Jonas Søndergaard Nielsen

Industrial Designer with Cabinet-Maker Background

Jonas Søndergaard Nielsen started out his journey into the world of design as a cabinet-maker for JC-snedkeri in Roedovre, Denmark. As a young apprentice, he showed great skills as he won 1st price in the Nordic and the Danish national Championship of cabinet-making.

This gave him the spot as the Danish representative at the Worldskills 2005 held that year in Finland.

from 2007-2010 he traveled to south of Spain where he attended the Marbella Design Academy to study furniture and interior design.

After Spain Jonas returned to Copenhagen to get his MA in Industrial Design at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 2016 he started as in-house-designer at UMAGE in Copenhagen, Denmark.

At UMAGE Jonas has designed many furniture, including the Audacious collection, Hang Out Sofa table, My spot side table, Ambitions desk, One More look mirror & the Lean On Me Cloth Hanger.

in 2024 Jonas took on the role as design Manager at Scancom International.