http://blogs.denmark.dk Read about, listen to and watch what people think of Denmark and the Danes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...that is, I believe, one of the most important questions for a business to ask itself. Because your actions and your offerings depend a whole lot on the answer. Today and tomorrow The Economist and Design Council have gathered people from some of Britains leading businesses in London for a conference on ‘redesigning business‘. ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/jesperpagh/2010/03/11/are-you-a-car-manufaturer-or-a-mobility-provider/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Bill Verplank lecturing at CIID"][/caption] In a very short time Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design has succeeded in creating a vibrant and inspiring environment and raised the bar for design education and research in Denmark. Their international faculty, their unique combination of education, research and consulting and ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/jesperpagh/2010/03/11/interaction-springtime/ A week ago 50 year old managing director Karsten Riise Kristensen complained to the Danish Ministry of Justice that there is an image of the Crucified Christ on the inner sleeve of his Danish passport. As Mr. Kristensen states: “I have a faith but I'm not a follower of any religion. ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/peterandreas/2010/03/10/the-cross-that-danes-must-bear/ I am a big fan of Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog. With more than 40 years of experience and being the man behind one of the World's largest and most succesful design companies, he has the ability and will to talk straight about the business and nature of design. And ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/jesperpagh/2010/03/03/a-fine-line/ Back at the beginning of the millennium a woman on the island of Bornholm felt something in one of her breasts that wasn't supposed to be there. I can't imagine the agony this woman, her family and all others who have faced the threat of cancer, have gone through. But ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/peterandreas/2010/02/23/holy-hygge-part-2/ I just came across this excellent introduction on Core77 to the discipline of designing for disassembly. It struck me that in his eager to reveal the framework behind it, Alex Diener from Pensar ends up describing the whole framework and mindset behind any strategic use of design. http://blogs.denmark.dk/jesperpagh/2010/02/05/design-for-disassembly/ At the beginning of a new decade, a new year or any new era at all, it seems natural to look around and search for the next big thing to come. As designers we do this quite often – almost on a daily basis – by researching and observing people’s behaviour, ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/jesperpagh/2010/02/03/the-next-big-thing/ Hello Everyone // I'm devastated hearing the news of the earthquake in Haiti that has seriously affected thousands of people. We got this mail from our friend at PTRMusic and we really want you to read it! // You can also text "HAITI" to 90999 to easily donate $10.00 to help the ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/tobiwilner/2010/01/18/situation-in-haiti/ Ooops, I've been away from this blog. For a long long time. The reason is simply, I got a new job as a designer back in my home country Sweden and returned this summer. And somehow in that moving circus I forgot all about this blog. Though, I have not forgotten about ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/jenny/2010/01/10/last-post/ I cannot believe that it's 2010 already; you know it is still difficult to refer to 2010 as "this year", and so many times I've had to shred papers to rewrite the date because I wrote a fast double zero with a 9 instead of a 20 followed by a ... http://blogs.denmark.dk/liyuan/2010/01/06/happy-new-year-everyone/