We are a nordic cross-disciplinary team of designers, architects and culture professionals. Get in touch!
Office
Contact
Urgent.Agency A/S
Struenseegade 15A, 3rd floor
DK-2200, Copenhagen N
Get directions
hello@urgent.agency
Business Requests
Mads Quistgaard, CEO & Design Director
mq@urgent.agency
+45 26 70 06 07
Internships
We do not have any open positions at the moment, but we are always interested to hear from talented designers and architects.
Please send portfolio to
hello@urgent.agency
Team
Mads Quistgaard
CEO & Design Director
Mads is a specialist in connecting design practice and strategy and has been driving a broad range of design and branding projects for clients including d’Angleterre, Novo Nordisk, The Danish Parliament, Tate Modern, Bang & Olufsen, Arla and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He has 15 years of professional experience, including 3 as Creative Director at Kontrapunkt.
Emilie Holm Sandholdt
COO & Project Manager
Emilie translates creative visions into well executed strategies through proces leadership, pro-active stakeholder management and a user-centric approach. She draws from competencies within business development, cultural analysis and design methodology. Emilie has an International Diploma in Project Management from UC Berkeley, a MA in Design Management and a B.Sc in Urban Planning and Communication. She has previously worked with agencies like Kontrapunkt and Tackle Studio.
Johanne Mortensen
Head of Strategy
Johanne’s strategic work covers branding processes, concept development and communication – all tied together by a no-nonsense attitude and a creative way with words. She has an MA in Modern Culture and Communication and a background in project and campaign management. Johanne is also our resident film geek and an unapologetic lover of country music.
Benjamin Wernery
Head of Design
Benjamin is a multidisciplinary graphic designer with extensive experience in bridging the disciplines of research, design and finish. He holds a BA and MA in Communication Design, and has a background as photographer and cinematographer. Benjamin specializes in visual storytelling and cultivates this talent with his passion project Plethora Magazine.
Michaela Pihl Olsen
Head of Wayfinding and Place Activation
Michaela has a multidisciplinary approach to her work merging architecture, graphic design and wayfinding to create meaningful solutions for spaces and brands. She has an MA in architecture with a strong focus on type and wayfinding and has previously worked at Kontrapunkt and Duncan McCauley in Berlin. Michaela speaks many languages which is a killer combination with her uncanny nose for fine wine and her own private wine collection.
Ricky Storm Braskov
Senior Analyst & Project Manager
Ricky is a culture analyst and concept developer with a special love for cities, urban spaces and the people who inhabit them. At Urgent, he works with user involvement, analysis and strategy with an innovative and cross-disciplinary approach. Ricky has an MA in Communication and a background as a curator and cultural entrepreneur. At Urgent, we are in awe of his pet project Øen, where he manages to pull of the coolest of events.
Cecilie Kirkeskov Knudsen
Senior Graphic- & Type Designer
Cecilie holds a BA in Graphic Design and an MA in Design with a focus on Type and Wayfinding. Cecilie has a passion for printed and digital projects within the cultural field, and applies an investigative and analytical approach to her interest areas of typography, type design, identity design, branding and editorial design.
Martin Skram
Senior Strategist
Martin develops strong brand strategies and concepts by means of insight, meaning, and resourcefulness. Martin has previous experience as Creative Director and Copywriter at a creative communication agency called Agenda Group, working within B2B and B2C sectors.
Mette Lund Kjærgaard
Digital Project Manager
Mette drives home the visual and strategic creations developed within Urgent.Agency with her experienced project leadership. Her philosophy originates within the field of design thinking. Mette has a MSc in Digital Design and Communication from the IT University of Copenhagen and has previously worked at Danish Design Center and the digital agency Berú.
Tao Kitamoto
Developer & Graphic Designer
Tao is a graphic designer by training and a digital designer by learning. He finds motivation and meaning in mixing the tangible world and digital space. Despite his title, he enjoys working with analog media and has experience working with photography, illustrations, and printed matter. His play on visual connotations is especially seen in his artistic side project, the online curation Decapitate Animals, which he started in 2009. Tao holds an MA in Graphic Communication Design and a BA in Visual Communication.
