Jens Risom is enjoying his place in the canon of mid-century furniture designers while also distinguishing himself as a great contemporary designer. At 93, he shows no sign of putting down the pencil.

Founder of Rogue Habits, Jen is usually writing, wandering, or eating; chasing her insatiable lust for noodles, travel, and design.

Jen is an owner and principal Architect at CDK Architects in Austin, TX. Jen specializes in custom single-family residential architecture, including new construction and remodels. She is particularly excited about the process of architecture from a collaborative and relationship-driven standpoint, where clear communication and honesty are the keys to project success.

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Net Zero, Passive House, Alternative Energy, Low VOC, Universal Design, Resource Conservation, Local Production

Jen Renzi is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and a former editor at House & Garden and Interior Design magazines.

Born in 1919 and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jens Quistgaard forged metal on his own anvil at age 14 and exhibited self-designed sets of knives a year later. In fact, it was Quistgaard’s work on display at a knife exhibition in Copenhagen in 1950 that caught the eye of American entrepreneur Ted Nierenberg. Quistgaard had the artistic vision to take everyday household tools and make them beautiful, and Nierenberg had the know-how to make beautiful tools available to the everyday buyer. Together they formed Dansk, a flatware and cookware company, in 1954.