Esben Klint & Klint Design Team

Danish architect Esben Klint (1915–1969)—working alongside the historic Klint Design Team—carried forward Denmark's legendary pleating and lighting lineage. The son of Kaare Klint and grandson of P.V. Jensen-Klint, Esben was steeped in Danish functionalism, training under leading architects before leading projects for ecclesiastical and civic spaces. As a core creative pillar of Le Klint, Esben authored essential lighting icons including the Model 107 pendant—often called the "Fruit Lamp"—a compact, hand-folded pleated shade that balances gentle symmetry with glare-free diffusion. The Klint Design Team continues to preserve these proprietary hand-folding techniques in Odense, translating traditional mathematical pleating into modern paper and foil luminaires.