Danish architect and furniture designer Torben Lind began working together with Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen in 1962. In 1972 they designed the iconic Skopa chair for IKEA.
Torben Lind studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy – School of Design in Copenhagen. In 1962 Lind designed the OGK Safari chair and daybed for Skovsheds Møbelfabrik and the Moduline collection for France & Sons together with Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen, from which the armchair is the most known.
Lind and Gjerløv-Knudsen also worked together on the iconic Skopa chair for IKEA in 1972, made of propene plastic in orange, brown or white with a corduroy fabric pillow.
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