Established in 2006, the Copenhagen Living Lab (CLL) is a “living laboratory”, where the business sector can obtain better insights into everyday life of users. The aim is to improve the cultural and social basis for product innovation and sales opportunities.

In the project, People Involvement & Innovations Platform (PIIPL) initiated in July 2007, the CLL is engaged in developing a digital platform, which makes it possible for enterprises and institutions to reduce costs and resources by uncovering user needs in a systematic way. The platform is built on a picture and video-based web-service that allows for communication between users, communities and producers regarding needs and solutions.

The platform will be developed and tested in several pilot projects in public institutions and enterprises, for instance in Danisco. The government-supported project will last for 2 years and has received a grant of approximately 550.000 EUR from the Danish programme for user-driven innovation. Other partners in the project are Symbion Science Park and Treogtyve aps.

As of 2009, CLL does not receive any more public funding and is now a private company.

Source: http://www.ebst.dk/brugerdreveninnovation.dk/

For more details on the case, contact FORA at FORA@newnatureofinnovation.org.