Su Yu
Business Developer
Su Yu is a business developer with a strong design background. She holds a BA and MA in industrial design and has become a specialist in understanding and communicating design in different cultural contexts. With many years of experience in design agencies and associations, she always keeps her eye on the creative ball while helping clients achieve the best value possible.
Allan Kristiansen
Digital Designer
Allan is driven by the opportunity to design digital products that make an impact. He believes in design as a tool to make a business become more sustainable, increase awareness of human rights, combat digital pollution, and help reduce CO2 emissions. Allan is especially skilled within the fields of UI design, interaction design, and motion design and has previously worked at E-types.
Rose Marie Zeynoun
Wayfinding & Graphic Designer
Rose Marie is passionate about creating meaningful and tangible experiences that connect people to places. She is motivated by addressing human needs and wellbeing and draws from human cognitive functions such as perception, memory, imagination, language, reasoning, emotion, and decision-making. Rose Marie has previous experience within environmental branding, digital design, and UI design and holds a MA in Graphic Communication Design from The Royal Danish Academy.
Rasmus Hetoft Hansen
Graphic Designer
Rasmus is a graphic designer who is enthusiastic about photography. He applies a holistic approach in his work and takes pride in finding the best solutions possible in each project, often focused on the technical aspects. Rasmus is educated as a Media Graphic Designer from Henning Larsen Architects. In addition, he holds a BA in Graphic Design from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. Before joining the Urgent.Agency-team he worked as a Graphic Designer at Unisport and at the city development company By & Havn.
Cajus Møller
Accountant
Cajus takes care of Urgent.Agency’s accounting. He has been Christian’s go-to man since before they invented the financial crisis. Cajus graces Urgent.Agency with his company twice a week. When Cajus is not whipping our business into shape, he whips everything else into shape: his garden, his building projects and himself. Good thing he is a former Danish champion of Half Marathon!
Jacob Halvorsen
Junior Graphic Designer
Jacob makes strong graphic solutions for our clients and with his design, he wants to inspire, solve problems or simply make people stop and look. He has a BA from the Danish School of Media and Journalism and has previously worked with agencies such as Studio Tobias Røder and Kontrapunkt.
Tobias Jacobsen
Graphic Designer
Tobias’ practice as a graphic designer is to deliver strong design and communication, revolved around good craftsmanship. He holds a BA in graphic design from The Danish School of Media and Journalism, and is primarily focused on visual identities and typedesign. Before joining the Urgent-team, Tobias worked as a freelance graphic designer, collaborating with musicians, book publishers and other design agencies.
Oliver Rye Markussen
Junior Graphic Designer
Oliver aims to create graphic design that inspires conversation and stresses the form. He is especially focused on typographic projects of all scales and with a strong focus on visual identities. His process is iterative and exploratory - and comes from a great curiosity.
Sara Andersson
Senior Designer & Art Director
Sara has a strong conceptual and strategic approach to design and branding. She has many years of experience in visual communication and has a broad knowledge of branding and identity development within fashion, culture and lifestyle. For Sara it is paramount to have an eye on both details and graphic finesse to come up with solutions that are memorable and spot on the target group. She holds a MA in Graphic Communication Design from The Royal Danish Academy.
Morten Nielsen
Project Manager & Communications Strategist
Morten has a strong background within strategic communication, branding, project management and business development from international architectural companies. He holds a MSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication from Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in Marketing and Management Communication from Aarhus University.
Christian Pagh
Special Advisor
Christian is a specialist in the interaction between culture, architecture and urban planning with substantial experience in turning site-specific qualities into creative and value-adding design solutions. Christian has been in charge of a variety of planning projects with cities, companies and organizations. Clients include Carlsberg, Microsoft, Volkswagen, Solstra Capital, BIG and the City of Cph.
Frants Nielsen
Chairman of the Board
Frants is the Managing Director and Partner at Dorte Mandrup, with many years of experience within management and growth in the architectural industry.
Nille Skalts
Board Member
Nille is Head of the Nordic branch of B Corp, and a declared corporate activist and movement maker.
Janos Flösser
Board Member
Janos is Senior Partner at Promentum Equity Partners, with an impressive track record in the tech and gaming industry.
