: The colon means what next. When you see INDEX: written with what has become its ubiquitous iconic punctuation, you're receiving a nudge. To fill in the blank, to imagine a better future, and to tell us what you're going to do to help us get there, it says.We say: Design to Improve Life.
Kigge Hvid, CEO of INDEX:, explains, "INDEX:'s mission is to secure high-quality Design to Improve Life internationally. Therefore we inspire, collect, advocate, communicate, evaluate, connect and discuss Design to Improve Life globally.
Created by Denmark, INDEX: Design to Improve Life is in lockstep with tenets that made Danish design powerful in the last century – humanism; social understanding and democratic thinking.
With a wide global network called the Pioneers of Change set across multiple disciplines, three main tools to reach our objectives are used, namely large scale public events, educational and informative programs, communication & outreach.
"We are perhaps best-known for our biennial presentation of the world's largest award for design," Kigge says, "a 500,000-euro purse divided evenly among winners in five categories and the only one focusing only on design that substantially improves the lives of people.”
The award is given in five categories; Body, Home, Work, Play and Community.
Among the award, we currently host other projects that include: Click here for more information.
