Ole Sondergaard

• Born in Copenhagen 30 January 1937

• Trained as a sign writer

• Graphic design studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, under professor Gunnar Biilmann Petersen and professor Claus Achton Friis (1961-1964)

• Graphic designer in architect Naur Klint’s architectural firm (1964-1971)

• Graphic design teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (1966-1978)

• Established own design practice in 1973

• Co-founder and partner of Eleven Design A/S (1985-1995)

Awards etc

• The Graphic Design Prize in 1980, 1987, 1989, 1995 and 1997

• The Danish Design Council’s Annual Award (the Danish Design Centre), 1984

• European Community Design Prize, 1992

• The Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal, 1996

• The Danish Design Prize, 2002


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