Mads Kjøller Damkjær
Mads Kjoeller Damkjaer (born 4 April 1975) is a Danish industrial designer,[1] and entrepreneur.[2] He is Managing Partner in Goodmorning Technology [3] since 2004 in Copenhagen, London (2008–2010) and Hong Kong (2010–2011) [4] and has founded or co-founded companies such as the Copenhagen Parts [5] (2009) life style bike parts, PART (2007) and Future fwd (2012). He has since 2011 been a board member at the Danish Design Association. Mads worked for RADI Designers and Robert Stadler in 2003 in Paris and is educated from the Danish Design School in Copenhagen (1999–2004). In May 2010 he was announced one of the 100 best business people under 35 in the field of innovation in Denmark [6] by Berlingske Business. On 17 November 2011 Mads was nominated with the Grundfos Travelling Scholarship by The Danish Design Counsel as one of the greatest talents in Scandinavia.[7]
Designs
Mads Kjoeller Damkjaer has managed design for brands such as Luceplan, Erik Jørgenen, Fritz Hansen and Sony Ericsson. Some of the most known designs include the “Lightscape" lamp for Louis Poulsen [8] and the Bike Porter for Copenhagen Parts. Goodmorning Technology's work has been exhibited internationally such as at Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum [9] in New York City and at the World Expo 2010 [10] in Shanghai.
Awards and recognition
- 2003 1. Prize for the Danish police uniform jacket for Danish police
- 2007 iF Design Award
- 2007 Index: Design Top Nomination
- 2008 Print Magazine Award
- 2008 iF Design Award
- 2008 D&AD Design Award
- 2009 Creative Circle Nomination
- 2010 iF Design Award
- 2010 Innovation Award, The Danish Chamber of Commerce
- 2010 D&AD Design Award Nominated
- 2010 Berlingske Business talent 100 Award
- 2011 Talent Award / Grundfos Travelling Scholarship, The Danish Design Counsel
- 2012 CBA Scholarship / AVT Business School
References
- ↑ http://www.danishdesignassociation.com/nyheder/2010/ugens-profil-uge-51-mads-kjoeller-damkjaer,-goodmorning-technology.aspx Profil from DDA website
- ↑ http://www.fri.dk/node/48753?page=0,5 Article from Fri newspaper
- ↑ http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2010/01/goodmorning_technology.html Article from Shft
- ↑ http://www.danishdesignassociation.com/nyheder/2011/case-goodmorning-technology---globalt-mindset,-vidensdeling-og-internationale-kunder.aspx Article from DDA website
- ↑ http://ffffound.com/image/195f8ec2c43a3bbd86ef6b0af4d1fcb4349f0bac From Ffffound website
- ↑ http://www.danishdesignassociation.com/nyheder/2010/mads-kjoeller-damkjaer-blandt-100-ledelsestalenter.aspx Article from The Danish Design Association website
- ↑ http://www.danishdesignassociation.com/nyheder/2011/to-dda-medlemmer-faar-designraadets-priser.aspx Article from DDA website
- ↑ http://www.louispoulsen.com/en-US
- ↑ http://www.cooperhewitt.org/press/imagegallery/triennial/why-design-now/installation Cooper Hewitt
- ↑ http://en.expo2010.cn/