Jorge Pensi Design Studio

About Jorge Pensi Jorge Pensi was born in Buenos Aires, where he studied architecture and industrial design. In 1975, he moved to Spain where he collaborated with Grupo Berenguer for a decade before setting up his own studio in 1985. Jorge Pensi Design Studio, located in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, specializes in furniture and lighting design. His minimalist and expressive designs have received numerous prizes and awards. Penzi is widely known for his fluid, elegant chair designs. One of his first products, the cast-aluminum Toledo chair, is considered a Spanish design icon, having won numerous prizes in Europe including the First Award Selection from SIDI, Silver Delta Awards from the ADI-FAD Barcelona and a Design-Auswal 90 Award from the Stuttgart Design Center. Pensi has received widespread recognition throughout his career, including the Spanish National Design Prize in 1997, awarded by the Ministry of Industry and Energy and the BCD Foundation for outstanding professional achievement. He has worked with some of the most important Spanish, Italian, French, German and American companies.