Drink Up and Support the Future of Original Design: Georg Jensen’s SKY Water Bottle

Be Original Americas believes in True Partners, member companies who advocate to support original design. Board member and heritage Danish design brand Georg Jensen has proven to be just that, announcing an initiative to donate a portion of sales of their new SKY water bottle to support the Be Original Americas Student Design Fellowship in 2022.

For Sherri Simko, Director, N.A., Carl Hansen & Son, and current President of Be Original Americas, the partnership resonates on both a practical and philosophical level: “We’re thrilled that the fellowship will be supported by Georg Jensen. The SKY water bottle represents exactly the principles of artistic originality, expert craftsmanship, and sustainable design that we hope to instill in our student fellows for 2022.” 

For more than 100 years, Georg Jensen has been synonymous with timeless Scandinavian design and unparalleled craftsmanship, and the brand’s enduring character and legacy were designer Aurélien Barbry’s main sources of inspiration for the SKY collection. In SKY, designer Aurélien Barby interprets the asymmetrical and organic shapes of clouds much as Georg Jensen himself once interpreted sensual natural motifs with a modern sensibility. This dynamism of form is translated into the minimalistic and contemporary SKY collection with a quintessentially Scandinavian aesthetic that celebrates Georg Jensen’s Danish heritage.

This initiative runs from March – December, 2022. You can explore the full SKY collection at georgjensen.com, or learn more about our 2021 Student Fellowship.