Born in 1923 Ejvind Johansson trained in the traditional methods of cabinetmaking and joinery and after this training he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (as most of his contemporaries did) graduating in 1949. 
 Ejvind A. Johansson built upon Børge Mogensen's ambition to funish the homes of Danes with functional modernism. In general, Johansson was perceived as unorthodox in his methods and philosophies. Nevertheless, his J64 chair pays homage to principles of Mogensen's methodology.