Kaave Pour is a designer and entrepreneur, and co-founder of Everyday^, a European design and technology company rethinking the essential systems of the home to enable healthier and more sustainable living. He previously co-founded and served as CEO and Creative Director of SPACE10. His work spans design, culture, and technology, with collaborations including IKEA, Apple, MIT, and the UN.
Linda Nhu Laursen is Head of Research and Associate Professor at Aalborg University’s Design Lab, and Director of the Danish Center for Design Research. Her work focuses on circular design, long-lasting products, and waste reduction, leading research projects in collaboration with industry to drive responsible design practices. She is also an active voice in renewing the design industry through research and public engagement.
Anders is the CEO for Muuto. He served as Chairman of the Board for Muuto before he was appointed CEO for Muuto in 2015, and was leading the sales process when Muuto was acquired by Knoll in 2018 for 300 MUSD. Prior to joining Muuto in 2015, Anders served as CEO for Peak Performance and Executive Vice President in IC Group.
Lise Vester is a Copenhagen-based designer who holds an MA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London. Her practice explores how design can enhance quality of life through empathy, sensory experience, and aesthetic awareness. Informed by healing architecture and neuro aesthetics, she creates furniture, lighting, and objects that support wellbeing and offer new perspectives on everyday life. Through collaborations with companies such as Muuto and Louis Poulsen, alongside her own material-driven research presented through exhibitions, Vester explores how design can foster curiosity, care, and meaningful everyday experiences.
Michael Qvortrup is partner at Artlinco, a Danish design and innovation consultancy. He works at the intersection of design, engineering and business, focusing on design management and strategy. He helps companies turn complex challenges into scalable, meaningful solutions by aligning user needs, materials, production and commercial goals. With experience across industries, he is driven to create solutions that perform, last and make sense — for both businesses and the people who use them.
Stine Find Osther is VP of Design at Kvadrat, leading the Kvadrat Core collection and advising across the group. She holds a Master’s in Textile Design from Kolding Designskole (2005) and joined Kvadrat in 2007. Combining technical expertise with a strong creative vision, she develops timeless textiles and collaborates with both emerging and renowned designers to push the boundaries of textile design.
Max Fraser is a London-based author and journalist who has spent his career celebrating design and championing its talents across the media of books, magazines, video and exhibitions. He is a regular public speaker on a broad array of subjects and has consulted internationally for many public and private bodies. He is currently the editorial director of architecture and design magazine Dezeen.
Anders Thulin is Head of the Institute of Design and Visual Interaction at the Royal Danish Academy, leading education and research in visual design and interaction. Trained as an architect and designer, he works across visual communication, branding, interaction, and media, viewing design as a way to connect people, institutions, and technology to address complex challenges and support sustainable change.
Sebastian Gram is the Co-Founder and Design Director at Norgram®, which he has driven for the last decade. Renowned for his focus on design craft, he develops digital products and brand foundations with clarity, purpose, and enduring quality. At Norgram®, he champions a human-centered approach, showing how thoughtful design can improve how people interact with products, services, and brands.
Lone Feifer is works internationally with architecture, design, sustainability. As Director for Sustainable Buildings at VELUX, she leads pioneering work on healthy, low-carbon architecture and future-ready housing concepts such as Living Places. Trained as architect, specialized in business and sustainability, she brings experience at the intersection of design, innovation and sustainability, with a strong focus on people-centered solutions and whole-life carbon. As an experienced speaker, juror and board member she contributes with a strategic, internationally oriented perspective on how design can drive systemic change for people and planet.
Nikoline Dyrup Carlsen is an architect, educator, and founding partner of the Copenhagen-based studio Spacon. With a background in large-scale architecture and nearly two decades of teaching at the Royal Danish Academy, Nikoline is as committed to shaping spaces as she is to shaping mindsets. Whether designing a restaurant, rethinking a home, or mentoring the next generation, she approaches every project with the belief that design is not just a profession, but a way to inspire brighter futures.