gallery hosted a comprehensive exhibition of Risom’s furniture. So inspired were we, all over again, by the man and his output as an expression of the finest mid-century American modernist design that we leapt at the chance to profile him as a living icon of design for our interiors special (W*109).

Jens at Philip Johnson's Glass House

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Click here to see pictures of our trip to Risom’s Connecticut home

Barely months later and Liberty is now hosting an exhibition of Risom’s designs. And, not to be outdone by the London Gallery scene, we recently took a trip to Risom’s Connecticut home to chat about design, sample his wife’s delicious cooking and enjoy the comfort of his exquisite furniture in the most appropriate setting.

Jens at Philip Johnson's Glass House

Jens at Philip Johnson’s Glass House 
Jens is hosting ’An Evening With Jens Risom’ at the Glass House on June 26th at 5:30pm.

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Risom’s living room

Risom’s living room
Risom’s Connecticut home is host to a number of classic Scandinavian designs including here Verner Panton and Arne Jacobsen, as well as many of his own.

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The living room with modernist furnishing

The living room features perfect modernist furnishing

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Room full of Artifacts and ephemera

Artifacts and ephemera fill the house

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Books and boxes in the room

Books and boxes tell the story of his long career as a designer

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Risom's home office

Risom's home office is still very much in use

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Image of Risom's desk

Risom's desk shows the designer at 92 is still very much at work

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A cornflower blue pendant lights

A cornflower blue Poul Henningsen pendant lights his desk

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Image of the gold R

The gold R is an original sign from Jens Risom Design

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Objects of inspiration and humorous memorabilia

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Image of Risoms' art collection

A selection from the Risoms' art collection

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Photo of Henny Risom

Henny Risom puts on a beautiful spread

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Image of Exquisite cutlery, crockery and tableware

Exquisite cutlery, crockery and tableware

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Exquisite cutlery, crockery and tableware

Exquisite cutlery, crockery and tableware

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Photo of Jens and his wife Henny in the garden of their home

Jens and his wife Henny in the garden of their home

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Yellow chair wooden chair

1171 chair, 1969

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Blue wooden armchair

C 160 armchair, 1957

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Brown wooden armchair

C 140 armchair, 1950

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Grey wooden side chair

C 275 side chair

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Black and white side tables

T 710 side tables (stack of three), 1948

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Blue end table with shelf

T 490 end table with shelf, 1950

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Wooden table with shelf

T 421 table, 1955

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Wooden magazine table

T 539 magazine table, 1950

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Wooden low table with magazine rack

T 390 low table with magazine rack, 1950

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Image of wooden sideboard

S 440 sideboard, 1948

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ADDRESS

Liberty 4th Floor
Regent Street
London W1B 5AH

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Rosa Bertoli was born in Udine, Italy, and now lives in London. Since 2014, she has been the Design Editor of Wallpaper*, where she oversees design content for the print and online editions, as well as special editorial projects. Through her role at Wallpaper*, she has written extensively about all areas of design. Rosa has been speaker and moderator for various design talks and conferences including London Craft Week, Maison & Objet, The Italian Cultural Institute (London), Clippings, Zaha Hadid Design, Kartell and Frieze Art Fair. Rosa has been on judging panels for the Chart Architecture Award, the Dutch Design Awards and the DesignGuild Marks. She has written for numerous English and Italian language publications, and worked as a content and communication consultant for fashion and design brands.