This is where our concept truly meets the real world At this stage of development, we have chosen a concept and now it needs to be realised. This means there’s a lot of engineering that needs to come together. Each sub-component must be in place and put into the right context so that we have […]
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We helped Egedal Municipality bring a playful and rather unusual bike path to life. Here’s why. Glowing animals adorn a special cycle path in Egedal Municipality that we helped develop. Here, you can learn why and how the luminous animals found their way to the cycle path. Why? Egedal Municipality wanted more children to use
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Same course, same amount of students, same curriculum – a bunch of new and inspiring ideas and inventions! 60 talented students are learning about design processes and being creative in a systematic manner in order to generate ideas and concepts. This is “Product analysis and redesign” on DTU, the course we’ve been teaching for a
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We developed our simplest and cheapest product yet alongside Copenhagen Municipality. Yet, it has made a real difference in its first year on the market. Waste sorting has become mandatory across the country. This poses a particular problem in small city apartments: How do you fit waste sorting into the limited square metres? We’ve been
Why did we develop a rack for waste bins – and what is the impact? Read More »
Closing in on the invention’s final form, material and features This is where the product and concept really starts to take shape. We are pretty locked in on the general features and design, but there is still a lot of quirks to smoothen out before it’s ready for the market. We spend a lot of
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Trifolium invites you to join us in developing our neighbourhood, Sydhavnen, with respect for both the wild city and the wild nature. We hope you will join us. Admittedly, when we first moved to Sydhavnen, it was initially for the company’s sake. The Trifolium building where we live gave us a unique setting to invent
Sydhavn Symposium: Come and help develop our neighbourhood! Read More »
Boiling down the ideas and making them tangible A wide range of ideas for the solution are combined and turned into three to six alternative concepts in this phase. These are all described in text and illustration and made physically through quick and rough mock-ups. The many alternatives are evaluated in collaboration with project stakeholders
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We needed a compact height-adjustable table ourselves, which ended up making a difference for users worldwide. We launched our compact height-adjustable table as a project on Kickstarter back in 2016. While the Kickstarter experience and the journey from here to the market are stories in themselves, the desk has gained an international user base and
Why did we develop Opløft – and what is the impact? Read More »
Our test of an eelgrass seeder has been a success, and now MUDP highlights the project in its annual report. Eelgrass has disappeared from Danish waters, and if the underwater forest is to be re-established on a large scale, we need a seeder that works effectively under water. At least that’s the thesis behind a
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Spoiler alert: It is not an AI-powered SEO hack We’re pretty proud of the 236 blog posts we have published over the past seven years. In fact, the number of posts came as a bit of a surprise when we wrote this post (number 236 in the series). It takes quite a lot of work
We’ve published 236 blog posts since 2016. Do you want to know why? Read More »
