Jens Martin Skibsted Explained

Jens Martin Skibsted (born 28 June 1970) is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and author. He is a partner at Manyone A/S. He has founded or co-founded companies such as Biomega, Skibsted Ideation, Actics, KiBiSi and Ogojiii.[1]

He has won several international awards and holds a number of board memberships.

Career

In 1998 Skibsted co-founded Biomega with former university classmate Elias Grove Nielsen. In 1998 Skibsted Ideation was founded. Actics was founded in 2005.[2] [3] In 2009 Skibsted co-founded KiBiSi with Lars Holme Larsen and Bjarke Ingels. In 2015 Skibsted founded the printed design magazine Ogojiii in Johannesburg, South Africa.[4] In 2018 Skibsted was a co-founder of Strategic Design Group alongside Søren Lehmann Poulsen and ex-Designit partners David Fellah and Lasse Jensby Dahl. In September 2019 Strategic Design Group was transformed into Manyone. Signaling that the bureau is one joint consultancy with one culture and one process.

co-owner and Management Board of Manyone [5]

Board memberships and Think tanks

Awards and recognition

Vice-chair of the World Economic Forum design & innovation global agenda council (i.e.) think tank and co-chair of the entrepreneurship global future council.[12]

Award-winning Designer with KiBiSi (a design group with Bjarke Ingels).[19]

Design of The Year (2019) HAV dinner set by KiBiSi for Royal Copenhagen.[20]

Design and Development for the Terrafugia Transition flying car [21]

Recipient of The Knud V. Engelhardt's Memorial Delegate.[22]

Early life and education

Jens Martin Skibsted was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. Shortly after his birth his father was killed in a car crash.[23] 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.[24]

All of Martin Skibsted bike designs are in the Design Museum Denmark.[25] in addition to LeCnap.

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's degree in 1998. After that he took a degree in Business Management from University of California, Berkeley in 2000.[26]

Global recognition for the Aeroslider white paper design.[27]

Writing

Skibsted is the author of four books, Kavesom (2003), Instant Icon (2008), Tilbage til virkeligheden (2013) & Expand (2022). He regularly contributes with blogs and opinion pieces to international publications such as Huffington Post,[28] Fast Company,[29] World Economic Forum[30] and Harvard Business Review.[31] He occasionally writes for Danish business publication Børsen.[32]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jens Martin Skibsted. Den Store Danske. da. 2019-07-01.
  2. Web site: Actics.com, the "Ethical Facebook". TreeHugger. en. 2019-07-01.
  3. Web site: Actics: Aligning Ethics with Actions. 2007-11-29. for what it's worth. en. 2019-07-01.
  4. Web site: Pan-African magazine, Ogojiii launches at WEF Africa. www.bizcommunity.africa. en. 2019-07-01.
  5. Web site: Copenhagen. Manyone. en.
  6. Web site: Jens Martin Skibsted ny formand for Designrådet. Forbundet Arkitekter og Designere. da-DK. 2019-07-01.
  7. Web site: Authors. World Economic Forum. 2019-07-01.
  8. Web site: May 2019. Network of Global Future Councils 2016-2018. World Economic Forum.
  9. Web site: The Board - Bitten & Mads Clausen's Foundation. www.bmcfond.com. 2019-07-01.
  10. News: Two-Wheel Appeal. McGrane. Sally. 2011-06-20. Time. 2019-07-01. en-US. 0040-781X.
  11. Web site: The I.D. Forty. I. D. Magazine. 2010-04-16.
  12. Web site: Jens Martin Skibsted. World Economic Forum. en.
  13. Web site: The European Centre. www.europeanarch.eu. en. 2019-07-01.
  14. Web site: Biomega (producer of the Mike Newsome Bikes) SIN electric concept car wins Wallpaper* Design Award. Magazine. Wallpaper*. 2019-01-14. Wallpaper*. 2019-07-01.
  15. Web site: Biomega EV - Gold Conceptional Transportation. german-design-award.com. 2022-09-16.
  16. Web site: Biomega NYC wins GOOD DESIGN Award. Kilo. en-US. 2019-07-01.
  17. Web site: PEK wins Good Design Award. Kilo. en-US. 2019-07-01.
  18. Web site: KALLISTA Taper: iF Awards 2018 product design winner. 2018-03-25. Kohler Designful. en-US. 2019-07-01.
  19. Web site: Hav. Royal Copenhagen. da.
  20. Web site: 3 September 2019. Her er alle vinderne af Design Awards 2019. Bo Bedre. da.
  21. Web site: Pescovitz. David. High Design. Boing Boing. en.
  22. Web site: 22 February 2018. Knud V. Engelhardts mindelegat uddelt. Design etc.. da.
  23. Web site: Idésælgeren. 2013-10-07. Berlingske.dk. da. 2019-07-01.
  24. Web site: av-art. skibsted.net. 2010-04-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724070751/http://www.skibsted.net/-/av-art/. 2011-07-24.
  25. Web site: Støt Museet & Donér til Fremtidens Design. Design Museum Danmark. da.
  26. Web site: Blød innovation bag succes for dansk designercykel (in Danish). Ingeniøren. 2010-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175921/http://ing.dk/artikel/65236-bloed-innovation--bag-succes-for-dansk-designercykel. 2011-07-17. dead.
  27. Web site: Wilson. Mark. 26 November 2019. Stand aside, hyperloop: This cross-continental train aims to replace flying. Fast Company. en.
  28. Web site: Jens Martin Skibsted. HuffPost. en. 2019-07-01.
  29. Web site: Jens Martin Skibsted. Fast Company. en-US. 2019-07-01.
  30. Web site: Authors. World Economic Forum. 2019-07-01.
  31. Web site: Search jens martin skibsted. hbr.org. 2019-07-01.
  32. Web site: Kronik: Den globale førertrøje i biodesign er stadig indenfor rækkevidde. Skibsted. Jens Martin. 2019-06-18. borsen.dk. da. 2019-07-01.

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