Dansk Design Center

Café DANSK

Danish open-faced sandwiches, design furniture and sustainability are combined in Café DANSK, which is based on the New Nordic Kitchen.
　　

　　

Nordic Kitchen
Café DANSK focus on using Café DANSK region’s most characteristic ingredients and will follow the changing seasons in Nordic Kitchen.

Café DANSK takes sustainability seriously. All of Café DANSK grains and dairy products are organic and the share of organic and biodynamic products will increase annually in all ingredient categories.
You'll find the café on the ground level of the centre, right next to the shop and the main exhibition.

Louis Poulsen : Enigma

　　

Shop

The shop carries a wide range of travel light products and Danish and Scandinavian design, mixing classic designs with modern and innovative items.
　　

　　
The Danish Design Centre's shop is a small exhibition in its own right, but an exhibition where everything is for sale. On this page, you will find a selection of the products that can be found in Danish Design Centre’s shop. The assortment is continuously expanded to include more essential, quality products.
Please see a selection of travel light products, scandinavian design products or visit the shop to see the full offering. Entrance to the shop is free of charge, and the shop is open throughout the week including weekends.
 　　　　

Smart Use of Energy

Exhibition 09.26.09 - 02.21.10

　　
Focus exhibition. 'Smart Use of Energy' focuses on the fact that Denmark aims to be a lead country of environmentally friendly transportation, and thereby embrace the climate challenges of tomorrow.

As the rest of the world, Denmark has to face the challenges of the climate. In order to prevent serious changes in the climate, which can lead to drought, floods and increased starvation, it is necessary to act now. The exhibition shows how the negative attitude to electronically driven cars can be reversed into a positive approach, which will encourage the Danes to use the energy in a smart way by replacing gas with electricity.
According to the Danish Energy Association, Denmark is able to become CO2 neutral by 2050 if electricity is used for more purposes than it is today. Here, design is vital.
　　

It's a small world
Exhibition 08.28.09 - 03.22.10

　　
Main exhibition. How will future designers work, and how does Danish design address global issues such as sustainability, new technology and consumption? The exhibition it’s a small world challenges the Danish design tradition and explores future design practices in a global perspective.

it’s a small world has been developed in a collaboration involving the Danish Design Centre, Danish Crafts and the Danish Architecture Centre based on an initiative from the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and the Danish Ministry of Culture. it’s a small world is an international travelling exhibition that will be launched during the Copenhagen Design Week.

The exhibition will travel internationally throughout 2010/2011 and is on display at the
Danish Design Centre from the 28th of August 2009 until the 22nd of March 2010.