The Triangle Region Design
Design
More than Design in Denmark 5,000 design companies – an international beacon in Denmark
Danish design is known all over the wor- have already established design centres ld and in Denmark design forms a part in Denmark and for a multiplicity of of our DNA. We offer a world economic causes, including the design integration and design an economic system with in new products or service development, competencies that span business, aca- increases profits and create value for demy and public/private partnerships. people and to a focused design process revealing new business opportunities, Microsoft, Broadcom and Cisco are alternative products and services. among the international companies that
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Denmark is the domicile of two world- competencies in for example mana- class design schools, more than gement, graphic design, animation 5,000 registered design companies, and information and communications public-driven support network and technology. universities and colleges with design
In 2017 Kolding was the first city in Denmark to join UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of Design
Design in the Triangle Region
The design is also a strength in the Kolding, the University of Southern Triangle Region, where there are strong Denmark with their line ‘Institute for De- knowledge environments and compa- sign and Communication’ and not least nies that are leading within design and the multinationals and world-renowned design use, including Design School brand LEGO.
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Denmark’s cluster for design and innovation is located in the Triangle Region
The Triangle Region is full of creative of working with design. The contact environments, including The Spinning surface is manifesting the potential of Mill in Vejle, The Capital of Children in new career opportunities in design and Billund and Kolding has both Pakhuset creative professions throughout the re- and Volkert’s factories, that in their gion of the southern part of Denmark. way provide the framework for creative The Triangle Region enterprises. Another example of design is an area holds a very strong which we take very seriously in the The Triangle Region holds a very Triangle Region is the Municipality of design professional strong design professional environ- Kolding’s dedicated effort with the environment with ment with a wide range of companies creation of a design secretariat to en- a wide range of that work with design methods as a sure progress in the implementation of companies that part of their organisation daily. the Municipality’s vision ”Kolding - We design life.” work with design The cluster organisation Design2In- methods as a part novate (D2i) is one of the professional Also, they have established the project of their organisation beacons and priority business clusters ‘Designandelen’ in Vejle Municipality daily in Southern Denmark. Over the last with the aim of inspiring more com- five years, D2i have contributed to de- panies to development and innova- veloping the market for the design and tion using design as a strategic as a has helped more than 500 companies strategic tool – to professionalise and and 1600 individuals in the process create an enhanced design-related
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network in the region of Southern Den- mark within the creative industries. The project Designandelen was establis- hed as a collaboration between more than 100 regional design companies (including most of them based in the Triangle Region), The Spinning Mills in Vejle, House of Design in Kolding, Uni- versity of Southern Denmark, Design School Kolding, Danish Design Centre and others. All the above serve as an example that people also network a lot in connection with design as a professi- onal pivot point.
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Vejle Billund Copenhagen Fredericia Vejen For further information regarding Kolding Middelfart Design in the Triangle Region, Odense Haderslev please contact:
Mikkel Johansen Senior Consultant, Business Development
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The Triangle Region is a region located in the middle of Denmark and consists of 7 municipalities, Billund, Frede- ricia, Haderslev, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle. Within 1-2 hours you can reach major cities as Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense.
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