Craftsmanship with origin
Craftsmanship with provenance — that's what Rune-Jakobsen Design truly is!
Rune-Jakobsen Design is not an ordinary webshop. Nor is it a brand in the traditional sense. It's closer to a stance: a conviction that the things we surround ourselves with in the kitchen and home should be chosen with care — and have a story worth knowing.
The Beginning
The company was founded in 2016 by Kari and Torben Rune-Jakobsen in the northernmost part of Denmark. It started with knife holders — handmade, magnetic, custom-made from solid oak and walnut in our own workshop. A reaction to a market dominated by standard products without soul and without provenance.
The craftsmanship approach has remained steadfast ever since. We make our knife holders and cutting boards ourselves under the name Rune-Jakobsen Woodworks — each piece produced individually, from material selection to final hand sanding. No stock. No middlemen. Full responsibility for results and quality.
A curated assortment rooted in the local
In parallel with our own workshop, we have built up an assortment of products that share the same philosophy — objects with identifiable origins, made by people with professional pride and traditional local ties.
This means cookware from Pentole Agnelli in Bergamo, founded in 1907 and now used in restaurant kitchens worldwide. It means spice grinders from Alexander Handcrafted Mills in Thessaloniki — handmade from solid brass and copper since 1977, in the birthplace of Alexander the Great. It means ceramics from Les Céramiques de Lussan in southern France, where Heidi Caillard founded her workshop in 1968 and where her iconic guinea fowl is still produced by hand. It means crystal glass from Kagami Crystal in Tokyo — Japan's first crystal manufacturer, founded in 1934, supplier to the imperial family.
Common to all of them: a clear origin, identifiable craftsmen, and a creation process that is not optimized for the lowest price, but for the highest result.
What we don't sell
We don't sell products because they are popular. We don't sell anything we wouldn't want in our own kitchen. We don't compromise on material quality to hit a price point. And we don't stock products we don't believe in.
This limits the assortment. That's intentional.
Personal service — not customer service
Behind rune-jakobsen.com, there's no call center. There's Kari and Torben. When you write to us, you get a reply from us — with knowledge of the products we sell and a genuine interest in helping you make the right choice. We are happy to advise, without obligation, on everything from choosing a knife holder to cookware.
We offer full return rights on all products — including custom-made ones. This is our way of ensuring peace of mind for a purchase you cannot physically inspect.
Crafted, not produced
It's not a slogan. It's a description of what we try to do — and what the manufacturers we work with do. In a time when almost everything can be made cheaper and faster, it is a conscious choice to go the other way.
