01   the team

the team
behind qila.

based at Skylab, DTU Lyngby. engineers, designers, scientists. different paths in, same brief.

a small group from across the DTU ecosystem, building helmets in the open. mechanical engineering, materials science, product design, manufacturing, business.

copenhagen est. 2025 building in public
02   the crew
ceo

johannes neerup pedersen

product design & development

mathilde allentoft

testing & material discovery

tobias pankoke

manufacturing

mads kofod egestad

material science

harry psarakis

business administration

gabriele soprano

how we work.

01 · slow first

get it right, then ship.

We're a small team with one product. We'd rather take an extra season and arrive with something honest than rush a launch and apologize later. Our investors know.

02 · built in copenhagen

close to the work, close to the riders.

Design, prototyping and most testing happen within cycling distance of the studio. Manufacturing partners get visited, not just emailed. Proximity is a quality control.

03 · design as safety

aesthetics are a safety feature.

If a helmet is ugly, people leave it at home. Beauty is not a luxury here. It's the difference between something worn and something not. We design accordingly.

03   join us

work with us.

We're a small team out of Skylab, DTU Lyngby. If you'd like to help us build qila: Engineering, design, materials, ops, or something we haven't thought of just write directly. We read everything.

qilacph@gmail.com →