ARDE

René Hougaard, now working under the name ARDE (born 1977) holds a master degree in architecture and furniture design from Aarhus School of Architecture in 2003.

Since then Arde has build up a very unique holistic experience as self-employed and working for world leading industrial design company Designit A/S and various furniture companies.

From 2004 Arde build up the furniture brand “dnmark” which was sold to the private equity fund “Erhvervsinvest” in 2008.

From 2010 and for nearly five years, Arde worked as Collection Manager for the successful global furniture retailer BoConcept A/S who has more than 300 stores in +65 countries. Arde was responsible for over half of the furniture collection. 

In 2014 Arde decided to focus on his own design studio and is today working for a number of prominent companies.