The first stage of the Nordic Energy Challenge 2024 is concluded, with seven candidates advancing to the second phase. The next step for the qualified participants is to submit their final proposals by 23 August.

Meet this year’s challengers, one by one, and gain insight into their ideas in support of Citizen Engagement. One of the participating teams is the KXT Team.

From left: Bruno Suraski, 3D Artist and Designer, Mads Thomsen, Creative Director, Rune Kirt, CEO, Design Architect, and Co-founder, Mikkel Max Carøe Mikkelsen, 3D Artist and Designer, Louis Rose, Lead Designer, and Esther Nielsen, Project Lead.

  • Name: KXT Team, led by Rune Kirt
  • Position: Architects and industrial and graphic designers
  • Institution: KIRT x THOMSEN in Copenhagen
  • Name of idea: Art + Greentech: A Design-Led Methodology for Inclusive Energy Transition
  • Summary of idea: In summary, our design-led methodology for engaging citizens in the green transition leverages Design Thinking, Visualization, and Co-Creation to foster collaboration, creativity, and shared ownership of the energy transition process, while sparking imagination and creating more ideas for local stakeholders, including new business opportunities. By creating a shared language and vision through visual artifacts and co-creation activities, we empower Nordic citizens to actively participate in shaping a more sustainable and integrated energy future, while building on the Nordic way of collaborating with a low hierarchy structure and a high degree of trust.