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

Read the article from the Danish Design Award 2025 jury roundtable: "Global challenges need imagination..."

Meet a Dd member!

Showcasing Design denmark member, Urgent.Agency and their wayfinding design and place branding at Postbyen for Danica Pension. 

The brand identity is expressed throughout the site, from pylons to environmental graphics, considering the very different architectural spaces of the parking garage and the urban space.

Upon exiting your car, you are guided to the nearest staircase or elevator which leads to the urban space. Only when you are in the urban space, you are guided to your destination

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Design Events

Formland Spring

Join Formland and be part of the whole industry gathering. Recharge your batteries with new inspiration and see our new products. Design denmark members get free entrance with discount code

January 25. – 27, 2026

DESIGN BAR

We are delighted to invite you to the first Design Bar of the year — THE social gathering for the entire Danish design industry, hosted by Design denmark. Programme 17:00 — Welcome 

February 30
16:30 – 19:30

Unbound: Kelly Anderson

This Unbound event is all about the magic of graphic paperworks. Join us as celebrated designer Kelli Anderson shares with us her personal process and unique perspective on design in a talk and hands-on Riso

February 14
13:00 – 18:30

BIENNIAL FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS & DESIGN 2025

In 2025, audiences can experience new masterpieces from 27 exhibitors at the Biennale for Craft & Design, opening October 9 at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Danish craft and design are world-renowned for quality,

October 9, 2025 – February 22, 2026

Design Breathwork I

Breathwork session l (6th) with Pernille Lotus from beyond breath. Design denmark, in collaboration with Designmuseum Denmark, invites you to a series of breathwork sessions with Pernille Lotus, owner of Beyond

February 6
08:30 – 09:30

Design Breathwork II

Breathwork session lI (20th) with Pernille Lotus from beyond breath. Design denmark, in collaboration with Designmuseum Denmark, invites you to a series of breathwork sessions with Pernille Lotus, owner of Beyond

February 20
08:30 – 09:30
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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.

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The Association of Design Professionals since 1946

Design denmark is the national, member-based interest organization representing Danish design professionals and the wider design industry.

We work to strengthen and promote Danish design — by elevating designers and driving the industry forward.

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