Korean DECO Magazine is featuring SUBU this month….. 
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I juni måned 2009 går vores udviklingsdirektør på barselsorlov, og derfor har vi brug for én til at overtage nogle af de opgaver som hun har haft.
I det Johannes Torpe Studios er en mindre designvirksomhed, har vi behov for at den vi ansætter, kan spænde bredt over flere forskellige arbejdsfunktioner.
Vores udviklingsdirektør tager sig i dag af alt fra forretningsstrategi for Johannes Torpe Studios, over strategi og konceptudvikling på projekter/kunder, new business, projektledelse, kunderelationer, PR, tekstarbejde og økonomistyring.
I det der er tale om et barselsvikariat skal du selvfølgelig ikke være involveret i alle de ovenstående processer. De primære funktioner/områder vil være:
• Projektledelse (herunder opbygning/vedligeholdelse af kunderelationer, organisering af projekter internt/eksternt, tidsplanlægning, budgettering, mersalg mm.)
• Strategi og konceptudvikling (alt fra pitches til nye opgaver på eksisterende kunder)
• Drift og organisering af kontoret. Det praktiske som får hverdagen til at køre smooth (overordnet planlægning, styring af ugemøder, koordinering af ressourcer mm.)
• PR (push, opfølgning og udsendelse af pressekits mm.)
Johannes Torpe Studios består primært af designere og arkitekter, så du vil være den der skal binde alle trådene sammen.
Perioden for vikariatet kan være fleksibel, men strækker sig som minimum fra juni (eller evt. efter sommer) til og med december 09. Det kan dog godt være at perioden bliver længere, så du skal have mulighed for at forlænge hvis det bliver aktuelt. Dog er ambitionen, at vi får opbygget så godt et samarbejde at der kunne være mulighed for en fastansættelse (som projektleder) i forlængelse af vikariatet.
I det der er tale om et vikariat er det vigtigt at du er flyvende fra starten – der er ikke lang tid til at arbejde sig ind i processer, projekter mv. Derfor skal du have erfaring fra lignende jobs. F.eks. har du arbejdet i reklamebranchen som projektleder eller med styring af større projekter. Derud over er det helt afgørende at du både taler og skriver flydende engelsk.
Johannes Torpe Studios
Johannes Torpe Studios er en designvirksomhed der arbejder indenfor interiør, møbel og industrielt design. Vi arbejder med flere store brands, og designer bl.a. møbler for Moroso, HAY CPH og Haworth. Johannes Torpe har igennem en lang årrække være Industrial Design Director for Skype, og har designet natklubberne Nasa og Supergeil, samt Subu Restaurant i Beijing.
Vores fokus er internationalt, og har gennem det sidste 1,5 år primært været rettet mod Kina. Her er vi involveret i både store bygge- og byudviklingsprojekter, møbelproduktion, design af luksus events og interiør designs.
Du kan se et udvalg af vores projekter her på siden – og læse lidt mere om os på bloggen.
Hvis du er interesseret og mener at du har de rette kvalifikationer, så send en ansøgning til job@johannestorpe.com. Vi vil gerne modtage din ansøgning senest den 5. Maj 2009.
Vi glæder os til at høre fra dig.
For the last two years we have been working with the Danish Flashlight manufacturer Wiseled. Throughout the first two years we designed these four flashlights (Tactical, Adapt, Street and Stealth), which has primarily been sold to the professional markets – forensics, the military, the police etc.
At this point we have just finished the design of next generation flashlights targeted divers. It’s a really cool flashlight that will definitely set a new standard within this area…..
We are looking so much forward for the launch in 3 months time….
There’s a lot of cool features with these lights, like the charging mechanism, the modularity the materials and much more. Check their webpage out here!
And what’s even better, we started working on the next generation of diverlights for the company!!
From Deco Magazine sep. 2008 – NO. 79
Subu Restaurant in Beijing was what really opened our eyes to the Asian part of the world. It allowed us to see how fantastic projects we could actually do there – while working with really nice and professional people.
We are now very focused on the Asian // Chinese markets – and we spend a lot of time out there. Actually Johannes has been there four times already in 2009. It cannot be long before we open a Shanghai based office – anyway it could be really great.
Subu has been a great ride for us – and it still is.
We’ve been featured in more than 100 articles, frontpages etc. over the last year’s time!