We are a nordic cross-disciplinary team of designers, architects and culture professionals. Get in touch!
Office
Contact
Urgent.Agency A/S
Struenseegade 15A, 3rd floor
DK-2200, Copenhagen N
Get directions
hello@urgent.agency
Business Requests
Mads Quistgaard, CEO & Design Director
mq@urgent.agency
+45 26 70 06 07
Internships
We do not have any open positions at the moment, but we are always interested to hear from talented designers and architects.
Please send portfolio to
hello@urgent.agency
Team
Mads Quistgaard
CEO & Design Director
Mads is a specialist in connecting design practice and strategy and has been driving a broad range of design and branding projects for clients including d’Angleterre, Novo Nordisk, The Danish Parliament, Tate Modern, Bang & Olufsen, Arla and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He has 15 years of professional experience, including 3 as Creative Director at Kontrapunkt.
Emilie Holm Sandholdt
COO & Project Manager
Emilie translates creative visions into well executed strategies through proces leadership, pro-active stakeholder management and a user-centric approach. She draws from competencies within business development, cultural analysis and design methodology. Emilie has an International Diploma in Project Management from UC Berkeley, a MA in Design Management and a B.Sc in Urban Planning and Communication. She has previously worked with agencies like Kontrapunkt and Tackle Studio.
Johanne Mortensen
Head of Strategy
Johanne’s strategic work covers branding processes, concept development and communication – all tied together by a no-nonsense attitude and a creative way with words. She has an MA in Modern Culture and Communication and a background in project and campaign management. Johanne is also our resident film geek and an unapologetic lover of country music.
Michaela Pihl Olsen
Head of Wayfinding and Place Activation
Michaela has a multidisciplinary approach to her work merging architecture, graphic design and wayfinding to create meaningful solutions for spaces and brands. She has an MA in architecture with a strong focus on type and wayfinding and has previously worked at Kontrapunkt and Duncan McCauley in Berlin. Michaela speaks many languages which is a killer combination with her uncanny nose for fine wine and her own private wine collection.
Benjamin Wernery
Head of Design
Benjamin is a multidisciplinary graphic designer with extensive experience in bridging the disciplines of research, design and finish. He holds a BA and MA in Communication Design, and has a background as photographer and cinematographer. Benjamin specializes in visual storytelling and cultivates this talent with his passion project Plethora Magazine.
Cecilie Kirkeskov Knudsen
Senior Graphic- & Type Designer
Cecilie holds a BA in Graphic Design and an MA in Design with a focus on Type and Wayfinding. Cecilie has a passion for printed and digital projects within the cultural field, and applies an investigative and analytical approach to her interest areas of typography, type design, identity design, branding and editorial design.
Ricky Storm Braskov
Senior Analyst & Project Manager
Ricky is a culture analyst and concept developer with a special love for cities, urban spaces and the people who inhabit them. At Urgent, he works with user involvement, analysis and strategy with an innovative and cross-disciplinary approach. Ricky has an MA in Communication and a background as a curator and cultural entrepreneur. At Urgent, we are in awe of his pet project Øen, where he manages to pull of the coolest of events.
Martin Skram
Senior Strategist
Martin develops strong brand strategies and concepts by means of insight, meaning, and resourcefulness. Martin has previous experience as Creative Director and Copywriter at a creative communication agency called Agenda Group, working within B2B and B2C sectors.
Mette Lund Kjærgaard
Digital Project Manager
Mette drives home the visual and strategic creations developed within Urgent.Agency with her experienced project leadership. Her philosophy originates within the field of design thinking. Mette has a MSc in Digital Design and Communication from the IT University of Copenhagen and has previously worked at Danish Design Center and the digital agency Berú.
Tao Kitamoto
Developer & Graphic Designer
Tao is a graphic designer by training and a digital designer by learning. He finds motivation and meaning in mixing the tangible world and digital space. Despite his title, he enjoys working with analog media and has experience working with photography, illustrations, and printed matter. His play on visual connotations is especially seen in his artistic side project, the online curation Decapitate Animals, which he started in 2009. Tao holds an MA in Graphic Communication Design and a BA in Visual Communication.
