Experience

momkind®

• Denmark
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of creative and design

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Head of Visual

  • Aug 2021 - Sep 2022

  Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark



Studio Lou

• Founder

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Copenhagen Area, Denmark At Studio Lou we focus on branding, packaging, graphic design and illustration. We have a strategic mindset, creative to the bone and business ingenuity that paves the ground on which we design or re-design brands. We make extraordinary solutions for extraordinary brands. On our client list you'll find strong design cases, that thrives in business too. Noteworthy is danish company True Gum – recently sold to swedish Humble Group Co. for DKK 170 mio.



Self-employed

• Maternaty Leave

  • Apr 2019 - Feb 2020

  Being on maternaty leave with my son helped kick my need for control to the curb and taught me a life lesson worth hanging on to; being flexible and ready to adapt. It also taught me to act when time appeared and planing is everything.



IKEA

• Netherlands
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graphic Designer & Art Director

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2018

  Malmo, Sweden I was part of a core team of 3 people designing and art dreicting the global IKEA catalogue – also known as "the bible". Work areas: - creating a design system flexible enough to house country-specific copy and imagery - oversee and guide graphic designers using our design system - global management presentations - project management - leadership



Item Design Studio

• Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2014 - Mar 2017

  Stockholm, Malmö + Copenhagen Working from Malmö, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Clients: - IKEA - Lexington Clothing Co. - Swedish Match



Make® - Creative consultancy

• Denmark
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2014

  Focus areas: - Graphic design - Branding - Strategy - Concept creation Clients: - Kay Bojesen - Holmegaard - Rosendal Design Group - Copenhagen Photo Festival - IVA – det informationsvidenskabelige akademi - Ørsted (DONG Energy) - Realdania ... and many more

• Intern

  • Aug 2010 - Mar 2011

  As a part of her bachelor degree, Louise did an internship at the internationally recognized branding agency Make®.



Louise Overgaard

• Graphic Design

• Graphic Designer & Illustrator

  • 2008 - Aug 2011



Skolen for Visuel Kommunikation

• Student

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2011

  Bachelor in Visual Communication



Surplus Wonder

• Intern

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

  Internship throughout the summer holiday.



Mollerup Designlab

• Intern

  • 2007 - 2007

  Louise worked as an intern for Per Mollerup at his studio "Mollerup Designlab". Per is best known for his outstanding work for Oslo airport and the Danish real estate company Home. Also Per wrote numerous books about communication and design.