Niels Kjeldsen

Niels Kjeldsen, born in 1971, is educated as an Industrial Designer from Denmark's school of design. Originally, he was educated as a locksmith giving him the ability to see constructive as well as aesthetical values in his products. Niels Kjeldsen has for several years worked for one af the most prestigious design agencies in Denmark where he among others received the Danish Design Prize for visionary design. In 2002 he started his own company, Niels Kjeldsen Design. Since then he has received the Formland Prize as well as the Red Dot Award for his simple and elegant design. As a designer, he has worked in different fields and with companies such as Bang&Olufsen, Vipp, Børma, Kompan, OBH, Mayland and Carlsberg.