Design is thinking
I believe that everything we create to some extent changes the world we live in. Every chair, every website and every poster modify our reality — “We cannot not change the world.” Consequently, everything we do as designers has an impact on the world. In my designs I will strive to make my impact a sustainable one.
I currently work as Head of Design at Ørsted where we just launched the biggest rebrand project ever seen in Denmark. Read more about that here
The biggest rebranding project in Danish history.
DONG Energy becomes Ørsted – with a brand and identity that reflects our green ambition. An extremely wild and exciting process with many great people involved.
As design lead I have been a part of the whole process – from the very first name workshops, designing the logo and the identity – to the creative workshops for the brand strategy. In the last 6 months’ focus has been to roll out the design in numerous platforms in collaboration with a lot of great agencies and the amazing in-house design team.
We have created the visual identity with Kontrapunkt and the brand strategy with Wieden+Kennedy.
Read more about the process in the article "Building a Sustainable Brand: The Ørsted Story" on The Works Design here.
Experience
Ørsted
Head of Design, 2016 - Current
Communication Designer, 2015 - 2016
Sharinglab
Co-founder & Creative Director, 2015
2+1 idea agency
Concept and Graphic Designer, 2013 - 2014
Hatch & Bloom
Concept and Graphic Designer, 2012 - 2014
Forpeople
Strategic and Graphic designer, 2011 - 2012
Ten Collective
Associate Designer, 2010
Penguin Army
Founder and Designer, 2007 - 2011
SF Ungdom
Art director (part-time), 2005 - 2010
Berlingske Tidende
Information and Graphic designer (part-time), 2006 – 2008
Education
Master of the Arts, Graphic Design
London College of Communication
University of the Arts London, 2010
BA, Visual Communication Design
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art
School of Design; Visual Communication, 2004 – 07
Honours level
Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
Honours & Awards
Winner, Creative Circle award (Ørsted Rebranding) 2019
Jury member, SortYourTrashCan Design competition, 2012
Winner, Peoples Choice Award, 24 hours Inclusive design Challenge, 2011
Finalist, Index: Design to Improve Life (Penguin Army), 2009
Finalist, CPH Showhow (Penguin Army), 2009
Finalist, ”AOK’s byens bedste” (Penguin Army), 2008