earlier design solutions

  • Hr Skægs Letterhunt

    Hr Skæg's Letterhunt is an app that helps children practice and learn the alphabet by associating letters with words and pictures. The app uses artificial intelligence to recognize the things the child finds while playing at home. The jury says Many children are kinesthetic learners, meaning that they learn through movement. In an innovative, fun,…

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  • The Swan

    The Swan is the first circular kindergarten in the world. It was built on the site of a former school using repurposed materials from the previous buildings. This goal-oriented and lean process materialized in saving 6.278 metric tons of materials and 177.668 kilos of CO2. But more importantly, the new tender process for sustainable demolition…

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  • Sheworks Atelier

    Sheworks is a Circular Design Studio creating jobs for immigrant and refugee women within the circular textile services. The goal is to redirect the road from waste to new designs for the Danish textile industry. The jury says A stellar example of how a business creates value beyond measures. This initiative is crucial in so…

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  • Lapee

    Lapee is a women's urinal, allowing women quickly, safely, and hygienically to pee in public spaces, at events, festivals, and anywhere they need. It is a product that supports women's rights and feelings of inclusion and acknowledgment. The jury says This product is designed for easy accessibility and privacy. The Lapee concept is exceptionally well…

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  • Henry Glogau

    Henry holds a Master's degree in Architecture and Extreme Environments from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. He strives to improve the living conditions of marginalized communities, combining a humanistic approach to design, which includes attention to the social and environmental aspects of design, with interest in technology. Currently, Henry works for 3XN. The jury…

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  • Vestre Habitats

    Vestre Habitats is a series of functionally designed urban furniture that protects and increases biodiversity, making urban spaces like city parks and other green areas into vegetation interventions. The jury says Vestre Habitats is a sustainable solution that protects biodiversity and brings it back into the cities. The project illustrates an intriguing and creative way…

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  • Heylo™ – A digital leakage notification system

    Heylo™ is a leakage notification system that detects and notifies people with a stoma about leakage via the Heylo™ app. It helps the users feel more in control, bringing peace of mind and reducing the fear of leakage. It is designed to be used together with the ostomy appliance. The jury says With this innovative…

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  • Dualities: Futures Generator

    Dualities: Futures Generator is a tool that can predict the future using advanced machine learning. And design it. Users can explore both the current possibilities and the pitfalls ahead when designing solutions for the future through a web application. The generator creates the website of a speculative start-up from somewhere in the future related to…

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  • Disputs – Denmark's digital settlement and arbitrary

    Disputs is a digital platform for legal settlement and arbitration. The platform offers a service of processing civil lawsuits helping businesses and individuals get legal services cheaper and faster. Typically, civil lawsuits in Denmark are processed in about 14.5 months, but Disputs.com allows legal disputes to be resolved in less than 5 months and at…

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  • A1 (lamp series)

    The A1 lamp is made from a single sheet of uncut paper, pleated into a self-supportive shape. The paper diffuses light and creates a soft and soothing atmosphere, spreading the light evenly in all directions in a room. The jury says Using the most common paper size, the A-format, the lamp emphasizes the aesthetics and…

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  • SOWA

    The SOWA team has reimagined what a professional sound system looks like. Combined with a user interface that everybody can use, SOWA is the only 100% wireless public address system in the world that can connect between an unlimited number of speakers and do it with a range of over 200 meters. The jury says…

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  • Challenge

    Challenge is an innovative Virtual Reality-based software aimed at treating patients suffering from auditory hallucinations. The system facilitates a dialogue with a digital representation of a presumed persecutor voiced by the therapist. The jury says The Challenge software shows the incredible possibilities and real-life impact of Virtual Reality. It can be challenging to understand mental…

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  • World Cup Rugs

    World Cup Rugs is a series of three rugs produced in Nepal. They are made as a reaction to the interwoven conflict between the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the rug industry of Nepal. The World Cup Rugs each materialize a statement from the public debate, appealing to FIFA and the participating nations…

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  • Pleo

    Founded in 2015, Pleo is an expense management company offering company cards for employees, automated reports, and advanced analytics, relieving companies of manual and decentralized, paper-based processes. The use of design principles and methods are central to their solution, which is exceptionally user-friendly and meets a relevant market need. The jury says Pleo has rapidly…

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  • Christiania

    Founded in 1971, Christiania is a community grounded in diversity and as a creative self-governing system that centers around a unique kind of shared responsibility and inclusion. Today, the freetown is home to around 1,000 people, but it is also one of Denmark’s top attractions and a must-see for visitors. The jury says Christiania’s system…

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