Carpets and upholstery textiles from environments such as ships and hotels have significant recycling potential that is not fully utilised today. A Danish partnership – with the participation of Kolding School of Design – aims to change this.

Within the design track of the collaboration, the partners explore how products can be constructed more intelligently, for example by using fewer types of adhesives and more suitable material combinations that can enable later separation and recycling. Here, design researchers from Kolding School of Design contribute expertise in circular design. At the same time, the partners are experimenting with reusing and redesigning textile waste into one-off products. Finally, existing and emerging technologies are being tested to identify effective methods for separating wool and nylon, allowing the two fibres to be recycled individually and reintroduced into the material cycle.

Project partners include Gabriel, SheWorks, Dansk Wilton, Technical University of Denmark, Kolding School of Design and Danish Technological Institute.

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What do clowns have to do with design? Can you build a chain reaction? What does play look like to you? The Danish Science Festival opens the doors to research across the country. At Kolding School of Design, it becomes a day where design research comes to life through workshops, talks, tours and installations – and where curious visitors can get close to a field working at the intersection of people, materials and society.

Join The Danish Science Festival at Kolding School of Design on 21 April, 10:00–16:00.

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Two lecturers from Kolding School of Design have been nominated for the 2026 Teaching Award following strong recommendations from their students. The nominees are Solveig Gubser, put forward by students from the Accessory Design programme, and Brian Jørgensen, nominated by students from Communication Design.

In an international course developed at Kolding School of Design, design students from Denmark and Colombia collaborate with children to explore how play can shape the design of the future.

“When you design with children rather than just for them, you often end up with solutions that create more relevant and meaningful play experiences,” explains Karen Feder, Head of Programme for the school’s unique MA in Design for Play.

For decades, Danish Design Award has served as a springboard for both established designers and the next generation. Danish Design Award is now inviting design students, designers, companies, startups and cross-disciplinary collaborations to submit their design solutions.

Finalists are selected and evaluated by an independent jury made up of leading figures from both the Danish and international design communities – including LEGO, VELUX, Muuto, Kvadrat and Dezeen.

In November 2026, the finalists will gather for an award show where industry and the design community come together to celebrate design that makes a difference.

Submissions are open from 9 April at 12:00 to 11 May at 12:00.

Submit here