Johannes Torpe

Johannes Torpe (born 5 January 1973 in Skanderborg) is a Danish designer and musician. Since 1997, he has been the CEO and creative director of his eponymous design company, Johannes Torpe Studios, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The studio's design philosophy takes an multi-disciplinary approach, and is concerned with creating, adaptive, open-minded, and mood-driven spaces.

As a designer, Torpe works in interior design, product design, furniture design, industrial design, and architecture. Torpe has received awards for several of his interior design projects such as NASA Night Club, Restaurant Levi in Copenhagen, and the United Cycling Lab & Store for ARGON 18 in Lynge. Projects outside Denmark include Restaurant South Beauty in Taipei, Restaurant Jing Yaa Tang in Beijing, and the Bucherer Store concept in Düsseldorf.

From 2011 to 2015 he was the creative director of Bang & Olufsen. He has also worked with several international companies, such as Nike, HAY (company), Haier, LG Electronics, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana and Skype. Torpe has also worked as a keynote speaker, giving talks about his design philosophy and the intersection between business and design. He has spoken at events held by Design Indaba, MIPIM, the New York Times, Savannah College of Art and Design, Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, and the Kennedy Space Center, among others.