In late 2004 Trent Jansen opened his own studio in Sydney, for the most part focusing on creating honest and poetic sustainable design and developing pieces that aim to maintain a lasting relationship with their user. His designs are intended to becomes a life long companion instead of a disposable thing, fostering meaningful relationships through the honesty and personality that this work possesses.
Trent Jansen has been a finalist in the Bombay Sapphire ‘Design Discovery’ Award in 2004, 2005 and 2006, was the winner of the Spiral ‘Rendez-vous’ Japanese Manufacturing Residency in 2006, was the winner of the Australia Council for the Arts ‘New Work’ Award in 2005 and was the winner of the Object ‘New Design’ National Graduate Award in 2004.
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