Mia Gammelgaard

Born in Stockholm in 1964, but currently living in Copenhagen from where she has run her own design studio for many years.

Studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ School of Architecture in Copenhagen.

Mia first arrived as a newly qualified architect to spend a year with us at Blå Station in Åhus, Sweden, as an assistant draughtsman to Börge Lindau. It was Mia’s first experience of the design world, and she was eager to learn and to take everything in.

Since then, Mia has pursued her own career and won several international awards and prizes for her product designs. Mia’s strength lies in always keeping her eyes and ears open, cultivating a constantly inquisitive ap- proach that means always asking questions – and giving answers. Nothing is too small or unimportant. Nothing is left to chance. If you don’t ask, you don’t get any answers...

Professionally and personally, Mia is a mixture of a perfectionist and functionalist, yet she always manages to maintain a humble attitude to problem-solving, reassured by her faith in the belief that everything will work out in the end. But one thing Mia doesn’t like is losing. She’s a warm person with an open heart, as easy to read as a book even though there is still a lot that’s hidden there between the lines. Mia is close to wonderment, close to scepticism, close to laughter. Close to her feelings.

To Mia, design is a game. A game that is built around shapes, a respect for production and close cooperation between people. Works is almost always a team effort among large or small groups of people with their own different skills. Creating a dialogue is important. It means that Mia can take control of a project with a sure hand and see it through from the very first sketch all the way to the finished product. Her interest in industrial produc- tion, new materials and new production techniques, combined with her sense of creativity results in beautiful, functional products where the needs of the user are always the prime consideration.

2005- Mia Gammelgaard Design

1996-2006 Partner i Pelikan Copenhagen

1996- Freelance designer, IKEA of Sweden

1993-1996 “Studio Copenhagen” Design of?ce for IKEA

1991-1992 Trainee position at “Blå Station”, Åhus

1988-1989 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

1986-1991 Konstfackskolan, University College of Arts Crafts and Design,Department of Interior and Furniture Design, Stockholm

1964 Born in Stockholm, Sweden