Innovative Danish Design Provides New Solutions to Climate Issues

COPENHAGEN, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With the UN Climate Change
Conference (COP15) lurking in the near future, innovative designers are
finding new ways of battling climate change. Can a curtain store and save
energy? Yes, and it is just one of many new Danish design concepts that will
be presented at the international exhibition 'It's a Small World' during the
upcoming Copenhagen Design Week.
The future has arrived. Imagine a curtain that not only blocks out the
sunlight but also functions as a solar cell for saving and storing energy. By
using Denmark's position as a leading producer of economic solar cells, the
Danish designer Astrid Krogh and her pioneering team of scientists and
architects have combined sustainability with aesthetic functionality in a new
curtain solution called Suntiles. The curtain is designed for office
buildings and offers a new approach in the global struggle to reduce energy
consumption.
From August 28th, Suntiles and a wide range of innovative design
solutions will be exhibited at the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen - the
host city of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15). 'It's a
Small World' is part of the first Copenhagen Design Week that explores the
possibilities and potential in sustainable design. The exhibition will travel
internationally throughout 2010 and 2011.
Individual demands and global responsibility
'It's a Small World' examines the role of design as a problem-solver in a
world filled with surplus production and an endless supply of products.
Global challenges such as sustainability and the growing demand for
individual, non-standardised solutions make both specialisation and
flexibility key concerns at every stage of the design process.
Denmark has a long-standing tradition as a leading design nation. The
exhibition, 'It's a Small World', opens in Copenhagen and will present the
epitome of Danish design. This showcase of innovative, new Danish design will
give prominence to Denmark as a society with a creative and politically
conscious design environment.
It's a Small World is organised in collaboration with Danish Design
Centre, Danish Crafts and Danish Architecture Centre.
Read more about Copenhagen Design Week:
http://www.copenhagendesignweek.dk/
Photos can be downloaded from http://www.itsasmallworld.dk

For further information about Danish design and upcoming events, please
contact:
Director of Communication, Aneh Hajdu, Wonderful Copenhagen
aha@woco.dk, +45-2122-2692.

For additional info about It's a Small World, please contact: Susanne
Soendahl Wolff, Danish Design Centre, ssw@ddc.dk, +45-2382-1314

SOURCE Wonderful Copenhagen

For further information about Danish design and upcoming events, please
contact: Director of Communication, Aneh Hajdu, Wonderful Copenhagen,
aha@woco.dk, +45-2122-2692. For additional info about It's a Small World,
please contact: Susanne Soendahl Wolff, Danish Design Centre, ssw@ddc.dk,
+45-2382-1314