Su Yu
Business Developer
Su Yu is a business developer with a strong design background. She holds a BA and MA in industrial design and has become a specialist in understanding and communicating design in different cultural contexts. With many years of experience in design agencies and associations, she always keeps her eye on the creative ball while helping clients achieve the best value possible.
Allan Kristiansen
Digital Designer
Allan is driven by the opportunity to design digital products that make an impact. He believes in design as a tool to make a business become more sustainable, increase awareness of human rights, combat digital pollution, and help reduce CO2 emissions. Allan is especially skilled within the fields of UI design, interaction design, and motion design and has previously worked at E-types.
Rose Marie Zeynoun
Wayfinding & Graphic Designer
Rose Marie is passionate about creating meaningful and tangible experiences that connect people to places. She is motivated by addressing human needs and wellbeing and draws from human cognitive functions such as perception, memory, imagination, language, reasoning, emotion, and decision-making. Rose Marie has previous experience within environmental branding, digital design, and UI design and holds a MA in Graphic Communication Design from The Royal Danish Academy.
Rasmus Hetoft Hansen
Graphic Designer
Rasmus is a graphic designer who is enthusiastic about photography. He applies a holistic approach in his work and takes pride in finding the best solutions possible in each project, often focused on the technical aspects. Rasmus is educated as a Media Graphic Designer from Henning Larsen Architects. In addition, he holds a BA in Graphic Design from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. Before joining the Urgent.Agency-team he worked as a Graphic Designer at Unisport and at the city development company By & Havn.
Cajus Møller
Accountant
Cajus takes care of Urgent.Agency’s accounting. He has been Christian’s go-to man since before they invented the financial crisis. Cajus graces Urgent.Agency with his company twice a week. When Cajus is not whipping our business into shape, he whips everything else into shape: his garden, his building projects and himself. Good thing he is a former Danish champion of Half Marathon!
Jacob Halvorsen
Junior Graphic Designer
Jacob makes strong graphic solutions for our clients and with his design, he wants to inspire, solve problems or simply make people stop and look. He has a BA from the Danish School of Media and Journalism and has previously worked with agencies such as Studio Tobias Røder and Kontrapunkt.
Tobias Jacobsen
Graphic Designer
Tobias’ practice as a graphic designer is to deliver strong design and communication, revolved around good craftsmanship. He holds a BA in graphic design from The Danish School of Media and Journalism, and is primarily focused on visual identities and typedesign. Before joining the Urgent-team, Tobias worked as a freelance graphic designer, collaborating with musicians, book publishers and other design agencies.
Oliver Rye Markussen
Junior Graphic Designer
Oliver aims to create graphic design that inspires conversation and stresses the form. He is especially focused on typographic projects of all scales and with a strong focus on visual identities. His process is iterative and exploratory - and comes from a great curiosity.
Sara Andersson
Senior Designer & Art Director
Sara has a strong conceptual and strategic approach to design and branding. She has many years of experience in visual communication and has a broad knowledge of branding and identity development within fashion, culture and lifestyle. For Sara it is paramount to have an eye on both details and graphic finesse to come up with solutions that are memorable and spot on the target group. She holds a MA in Graphic Communication Design from The Royal Danish Academy.
Morten Nielsen
Project Manager & Communications Strategist
Morten has a strong background within strategic communication, branding, project management and business development from international architectural companies. He holds a MSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication from Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in Marketing and Management Communication from Aarhus University.
Christian Pagh
Special Advisor
Christian is a specialist in the interaction between culture, architecture and urban planning with substantial experience in turning site-specific qualities into creative and value-adding design solutions. Christian has been in charge of a variety of planning projects with cities, companies and organizations. Clients include Carlsberg, Microsoft, Volkswagen, Solstra Capital, BIG and the City of Cph.
Frants Nielsen
Chairman of the Board
Frants is the Managing Director and Partner at Dorte Mandrup, with many years of experience within management and growth in the architectural industry.
Nille Skalts
Board Member
Nille is Head of the Nordic branch of B Corp, and a declared corporate activist and movement maker.
Janos Flösser
Board Member
Janos is Senior Partner at Promentum Equity Partners, with an impressive track record in the tech and gaming industry.