Design makes a tangible impact on the results at Orkla Denmark Food Solutions, where new products are developed closely with customers using Design Thinking. The method generates both strong engagement and impressive sales results, and it’s a key reason the company has posted record figures in recent years. The designers behind this work are graduates of Kolding School of Design.

Meet Johanne Engelhardt Said, Head of Innovation, and Michelle Pedersen, Brand Experience Designer

Even small initiatives and conscious design choices can make a decisive difference to patients’ experience of quality and professionalism – and may help reduce the cognitive load on both patients and their relatives, who are often already unwell or anxious. Researchers from Kolding School of Design are working in an interdisciplinary team with Norwegian colleagues to explore how light, materials and spatial qualities can become key parameters that also influence patients’ treatment experiences in hospital.

With the appointment, Kolding School of Design gains not only expertise at a new level but also a clear voice in the work of strengthening the role of design in the sustainable transition.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is known for its carefully crafted and visually striking publications. The museum has made itself available as a case study for communication design students at Kolding School of Design. For Louisiana’s Head of Publications, Lærke Rydal Jørgensen, the collaboration is about gaining insight into how the next generation of designers think, challenge and develop editorial formats.

Kolding School of Design is currently seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the three-year, VELUX-funded project The Earth Is Toxic.

The project explores how cultural heritage can foster agency and open up new spaces of possibility in the collaboration between citizens, public authorities, researchers and cultural institutions, using Grindstedværket as its case study.

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