Conceptualised as a single segment of the 264-metre-long social bench that orbits the Danish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, Shanghay epitomises how architecture, public furniture and industrial design can merge. The Shanghay chair, Skibsted pointed out, is representative of this vision. Whether designing a item of personal electronics or an aircraft, they are interested in the special connection between the production sensibility of industrial design and the big ideas and holistic perspective of architecture.īench in the Danish Pavilion (by BIG) at Shanghai Expo 2010 Skibsted explained to Indesignlive.asia that KiBiSi is primarily an ideas-driven design group, and that what sets them apart is their cross-disciplinary focus. Theirs is a compelling methodology too by drawing from each of the founders’ expertise, KiBiSi explores the symbiotic hybrid of design, architecture and ideation.ĭuring the recent Business of Design Week, Skibsted and Larsen were in Hong Kong to talk about their evolutionary approach to design. Its founders, industrial designer Lars Larsen (formerly of Kilo Design), architect Bjarke Ingels (of BIG) and design philosopher Jens Martin Skibsted (of Biomega and Skibsted Ideation) are each key players in their respective creative fields. Lars Holme Larsen / Kilo (DK) 2010 from Brand New World on Vimeo.However you look at it, KiBiSi seems set to be a design powerhouse. We love the BIG perspective and international atmosphere of this ambitious and super creative hub and see the HQ as an opportunity of bridging scales and thinking BIG even though being small scale. KiBiSi is today an ad hoc collaboration between kilo, BIG and Skibsted Ideation.īIG Kilo is located at BIG HQ Denmark and is a trusted partner and longtime collaborator on design development. Lars Larsen is since 2013 former KiBiSi CEO & Head Of Design. In 2013 the founding partners of KiBiSi refocused on their individual studios for new design challenges.
KiBiSi KiBiSi was founded in 2009 by Lars Larsen, Bjarke Ingels and Jens Martin Skibsted. Lars Larsen is a respected design jury capacity and has appeared in award juries such as D&AD, core77 and Cannes Lions.
Kilo work was nominated for Design Of The Year by Design Museum London 2012 and latest recognition received is a Red Dot Design Award – Best of the Best for the KiBiSi designed magnetic bike light iFlash One. Lars’s work is today represented at SFMOFA’s permanent exhibition and has exhibited at SFMOMA’s 2012 exhibition Less and More: the Design and Ethos of Dieter Rams next to iconic pieces of design such as the iPhone and MacBook Air. Lars got his first award right after graduation as industrial designer for being Denmark's best upcoming and has over the years proved this position through being awarded Danish Business Magazine – Berlingske Business talent price – Talent 100 in 2010 and same year receiving the Danish Design Price for his headphone design for Aiaiai. Lars has received a number of awards and international recognition for his work as an individual and as founding KiBiSi partner and KiBiSi Head Of Design.
Lars is educated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Architecture and the Danish Design School in furniture and product design. Lars Larsen has a long experience across a wide range of disciplines creating signature designs for clients across the globe. Lars’s natural eye for blatant and simple solutions to complex design problems, has earned him awards and instant acclaim as one of Scandinavian designs fastest rising stars. Kilo is headed by founder Lars Larsen, known as an industrial designer with a straightforward approach to design, merging elements of contemporary culture from high and low: the art scene as well as the street, the fashion house as well as the workshop. Working on a broad spectrum when it comes to market sectors, many clients choose us when they need fresh perspectives and alternative takes on their brands and markets. At the cross-section between technology and culture, Kilo designs with a holistic approach, merging innovation and strategy in the search for improved solutions for the future.įrom startups to major corporations, Kilo is internationally recognized for delivering bold and lasting design innovation for leading-edge clients, irrespective of their size. Kilo was founded in 2005 and is today among Scandinavia’s most influential studios. Headed and founded by award-winning designer Lars Larsen, Kilo is a Copenhagen-based, idea-driven industrial design studio.
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