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THE STORY
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Torben Ørskov founded the company when he was 25 and had
just returned from the US. He had worked in a department store
and for a wholesale company that sold design products.
With knowledge of how to create a business based on design
products and with lots of his own ideas about made a good
good design, he started his own store with his own ideas. The
idea was to produce simple and functional designs at
reasonable prices.
From 1953 - 1986, Form og Farve in Copenhagen was the place
to go if you were looking for something trendy and functional
for your home. Form og Farve was an institution in Denmark for
all the young and style conscious.
Torben Ørskov must be said to be one of the most important
design merchants in Denmark in the 1950s and 1960s. He
started a production of several designs, which today have
become classics. One of his great talents was his expertise of
collaborating with designers.
Torben Ørskov was close friends with Jørgen Utzon, Kristian
Vedel, Finn Juhl, Jørgen Møller and not least Hans Bølling, who
all designed several products that he put into production.
Today the company has been taken over by the 2. generation in
the family, where Jeppe Ørskov owns and operates the life
work. With more than 60 years of experience in Design and the
Arts and Crafts industry, the company continues to attach great
importance to maintaining the consistency in the design
strategy that can be traced back to 1953
