I see Danish design everywhere I go in Copenhagen: women wear minimalist, flowy dresses paired with comfortable sneakers; the metro involves a simple tap in and tap out system with stands placed strategically all along the platforms to avoid traffic at entrances and exits; my engineering team uses an organized online task management board to streamline operations.
Oftentimes, we think of design as it applies to products, but here it is present on the macro-scale, involving systems and communities. US companies often boast innovation and community, but they have nothing against the Danish companies; they live and breathe design and cooperation.
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Miki Hansen was an IdentityX Ambassador during her summer 2019 MIT Denmark internships. She is a member of the class of 2021 studying Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Product Development. Her internship was working on product design at 3Shape in Copenhagen, Denmark.