Designit Named Most Innovative Company in Scandinavia

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, February 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

The strategic design firm defines the future of socially sustainable business

Designit has received a Ruban d'Honneur in the 2014/2015 European Business Awards, representing Scandinavia as a finalist in the UKTI Award for Innovation.

"Designit is an exemplary example of innovation, ethics, and financial success, and I am sure they will inspire other businesses in Europe," said Adrian Tripp, CEO of The European Business Awards.

Designit is Europe's largest strategic design firm, creating meaningful experiences for humans enabled by technology. Based in Copenhagen, Designit has a global reach with ten offices worldwide.

Designit aims to not only create strong and sustainable business value for its clients, but to truly affect social change. Empowering future citizens, enabling people to live smarter and more informed lives, and improving quality of life through design, underscores the company's vision.

"We create the future by traversing borders between sectors and disciplines, and are proud to represent Scandinavia in the field of innovation. It's an honour to have been selected from such an exceptional community of businesses in this year's awards," said Mikal Hallstrup, Chief Visionary Officer at Designit.

In 2014, Designit created unified product-service experiences for leading global companies and change makers including IKEA, Audi, and The European Union.

Designit also collaborated with Oslo University Hospital to reduce diagnosis waiting time for breast cancer patients from three months to three days.

"Utilising service design methodologies, we were able to completely re-think the patient diagnosis process, and ultimately facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment," said Marie Hartmann, Director and Partner, Designit in Oslo.

This year's European Business Awards will also honour 'Public Champions', selected through a public vote. To vote for your favourite company, go to http://www.businessawardseurope.com. The National winners of the public vote will be announced on March 3^rd, 2015.

About the European Business Awards 2014/15:  

The European Business Awards recognises and rewards excellence, best practice, and innovation in companies across the European Union. The competition is free to enter and open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector.

The European Business Awards programme serves three purposes for the European business community:

• It provides examples for the business community in which to aspire
• It celebrates and endorses individuals' and organisations' success
• It provides case studies and content for learning from these exceptional organizations

An innovative, strong and thriving business community makes a successful and prosperous Europe. http://www.businessawardseurope.com.

About RSM International  

RSM International is the 7th largest network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, encompassing over 112 countries, 700 offices and 37,400 people internationally. The network's total fee income is US$4.4 billion. RSM is the 6th largest provider of tax services and audit and accounting services worldwide.

RSM International is the lead sponsor and corporate champion of the European Business Awards promoting commercial excellence and recognition of entrepreneurial brilliance.

RSM International is a member of the Forum of Firms. The objective of the Forum of Firms is to promote consistent and high quality standards of financial and auditing practices worldwide.

RSM is the brand used by a network of independent accounting and advisory firms each of which practices in its own right. RSM International Limited does not itself provide any accounting and advisory services. Member firms are driven by a common vision of providing high quality professional services, both in their domestic markets and in serving the international professional service needs of their client base.

http://www.rsmi.com  

About UK Trade & Investment: 

UKTI works with UK based businesses to ensure their success in international markets through exports and encourages and supports overseas companies to look at the UK as the best place to set up or expand their business.

http://www.gov.uk/ukti

For further information, interviews and photos from Designit, contact:
Tommy Rae Jnr, Head of MarCom, Designit. Email: [email protected]
Tel: +45-87-30-70-88

Available for Interview: Mikal Hallstrup, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Designit

For more information on the Awards, the Ruban d'Honneur winners by country and the public vote visit: http://www.businessawardseurope.com

For media enquiries for the European Business Awards contact:
Vanessa Wood, EBA PR.  Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)796-666-6657

SOURCE Designit