“What Danish design needs isn’t nostalgia –
it needs its own cultural revolution”

EU Presidency 2025 - Design Open Call Winner

We are immensely proud of our Design denmark member Artlinco A/S for winning this and for their outstanding concept and design of two pens: a fountain pen and a ballpoint pen, made from spent cartridge cases from Ukraine, that comes with a message that words and dialogue outweigh weapons. They rest on a base of Danish hot-pressed eelgrass.

Event Guide

Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling 2025: Opening + afterparty

Opening + afterparty for the SE 2025 Exhibition:Transformation The sensuous exhibition at Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen explores how furniture and design can act as instruments of change. It is the

October 24
17.00-24.00

Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling 2025/ SE 2025 Exhibtion: Transformation

The sensuous exhibition at Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen explores how furniture and design can act as instruments of change. It is the first major event held in the newly transformed

October 24
17.00-24.00

Exhibition: ‘Ideas about the future – in architecture and design’

Join the opening of Imagining the Future – in Architecture and Design, featuring 29 projects that explore how design and architecture can shape a sustainable, inclusive future. The exhibition presents

October 30
15.30 – 18.00

‘Design & Law’ Webinar: GDPR

This session is in Danish – Please let us know if you would be interested in an English version of this webinar. We may consider offering one based on the level

October 30
09.00 – 10.00

Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

19th International Architecture Exhibition Curated by architect and engineer Carlo Ratti, the Biennale Architettura 2025 explores how architecture can harness intelligence to address global challenges. Ratti, a professor at MIT

May 10th – November 23rd

Conference: Design is competitiveness

Event is in Danish Nine out of ten Danish companies say that design strengthens competitiveness. However, far too few are exploiting its full potential, according to a new study, Design

December 3
12.00 – 17.00

Reflections

Update from the Copyright Frontier

AI – is it the future of design?

With Artificial Intelligence (AI), technological development has taken a quantum leap. Where does that leave design as a profession, and where does the individual designer fit into this technological evolution?

Designing for the New World

If design is part of the problem, how can design be part of the answer? In her new book Design for the New World. From Human Design to Planet Design, professor Ida Engholm explores the inherent values in our design methodologies and ideas for reclaiming design as a force for good – not only for humanity but the entire planet. Design denmark sat down with her to discuss the future of design.

What we offer

We believe in impact tomorrow inspiration together craft thinking

What the world needs now more than our Danish modesty is our craft, our humanity, and our optimism. 

In a world of uncertainty design must inspire possibility by continuously advancing beyond our craft to create positive impact and add new value, as a mindset of how we as humans engage the world. It points to a better tomorrow shaped by our actions today. 

A future not only imagined, but what we make of it.

Design is possibility in the making.

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