About

Anders Drage

Designer // Product • Brand • Marketing

I like working where product, brand, and business meet.

My work is about turning early ideas into products, brands, and launches people can understand, buy, and trust — from messy direction to sharp execution and something real in market. Small teams and new categories are usually where I do my best work.

A few kind people said some very kind things about me.
Bribes may have been involved.

In a nutshell

  • End-to-end ownership. From discovery, direction, and product thinking to craft, launch, and iteration — with a bias for getting things live without losing quality.
  • Design × business. I care about both how things look and how they perform: conversion, clarity, retention, and brand trust.
  • Founder mindset. Co-founded three companies; used to ambiguity, small teams, and wearing more than one hat.

Recently

Boligmappa

2023–present · Head of design

Leading UX and design direction for products a large share of homeowners in Norway rely on. Building a stronger design practice while improving core journeys in the product.

MICROMILSPEC

2019–2024 · Creative director

Built brand, digital, and physical design from zero with my co-founder. We scaled sales to about 40 MNOK in three years—from bespoke pieces for Erling Haaland to 30+ military units. I touched design, production setup, hiring, logistics, and day-to-day operations.

Personal highlights

  • Co-founded MICROMILSPEC with Henrik Rye & Martin — Dove headfirst into hardware design, CAD, and manufacturing with no prior experience to build and ship custom timepieces from scratch.
  • Redesigned Uber.com with Ueno — Brought in as a design contractor to collaborate with Haraldur Thorleifsson and Ben Mingo on Uber’s global site redesign.
  • Rebranded Finn.no, Norway’s most iconic digital brand, alongside Monna Nordhagen, Miriam Skovholt Mortensen, Jonas Feiring, and Ludvig Bruneau Rossow.
  • Relaunched TV 2 & Nettavisen — Led redesigns for two of Norway’s highest-traffic news platforms back-to-back within 24 months.
  • Embedded in SF to redesign Lever — Spent a month on-site in San Francisco rethinking enterprise recruitment tech alongside Andreas Brændhaugen.
  • Featured in D2 (Dagens Næringsliv) — Highlighted with Henrik for MICROMILSPEC’s design journey and growth story.

Selected companies

Alongside founder-led work, I’ve worked with established companies and brands across product, brand, UX, and digital.

Selected collaboration brands: Finn.no, Uber, TV 2, Nettavisen, Nike, and others.

Employments

Chronological list of employments (font pairing test: Plantin + Maison Neue)
Boligmappa AS 2023 - present Head of design
Micromilspec AS 2019 - 2024 Creative director
Sidekick AS 2014 - 2023 Design director and co-founder
Brevio AS 2017 - 2019 Design director
Off Market AS 2017 - 2018 Head of product and co-founder
Int 2014 Senior designer
Jimmy Royal 2012 - 2014 Designer
Soulpolice 2012 Jr. designer