Margrethe Odgaard

Margrethe Odgaard is a Danish textile and color designer whose work centers on the emotional and sensory power of color. Her prac­tice is rooted in the belief that thought­fully designed objects — those that engage both body and mind — can create mean­ing­ful, lasting connec­tions with users.

A grad­u­ate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, Odgaard also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Before found­ing her own studio, she worked with the French fashion house ÉPICE and later as a print­ing assis­tant at The Fabric Work­shop and Museum in Philadel­phia — expe­ri­ences that shaped her approach to mate­r­ial, surface, and color.

Today, Odgaard balances commer­cial collab­o­ra­tions with an inde­pen­dent artis­tic prac­tice focused on self-initi­ated research. Her work explores how color inter­acts with form, light, and space — often result­ing in subtle yet strik­ing patterns that feel deeply intu­itive. Rather than treat color as deco­ra­tion, she approaches it as a mate­r­ial in its own right, using it to enhance emotional reso­nance and sensory perception.

Odgaard’s nuanced palettes and mini­mal­ist compo­si­tions continue to influ­ence contem­po­rary textile and product design, redefin­ing how we expe­ri­ence color in everyday life.