Oasicare wins the Jury’s Selection Award at Danish Design Award 2026
On 5 November, Oasicare’s ASISU was awarded the Jury’s Selection Award at Danish Design Award 2026, held at Nørrebro Teater in Copenhagen. The prize gives the jury an opportunity to recognise a project it believes deserves particular attention.
ASISU was created by Julia Sand Skovsted and Ditte Marie Fog Ibsen, who both graduated from Kolding School of Design in 2019. Just a year later, they won two Danish Design Awards for their graduation project, Poosition – a solution that reimagined toilet ergonomics. Since then, they have founded Oasicare and continued to develop designs that address real human needs.
Protection where hands cannot reach
ASISU is a CE-marked medical device developed to reduce the risk of tearing during vaginal birth.
Between 80 and 90 per cent of women experience tearing during vaginal birth. ASISU is positioned both externally and inside the vaginal canal as the baby’s head is delivered, helping to distribute pressure and reduce strain on the tissue. At the same time, midwives can continue using the manual techniques already employed during childbirth. Simulations indicate that the device can reduce peak tissue strain by up to 50 per cent.
It is precisely this combination of an overlooked need, new knowledge and a solution designed to work within existing clinical practice that makes ASISU a compelling example of how design can create tangible value.
Danish Design Award itself highlights ASISU as a project that has transformed an overlooked need into award-winning design. In connection with the award, Oasicare emphasises that its development has required close collaboration across design, engineering and business, alongside a deep understanding of the healthcare professionals for whom the product was developed.
Three very different finalists from Kolding School of Design
ASISU was not the only project with links to Kolding School of Design among this year’s finalists.
OUTT, created by alumnus Alberto Bellamoli, gives waste from the marble industry a new lease of life as a surface material for architectural applications. The material consists of up to 85 per cent marble dust, chips and fragments from marble extraction and processing. Alberto Bellamoli graduated from Kolding School of Design in 2016, having already explored his home country’s terrazzo tradition and new applications for the material in his graduation project.
ELH was also among this year’s finalists in the Young Ideas category. The modular sofa was developed by Isabella Weber Farrell and Hedvig Aldershaab Boje Djurhuus as their bachelor’s graduation project in Industrial Design at Kolding School of Design in 2025. The sofa can be reconfigured and extended as its owner’s home and needs change, while its construction allows individual components to be repaired or replaced rather than the entire piece of furniture. The project was developed in collaboration with Kjeldtoft Møbelsnedkeri, Martin Christensen og Søn, Montana and Eilersen.
Warm congratulations to Julia Sand Skovsted, Ditte Marie Fog Ibsen and the entire team behind Oasicare – and to Alberto Bellamoli, Isabella Weber Farrell and Hedvig Aldershaab Boje Djurhuus on reaching the finals.
Danish Design Award is one of Denmark’s most prestigious design awards, organised by Danish Design Center and Design denmark. Seven projects were named winners at this year’s awards ceremony.
