Søren Juul has had a lifelong experience within both design and architecture. He was trained as a cabinetmaker, then studied as a furniture designer at the Design School in Copenhagen and the architect school in Aarhus, where he subsequently was employed by architects Friis & Moltke fore more than 40 years. Here he dealt primarily with furniture, lamps and fixtures for schools, colleges, hotels, offices etc. The design according to Søren Juul, should be simple, functional and honest and the quality should be no less than perfect.