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
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.
Mads Christian Sandholm
Graphic Designer
Mads enjoys working on conceptually strong identity design, editorial design, and branding. Mads has been part of the Urgent Agency team since 2015 and pursues his interest in a broad range of projects merging graphic design with culture design. He has an MA in Communication 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 BA 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 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.
Hedvig Franzén-Brunius
Communications Officer
Hedvig is driven by communication, branding, and design, and how it is all connected. She applies a multi-disciplinary approach to her work and is enthusiastic about finding the human-centered element in brands. She believes in creative innovation by understanding human behavior and values. Hedvig is currently finishing her Master’s Degree in Branding and Communication Management at Copenhagen Business school and has previously worked at Acne Advertising in Stockholm.
Rasmus Hetoft Hansen
Graphic Designer
Thit Refn
Junior Graphic Designer
Thit is seriously into icons and the way they can be used as a universal language without words. She stresses the fact that icons are inclusive and help a lot of people navigate in both physical and digital spaces. Thit has a BA in Architecture, Design, and Conservation and another BA in Visual Communication. In addition, she holds a MA in Writing Design. All of her diplomas are signed at The Royal Danish Academy.
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!
Rose Marie Zeynoun
Junior 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 BA in Digital Design and Communication from the IT University of Copenhagen and has previously worked at Danish Design Center and the digital agency Berú.
Mads Christian Sandholm
Graphic Designer
Mads enjoys working on conceptually strong identity design, editorial design, and branding. Mads has been part of the Urgent Agency team since 2015 and pursues his interest in a broad range of projects merging graphic design with culture design. He has an MA in Communication Design.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Tao Kitamoto
Developer & Graphic Designer
Tao is a graphic designer by training and 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.
Rose Marie Zeynoun
Junior 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.
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.
Hedvig Franzén-Brunius
Communications Officer
Hedvig is driven by communication, branding, and design, and how it is all connected. She applies a multi-disciplinary approach to her work and is enthusiastic about finding the human-centered element in brands. She believes in creative innovation by understanding human behavior and values. Hedvig is currently finishing her Master’s Degree in Branding and Communication Management at Copenhagen Business school and has previously worked at Acne Advertising in Stockholm.
Rasmus Hetoft Hansen
Graphic Designer
Thit Refn
Junior Graphic Designer
Thit is seriously into icons and the way they can be used as a universal language without words. She stresses the fact that icons are inclusive and help a lot of people navigate in both physical and digital spaces. Thit has a BA in Architecture, Design, and Conservation and another BA in Visual Communication. In addition, she holds a MA in Writing Design. All of her diplomas are signed at The Royal Danish Academy.
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.