Jørgen Høj

Midcentury Scandinavian designer Jørgen Høj was born in 1925 in Denmark. He originally trained as a metalworker and upholsterer. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, winning the Silver Medal from the school in 1947 and graduating in 1950. As a student, he met friend and fellow Dane designer Poul Kjærholm, with whom he shared a progressive creative ideology. The pair presented a collaborative project Self-Assembled Furniture at the annual exhibition of the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild in 1952. Høj established his own creative studio in 1955, specializing in design, interiors, and graphics.

Høj’s furniture and interiors designs were decidedly function-driven, and he embraced industrial materials, such as aluminum. Acclaimed projects include the furnishings for Imperial Biografen and Dagmar Cinema in Copenhagen, besides works for furniture manufacturer Vitsœ and the Royal Hotel, Copenhagen. Beginning in the early 1950s, he also collaborated for many years with Danish furniture manufacturer PP Møbler, for whom he designed the interiors of several Swedish shops.

Høj died in 1994.