Torben Ørskov

Torben Ørskov & Co. is mainly known for the manufacturing of Herbert Krenchel's "Krenit" bowls, which at the time got a lot of attention based on the technical challenges involved with producing the extremely thin enamelled iron bowls. Ørskov later experimented successfully with plastics and had continued success based on successful cooperations with reknowned designers such as Henning Koppel, Max Brüel and Kristian Vedel. Torben Ørskov was also the man behind the opening of the first shop FORM & FARVE, which created a new style of shop in post-war Denmark. It was not top-heavy, fancy-goods stores, neither glass-and-china or home furnishing store. Form & Farve was simply a shop in which customer could buy things the owners, Torben Ørskov and Knud Aage Nielsen, had selected themselves because they liked them. Even today Ørskov & Co still lives up to the original concept, which is to produce and sell every day domestic products, that are: functional and well designed.