Exhibition: Challenge Waste

The earth and the oceans are soon becoming one big dump. How can we stop this sinister development? What can we do ourselves? Waste innovation project from The Danish Design School takes part in the exhibition: 'CHALLENGE WASTE' at Danish Design Centre

The problems with waste represent a complex and difficult challenge that we need to find a solution for. Learn, how design is part of the solution. And see how The Danish Design School address the large modern waste problems.

DAIM (The Design Anthropological Innovation Model) is developed through a pilot project on waste handling understood as a broad societal problem. A group of researchers worked closely with the Danish incineration facility Vestforbrænding to engage citizens and various stakeholders in the waste industry in an effort towards waste reduction and increased recycling of materials. See the results at the exhibition ’CHALLENGE WASTE’.

The exhibition ’CHALLENGE WASTE’ at the Danish Design Centre turns the dustbin upside down and rattles the disposal bag to find out what could make us change our behaviour. Could we apply design to the solutions to the waste problems to help avoid chewing gum, soda bottles, junk food wrappings and cigarette butts from being thrown alongside roads, lay-bys and in parks and lakes? And instead in the dustbin?


See the film: DAIM - Rehearsing The Future – from the Danish Design School:

About The DAIM-project

Top designers says:

"The DAIM team has crafted an invaluable resource for researchers and designers looking for new ways to support each other ...” 

Brian Rink, IDEO

The Design Anthropological Innovation Model was developed through a pilot project on waste handling understood as a broad societal problem. The research team worked closely with the Danish incineration facility Vestforbrænding to engage citizens and various stakeholders in the waste industry in an effort towards waste reduction and increased recycling of materials. The DAIM-project is part of the research cluster Co-Design at The Danish Design School.

About the waste problem

Unfortunately, Denmark takes the lead in the EU with regard to waste production. In 2007, 800 kilos of waste per Danish capita were thrown out, compared to just 522 kilos per average EU capita.

’CHALLENGE WASTE’ explores what determines human behaviour when we throw out trash. The exhibition showcases the challenges with handling waste and presents possible design solutions to future waste problems. Visit Danish Design Centre