Mads Odgård

Background

Mads Odgård is a Danish designer and a leading figure in a new generation of international designers. The Mads Odgård Design Studio focuses on product design, with the mission to improve what already exists and, most importantly, to give the user spontaneous delight. The studio's work covers transportation, lighting, furniture, cookware, travel gear, design art, and research and dissemination.

Signature Style

Odgård is a minimalist and a "less is more" man who would rather deduct than add. He holds that design should be human and logical in form, and that excellent design must be logical and functional if it is to endure. His mantra is "how simple do you dare to design?", and the studio's own credo is "Make design simple and the planet livable".

Notable Works

For Louis Poulsen he designed the Above pendant, introduced in 2017, and the street luminaires Icon (launched in 2003 and later expanded into a series) and MO500 (launched in 2008), as well as AL600, developed specifically for tunnel lighting, which joined the range in 2010. Further studio products include MO300, MO310, MO320, MO330 and the Taku Armchair, Taku Bistro, Taku Round, Taku Table and Taku Cocktail.

Legacy

The collaboration with Louis Poulsen began in the late 1980s, and Icon established his name as one of the company's most significant designers. Louis Poulsen strives for long-term collaboration with designers, and Odgård's knowledge of the company from within is part of that.