1. The Danish Keyboard. The American keyboard is so boring compared to this. The Danish one has their cute little characters all over it. None of that special way of typing they forced me to learn in computing back in middle school. This is my favorite character: æ æ æ æ æ æ (it looks like a butterfly). This one (å) looks like an a who is an angel. This one (Ø) is too hipster to be an O, it's breaking boundaries. 2. The little garbage can footsies. All of the sudden Copenhagen becomes a little spy scene where the suspect is garbage. A foot here and a foot there and you've found your way all the to the garbage can, congrats. It’s a small but striking piece of evidence about the role charm can play in design, particularly with regards to the less-glamorous tasks. You are drunk, lazy, or just overly clueless? no biggie here, just follow the footsteps. 3. Bringing the fire. Copenhagen has what I like to call, a candle culture. If you happen to be a candle, then this is time for you to book your one-way trip to Copenhagen. Danes use candles morning, noon and night. If you are a cafe and you don't have candles, then forget about it, you are not a cafe. They're in restaurants, in bars, in the kitchen counter and the bathrooms. Hanging from the ceiling, inside used beer bottles, in centerpieces of tables. Once the night settles in, the flickering of the fire is perfection. It draws people in and makes a place feel warmer and homier. As long as the candle burns then you know you are having a good time. 4. The waffle on a stick. What an interesting and novel concept. A waffle and a stick. Or like it's sometimes referred to by my inner circles, happiness on a stick. This is truly the peak of Danish design. You can dip it in chocolate, you can put oreos on it, you can drizzle white chocolate over it, sprinkles, or peanuts, or just plain, or aq.;[-3rafg. Sorry, the keyboard got a little slippery after I started drooling thinking about waffles. Its accessible. its a waffle. and its on a stick. 5. The happy plug. I'm sure you are all tired of hearing how happy the Danes are. Which makes us feel unhappy. Which makes them seem even happier. And yeah, I mean, they are happy and they are nice and all. But the proof is in the electric plugs. See it for yourself. The U.S plug pretty much looks like it's being held at gunpoint (which wouldn't be too far off...). The one in Denmark is straight up the cutest happy face ever. At first I was all frustrated that I had to buy a converter to keep up to date to my electronics in Europe. But then I saw these buddies and I was all like "oh its okay, sorry for being mad." I really don't understand why there are different types of sockets for different countries (there are 12 major plug types around the world, to be exact). If you buy a three-pronged adapter for le portable in Paris, you might not be able to plug it in when your train drops you off in Germany. That's crazy. Maybe that's why the Danish plug sockets are smiling, because they know how silly it all is. |