
Rud Thygesen
& Johnny Sorensen
1966
- Graduated from the School of Arts, Crafts and Design, School of
Furniture Design.
1998
- Awarded lifelong Artist's Grant by the Danish Arts Foundation.
Johnny Sørensen Completed the cabinet-maker's apprenticeship
with silver medal at Elsinore Shipyard.
1966
- Graduated from the School of Arts, Crafts and Design, School of
Furniture Design.
1994
- Own design studio for both Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen.
1966
- Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen establish design studio
together. Awarded 1st prize at the Anniversary Exhibition of the
Copenhagen Cabinet Maker's Guild.
1968
- Awarded 1st prize in the Copenhagen Cabinet Maker's Guild's Design
Competition for the Royal Furniture. Awarded Danmarks Nationalbank's
Anniversary Scholarship.
1969
- Awarded Danmarks Nationalbank's Anniversary Scholarship.
1971
- Awarded the Honorary Prize of the Association of Danish Furniture
Manufacturers.
1975
- Awarded Danmarks Nationalbank's Anniversary Scholarship.
1976
- Awarded scholarship by the Alex Foss Industrial Foundation.
1978
- Awarded the Furniture Prize. Awarded the Institute of Business
Designers Award, USA
1989
- Awarded the G Prize, Japan
1992
- Awarded the Brown Mathsson Prize, Sweden
1993
- Awarded the Design Prize, Switzerland
1994
- Awarded the MMI Prize
1996
- The Award for Good Design, Hanover, Germany Nominated for the
EU's European Design Prize