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Danish designer pioneer Jensen dies at 89

Danish industrial designer Jacob Jensen, best known for his work with consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen, has died aged 89.

Danish industrial designer Jacob Jensen, who gave ultra-modern, minimalist forms to high-end products including consumer electronics and kitchenware, has died aged 89.

The company he created, Jacob Jensen Design, said he died on Friday but gave no further details.

Jensen belongs to Danish designers' golden era of the 1940s and 50s, alongside Hans J Wegner, Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl and Poul Kjaerholm.

Born in Copenhagen in 1926, Jensen started as a designer in his father's furniture shop. He also ended up designing toys, kitchenware, watches and telephones.

For more than two decades, Jensen was chief designer at Danish consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen.

Some of his works are now part of the permanent design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.


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