Vipp
A family company that began with a pedal bin made in Randers in 1939 and now makes kitchens, lighting and furniture.
- Founded
- 1939
- Founded by
- Holger Nielsen
- Based in
- Randers
Pictures © Vipp, from vipp.com.
Why it is renowned
In 2009 the Vipp pedal bin entered the permanent Architecture and Design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.1 The Conran Shop took the bin for its London and Paris stores after 1992, and in 2014 Vipp opened its first guesthouse, at Lake Immeln in Sweden.2
Recognition
- Museum of Modern Art, New York12009the Vipp pedal bin in its Architecture and Design collection
The story
Holger Nielsen sold a car he had won in a lottery, bought a metal lathe and set up a metal workshop in Randers.2 In 1939 his wife Marie asked him for a waste bin for her hairdressing salon, and he made the first Vipp bin; by the 1950s it was common in clinics and businesses across Denmark.2 His daughter Jette Egelund took over in 1992 and brought the bin into homes; her children Kasper and Sofie now run the company, which made its first modular kitchen and opened its first shop in Copenhagen in 2011.2
Works
Pedal bin The steel pedal bin Holger Nielsen made in Randers in 1939 for his wife's hair salon, still made by Vipp and held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Vipp kitchen Vipp's free-standing modular kitchen of 2011, built in steel and aluminium from the same materials as its pedal bin and later joined by the V2, V3 and V4 models.
Vipp Shelter A prefabricated 55 m2 cabin of steel and glass, designed by Vipp with the architects Arcgency and fitted throughout with Vipp products.
What to know it by
- Pedal bin11939Holger NielsenWaste bin, in MoMA's collection
- Vipp kitchen22011Modular kitchen
- Vipp Shelter32015Vipp with ArcgencyPrefabricated steel cabin
Sources
- Holger Nielsen. Pedal Bin (model 15). 1939, MoMA. moma.org, read 16 October 2026.
- From Marie to MoMA and Beyond, Vipp. vipp.com, read 16 October 2026.
- Vipp prefabricated cabins designed as "battery-charging stations for humans", Dezeen. dezeen.com, read 16 October 2026.
Checked 16 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.