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The Innovation Award for Universal Design honours businesses, designers and architects who have innovatively designed products, services and environments that contribute to creating a more inclusive and sustainable society.

The Innovation for All programme aims to promote innovation and contribute to value creation in the development of inclusive products, services and environments in the public and private sectors.

Oslo’s old trams needed to be replaced. For Sporveien, this paved the way for an innovative tendering and design process with exemplary user participation. The result is a tram that welcomes everyone.

Do you have a design or architecture project that deserves to be seen? Apply for the DOGA Award before the 8th of September, 2021.

The DOGA Award for Design and Architecture is a distinction awarded to Norwegian businesses and practitioners who demonstrate the outstanding use of design and/architecture.

The transition from lower to upper secondary school is a source of uncertainty for many students. The district of Grünerløkka in Oslo had a worryingly high dropout rate and worked in new ways in getting more students to complete and pass upper secondary education. 

Back in 2017, Hamaren Nature Park in Fyresdal won the Innovation Award for Inclusive Design. Locals and visitors alike were impressed by the universal access trails and the gold mine of activities for all ages but felt the lack of a third dimension: height. Hence the Treetop Walk, a spectacular walkway among the treetops, featuring inclusive design to take everyone to the top.

With its new graphic profile, there is no doubt that NRK is ready for the future. Universal and inclusive design alike had to be the foundation for ensuring that everyone in society would be able to see, hear, find and use NRK's content, adapted to their use and needs.

DIP provides funding for design-driven innovation projects during the idea phase. Since 2009, we have granted NOK 53.6 million for 132 different projects.

One of Norway's major equality challenges is the gender-segregated labour market. Only three percent of Norwegian professional fishers are women. 'The coast is clear' is a Master’s thesis in service design, with a strategic, feminist design approach. The project aims to show how design methodology can contribute to facilitating a more equal, diverse culture for coastal fishers in Norway.

The Municipality of Ringsaker initiated a visionary project: to transform a swathe of polluted wasteland into a multi-purpose park that embraces all ages and interests. The result is a leisure and recreational area that exceeds all expectations of locals and visitors alike.  

Movu is an innovative, foldable three-wheeler for anyone who needs a little support when walking. The product can be used regardless of age and functional ability for practical errands in everyday life, for training and rehabilitation. Movu ensures freedom of independent movement, without stigma.

Justify is a new and innovative legal service to accompany you through life. The combination of law, design and technology means that it can be used regardless of age, gender, place of residence, functional ability, or one’s economic, cultural or technical background. 

Ruten City Park is a sunny story from a rainy region. Sandnes has got an urban city park for everyone on the local residents’ terms; it is a shining icon for inclusion – literally. 

DOGA awards the best new designers and architects, and their projects. Are you a student or newly established professional with a project that deserves to be seen?