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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.

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)

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Continue reading ‘Mormor Is In The House!’ »

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.

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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.

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Continue reading ‘500KG’ »

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….

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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…

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Continue reading ‘Coupe’ »

As part of a pitch we participated in in fall 2008, Johannes Torpe created this Kindergarden Table….

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Continue reading ‘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….

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Faster is part of the “Mormor” series of furniture…
The pink color seems to be quite iconic for our design studio…..

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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!

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