Jens Martin Skibsted

Jens Martin Skibsted, VP of Freethought and Mobility Design at Strategic Design Group, is a multiple award-winning designer, entrepreneur, and design philosopher. Best known for his urban mobility designs for Biomega, and collaborations with design superstars such as Marc Newson and Bjarke Ingels, he helped found several design consultancies including Skibsted Ideation, KiBiSi, and Strategic Design Group. His designs live in the collections at the MoMA, Le Cnap, Designmuseum Danmark, SFMOMA, etc. Jens Martin is the Co-Chair of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Entrepreneurship. He is the Vice-Chair of the Danish design cluster, Design2Innovate, and on the board of the Danfoss Foundation, Biomega, Strategic Design Group, and the Danish Design Center; He is formerly the Chairman of the Danish Design Council, Vice-Chair of W.E.F.’s Global Agenda Council on Design and innovation, and advisor to the INDEX prize and Mindlab. Jens Martin is also a Young Global Leader alumnus who has spoken at Davos, DLD, TED, and more. His writing has appeared in the Huffington PostHarvard Business ReviewBørsen, and Fast Company.

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