Britt Bonnesen

Brand Manager

Has been with Normann Copenhagen

since the very beginning.

What is a typical day at Normann Copenhagen like

for you?

In my team, we are responsible for everything visual

for the Normann Copenhagen brand. Trade fairs, art

direction, visual merchandising and various creative

projects.We decide on colors for the products and in

addition, we are responsible for the development of

textiles and do a little bit of accessory design. A day

could go by with planning for the next Milan design

week – searching for inspiration and deciding on which

new products to launch. Maybe I would have a meeting

with the CPH:DOX documentary film festival or the

CHART art fair, two partners that we work with right

now creatively. I might also need to comment on some

graphic work that my team has prepared or approve

the art direction for the coming week’s photo days.

There is not really a typical day, which is partly why

I love what I do so much.

Can you tell us a fact about Normann

Copenhagen that might surprise people?

Looking through the narrow store windows of our

Copenhagen flagship store, you probably would not

believe that we are a company with more than 100

employees of 20 different nationalities.This dynamic

really allows great ideas to prosper.

What is your fondest or funniest memory with

Normann Copenhagen?

During my 20 years at Normann Copenhagen, I have

experienced both ups and downs, but through it all

it has been a great pleasure and privilege to work

with Jan, Poul and of course the amazing Normann

Copenhagen team. It is fair to say that I have worked

and still work with some extremely talented and cool

people, and we have shared countless moments worth

mentioning – but perhaps the funniest and craziest

memory is from 2007, when we transformed our

flagship store into a night club to host the MTV Music

Awards Pre-party. With international celebrities such as

Pharrell Williams and Timbaland amongst the attendees,

it was pretty hard not to get starstruck. Everybody

partied all night so it is definitely quite the memory.

Three words that describe Normann Copenhagen?

Creative, modern and colorful.