Helle Damkjaer (designer)

Elegance par excellence expressed in exclusive products which are created in a sensual and organic idiom. The Danish designer Helle Damkjaer is a perfect example of how esteemed designers today work with many different categories of design. Her natural sense for trendsetting aesthetics has already resulted in successful collaborations with luxury brands in New York, Tokyo, Paris and Copenhagen.

Helle Damkjaer’s latest designs include home accessories, furnitures, carpets, jewellery and her own unique ceramics. Helle Damkjaer has for a number of years created designs for Georg Jensen. The minimalist functionality and beauty of form that characterises her work places her firmly within the classic tradition of Danish design with a twist.

In line with her minimalist predecessors, Helle has a unique feel for functional beauty and simple details while her designs convey an inner harmony. Her 'Bloom Bowl' for Georg Jensen can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Many of her designs have through time earned praise and prizes, including the Red Dot Design Award, Wallpaper Magazine Design Award, Design Plus Award and Danish Beauty Award.

Furthermore Helle Damkjaer has on many occasions been shortlisted in The International Yearbook of Design. Helle Damkjaer is based in the South of France from where she works internationally.