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Jorgen Kastholm
Prof. Jørgen Kastholm, born in 1931, learned the trade of an ornamental metalworker before he, following a two-year stay in the USA, began studying architecture and interior design at the former Technical University of Frederiksberg. He also studied at the School of Graphic Design in Copenhagen. In 1961, he founded his own studio together with Preben Fabricius, where he created numerous design classics.
Kastholm first trained as a blacksmith, and later went to study architecture at the School of Interior Design in Copenhagen under Finn Juhl. Here he met cabinetmaker Preben Fabricius. He graduated as an Architect in 1958. In 1961 Fabricius & Kastholm opened a design studio together in Denmark. Kastholm was appointed professor at Bergische University in Wuppertal where he taught design from 1975 to 1996. He continued his work in Germany as well as in his house in Mallorca. He returned to Denmark shortly before he died in 2007.
