Foersom and Hiort-Lorenzen


Foersom and Hiort-Lorenzen is a Danish design duo consisting of Johannes Foersom and Peter Hiort-Lorenzen. They have collaborated since 1977 and won a number of awards for their furniture design.

Education

Foersom trained to become a cabinetmaker with Gustav Berthelsen in Copenhagen, completing his apprenticeship in 1969. He then attended the Arts and Crafts School from where he graduated in 1972.
Hiort-Lorenzen became a ship carpenter at Helsingør Shipyard in 1962. He then attended the Arts and Crafts School, from where he graduated in 1965, and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 1968.

Works