To mention a few:
Trends.com.cn (chineese)
I think it’s fair to say that NASA kicked off the interior and industrial design career of Johannes Torpe. Previous to Nasa Johannes had primarily been focusing on graphic and webdesign. But with Nasa the world saw his talent as a designer. And he completely changed the expression of his holistic focus. Through the interior designs Johannes has been able to create experiences – in crazy and wonderful universes.
Nasa has been going strong for more than 10 years – and is still one of the most popular nightclubs in Copenhagen. It has been appointed numerous awards and been appointed top 10 nightclubs of the world.
A few years ago we gave it a facelift (as it is all white) – and with those minor alterations maybe it can last another 10 years…..
A french online magazine writes about NASA nightclub. To check it out please read here here, if you know your french!??!
Go to NASA’s website here.
In Danish Mormor means grandmother and this sofa is part of a series of furniture with family related names. The larger version is called Farmor (paternal grandmother) and there are chairs named Faetter (Cousin), Tante (Aunt), Faster (Aunt) etc. The idea with the concept is to bring the family back in to the home and in to the living room. Also directly translated Mormor is pronounced and means “more more” in English, Farmor is “far more” and so on…
Mormor won the Danish Design Prize in 2007. But Johannes Torpe doesn’t believe in design prizes. He believe it takes up to much time and money to participate – and that’s not what design is all about… However when the producer HAY CPH told us that we where nominated – and when we won – we were of course both proud and happy……
Check out more at www.Hay.dk
Read the funny article of what this sofa can be used for (in Danish) here.
Check out the article at Boligmagasinet.dk where Johannes Torpe and Rune RK talks about Mormor as well (in Danish)
As part of the concept design for SUBU Restaurant in Beijing this chair was designed. Like all aspects of the SUBU project this chair was designed in the context of SUBU – but with a story to tell elsewhere. There fore we are working with a European furniture producer at this point in the further development of the SUBU Chair.
Johannes Torpe was interviewed in the greek magazine Casa Diva in March 2009. Read the greek interview here:
Interview-casadiva – PDF
It looks and appears like a heavy sofa – one you would never be able to move around once the furniture remover had put in in place – there fore 500 KG.
However all together the sofa weighs app. 20 KG and can be moved and costumized in any way you desire.
The sofa is produced by Italian manufacturer SPHaus – and sold in a variety of stores and design galleries around Europe and Middle East.
Tante is part of the Mormor family series…. We love the asymmetric chesterfield seat… Besides the leather seat, the chair is made in bamboo. The Chair is currently being worked on with a large European Furniture manufacturer….
Like so many others – we started a page on the fascinating web phenomena Facebook. Here you can follow us as we show what we can do at the social networking site.
Come Join us on facebook 
The Paris Texas store in Copenhagen was in 2007 elected the store of the month in the magazine Costume. Read why here.
One of the many interviews and articles from China can be read here.
From what I gather, its about Johannes Torpe, and the work and design that he has done!!
Johannes Torpe and Rune RK was featured in an interview in Boligekslusiv, when they were given designstaffetten. Read the entire interview in PDF here!
When Supergeil was designed, Johannes Torpe created this sofa called Coupé for the space.
Like with many of the products and furniture evolving from the Torpe universe, Coupé has a build in story that reaches beyond the Supergeil universe…
As part of a pitch we participated in in fall 2008, Johannes Torpe created this Kindergarden Table….
The Faetter Chair is one of our favorite furniture pieces – which has not yet been launched….
However as we are in dialogue with a large European producer, we hope that it will be brought to live in 2009….
I heard it through my Grapevine.…. what a super cool project. A great client and really cool products.
We designed a family of three products. Unfortunately the project suffered from the financial crisis – what a shame. However as the business plan is there, the products have been designed and the producer is all lined up – the project has not been completely hidden away. When risk awareness diminishes Grapevine might just see the light of day….
We keep our fingers crossed……..
Pas De Rouge is a great Italian story about a Shoe designer creating shoes that fulfill a need all women have. The shoes weigh app. 100 grams and fits your purse. So after a long night wearing those very high heels – the greatest relief is putting on your Pas De Rouge shoes.
We have created the interior concept for the flagship store, which will open in Europe in 2009…..
Faster is part of the “Mormor” series of furniture…
The pink color seems to be quite iconic for our design studio…..
As a spin off of the ParisTexas store design, Johannes Torpe created the Rock Table…
We have it in our studio – and yes! It has sharp edges….. very nice!
Designed for the SUBU restaurant.
