Jorge Pensi

He was born in 1946 in Buenos Aires (Argentina), where he studied architecture. In 1975 he came to Barcelona, where he has worked since. Upon his arrival to Barcelona, he became partners with Buenos Aires architect Alberto Lievore and with Norberto Chaves. Together they formed the Berenguer Group, with which Pensi collaborated until 1984, when he decided to create his own design studio. His studio specializes mainly in furniture design, lighting and staging for different events. Diego Slemenson, Constanze Schütz and Roman Proubasta are his closest collaborators. Creator of avant-garde and innovative designs, he has collaborated with important domestic and international companies, such as Perobell, B. Lux, Cassina and Knoll Internacional.