Jannik Olander

Jannik Olander is a Danish fashion designer and the founder of the Nialaya jewellery line and Gorilla T-shirt company.

Gorilla
Olander was the founder of the T-shirt company, Gorilla, which he started in 2004, and has been considered successful in Northern Europe. The company has a reputation for producing controversial designs, and have been the subject of criticism in some countries. For instance, a shirt displaying an image of Pope John Paul II with the words "only the good die young" was "hated" by Italians and did not sell. However, other shirts have been successful, some of which Olander attributes to their connection to current events.

Nialaya
Olander began making jewelery out of his garage in Hollywood Hills after returning from a trip to India. After initial success, he opened his first Nialaya store in Olander moved his business from home to a Melrose Avenue location. . The company features pieces based upon precious and semi-precious stones such as diamonds, hematite, and amethyst. The company has also reported that some of these jewellery pieces have spiritual and healing properties.

In his design work with Nialaya, Olander was sued by Mads Kornerup and Mikkel Kornerup for copying designs from their company, Shamballa Shambala claimed that Olander used their designs for a bracelet which had been on the market for six years. In response, Olander claimed that Shamballa's did not have ownership over the general method of assembling a bracelet, or other pieces of jewelry, but also reported that he was be willing to remove the problematic bracelets from his stores.