Christian Ræder graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' School of Architecture. He has worked with architecture constructions since he grauduated in 1976. As a young student Christian Ræder had a particular interest in LE KLINT's products and in 1970 he designed "The Joker" which won the 1st prize at
the Scandinavian Lighting Fair. Christian Ræder made an agreement with LE KLINT, to put the lamp in production and it was included in the range in the early seventies.