Designit

{{Short description|International Strategic Design Firm in Aarhus, Denmark (1991)}}

{{COI|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Designit

| logo = Designit-primary.png

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Design firm

| foundation = {{start date and age|1991}}

| founder = Mikal Hallstrup (President)

| location_city = Copenhagen

| key_people = Keri Dawson (Global Leader, Designit)

Rob Lederer (Global Chief Commercial Officer)

| num_employees = 700+ (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181210005904/en/Wipro-Digital-Expand-Asia-Pacific-Design-Capabilities | title= Wipro Digital to Expand Asia Pacific Design Capabilities in Australia | date = December 11, 2018 | publisher = businesswire.com }}

| parent = Wipro

| location_country = Denmark

| homepage = {{URL|http://designit.com/}}

}}

Designit is an international design firm founded in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1991 by Anders Geert Jensen and Mikal Hallstrup. In 1994, David Fellah joined the company as equal partner. Designit headquarters is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, with 17 offices in Aarhus, Barcelona, Bengaluru, Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Lima, London, Madrid, Medellín, Munich, Oslo, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and New York City.{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/designit-a-wipro-company-announces-opening-of-flagship-new-york-city-office--membership-in-partnership-for-new-york-city-300271725.html |title=Designit, a Wipro company, Announces Opening of Flagship New York City Office & Membership in Partnership for New York City |date=2016-05-19}} Designit works in various sectors, including healthcare, finance, IT, telecommunications, automotive and consumer goods.

Designit's work has received more than 100 design awards, including International Forum Design awards (iF),{{cite web |url=http://www.ifdesign.de/ranking_tabellen_e |title=iF - International Forum Design Hannover: Homepage > Ranking > Ranking tables |publisher=Ifdesign.de |accessdate=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524024058/http://www.ifdesign.de/ranking_tabellen_e |archivedate=2014-05-24 }} Red Dot and Red Dot Gold, and GOOD design awards.{{cite web |url=http://exhibition.ifdesign.de/winner_en.html?ma_id=410 |title=Designit | Winner's Exhibition | iF ONLINE EXHIBITION |publisher=Exhibition.ifdesign.de |date=2011-03-28 |accessdate=2014-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115028/http://exhibition.ifdesign.de/winner_en.html?ma_id=410 |archive-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead }}

In July 2015, Designit was sold to an Indian major IT firm Wipro for a reported {{Currency|635|DKK2}} million (USD94 million).{{cite web|author=af Mads William Biener |url=http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/finans/2015-07-14-scorer-kassen-dansk-selskab-solgt-til-indisk-virksomhed |title=Scorer kassen: Dansk selskab solgt til indisk virksomhed - TV 2 |language=da |publisher=Nyhederne.tv2.dk |date= 14 July 2015|accessdate=2018-08-01}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wipro-acquires-Danish-design-firm-for-Rs-594cr/articleshow/48010566.cms|title=Wipro acquires Danish design firm for Rs 594cr - Gadgets Now|newspaper=The Times of India|date=10 July 2015 }}