For CEO Annette Estø, design is an important strategic decision. She is a co-founder of FLEYE Copenhagen, where design is embedded in the leadership. Here, it is the tool that ensures quality, coherence, and long-term development – and this is precisely why the company has chosen to employ its own designers.

"Designers bring tools and a methodology that are essential if you want to develop. They are good at maintaining focus, making choices, and creating a clear line – a DNA," says Annette Estø.

Read the interview with CEO Annette Estø and Designer Nanna Fjord

Denmark is internationally recognised for its strong design tradition and high level of expertise in industrial design. Yet Denmark is among the least circular economies in Europe. This paradox is the starting point for the new publication Danish Circular Industrial Design, published as part of the Crafting Circularity project with Kolding School of Design as a partner. The publication is available in Danish.

More and more PhD projects at Kolding School of Design and Aarhus School of Architecture are being developed through artefacts, installations and prototypes – opening up new, complementary ways of generating and sharing knowledge.

The Government and a broad majority in the Danish Parliament have entered into a new national agreement aimed at ensuring that significantly more research is translated into innovation, entrepreneurship and solutions that create value for society and the business community. The ambition is to build stronger innovation ecosystems where knowledge, talent and collaboration can lead to new ideas, companies and sustainable growth.

Conversations about materials, responsibility and the future quickly filled the room when the biennale seminar “The designer’s new role – towards a sustainable future” opened its doors at Kolding School of Design. The seminar was not only a professional discussion about design today, but also a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Biennial for Craft & Design this year. Among the speakers was Karen Grøn, Museum Director at Trapholt. She spoke, among other things, about creative practices as a counterforce that connects people, materials and meaning in a time marked by automation and efficiency.

This day is packed with activities and provides an opportunity to explore both our Bachelor's and Master's programmes