For the next speaker in this edition of Questioning Creatives, we’re excited to welcome 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐣𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐡𝐥 / @esthermkj 💫
Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl is the co-author of Reklamemagt (2025) and Retfærdig Naturbevarelse (2023), co-founder of Fossilfri Fremtid and The Green Youth Movement, and co-host of FRI OS podcast. She is also a part-time freelance campaigner in Reclame Fossielvrij.
estherkjeldahl.dk
📍 Xenon, Huset, Copenhagen
📅 May 26
⏰ Doors: 18:30 / Start: 19:00
🎟 Get your ticket via the link in our bio
Each speaker will give a 15-minute talk related to the topic. We’ll end with a panel discussion and a Q&A session moderated by @jennifer_tonndorff .
Graphics by @helgaskehave
This event is supported by @publicservice.agency , @tuborgfondet , and @husetkbh
We’re very happy to introduce the first speaker for the next edition of Questioning Creatives: 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐫 / @bella_sky_high ✨
Anna Gunvor works as a creative director, artist, curator and activist within arts, music and fashion.
annagunvor.com
Together with Anna, we’ll dive into this edition’s topic: the relationship between culture and commercials.
Each speaker will give a 15-minute talk related to the topic. We’ll end with a panel discussion and a Q&A session moderated by @jennifer_tonndorff .
📍 Xenon, Huset, Copenhagen
📅 May 26
⏰ Doors: 18:30 / Start: 19:00
🎟 Get your ticket via the link in our bio
Photo by @_andrehansen
Graphics by @helgaskehave
This event is supported by @publicservice.agency , @tuborgfondet , and @husetkbh .
The creative industry has always been obsessed with, fascinated by, and drawn to culture. Commercial work can be empowering (?), celebratory (?), and extractive (?)— using all forms of culture to promote and sell everything from condoms to cars.
In recent years, an abundance of cultures otherwise kept outside corporate buildings have found their way into commercial promotion: skateboarding in fashion, queerness in beauty, Asian influence in food, art in AI.
In this edition of Questioning Creatives, we are questioning the relationship between culture and commercials.
Is the creative industry exploiting or empowering culture? Are there more than one answer?
𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 →
Anna Gunvor / @bella_sky_high
Esther Michelsen Kjeldahl / @esthermkj
Tess S. Skadegård Thorsen, Ph.d. / @tessskadegardthorsen
𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 →
Jennifer Maria Matos Tonndorff / @jennifer_tonndorff
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 →
Doors open at 18.30 - we begin at 19.00 sharp.
Each speaker will give a 15-minute talk related to the topic. We’ll end with a panel discussion and a Q&A session moderated by Jennifer Maria Matos Tonndorff.
𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐒 →
The graphics are made by Helga Askehave / @helgaskehave
𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 →
This event is supported by @publicservice.agency , @tuborgfondet , and @husetkbh .
📍 Xenon, Huset, Copenhagen | May 26 | 18:30 (doors) | 19:00 (start)
🎟️ Pay what you can
🔗 Link in bio
Since 2023, Ada Ada Ada (she/they) has reviewed hundreds of funding applications for Snabslanten—Copenhagen’s Youth Culture Fund.
She’s seen the ones that get immediate yes.
And the ones that make committees pause.
What makes the difference?
Is it creativity?
Is it the budget breakdown?
Is it how you frame your impact?
Based on her own experience looking at hundreds of good, bad and in-between applications, Ada knows cultural organizing is about structure, budget reality, and making your case so clear that committees can’t say no.
On December 9, they’re walking you through the exercises that turn “maybe” into “yes.”
December 9 | 6PM-7:30PM | Lundtoftegade 23, ground floor
Only a few spots left! Registration required. Link in our bio.
This second workshop is made possible thanks to the unwavering support of Nørrebro Lokaludvalg and Public Service <3
Photo by: Simon Læssøe
Pop quiz:
What do you think is the number one reason cultural event applications get rejected?
A. Bad idea
B. Weak budget
C. Something else entirely
Let’s open the discussion and try to figure it out together.
On December 9, Ada Ada Ada (she/they) is an algorithmic artist, speaker, and committee member at Copenhagen’s Youth Culture Fund Snabslanten since 2023.
She is breaking down what she actually sees when reviewing funding applications at Snabslanten.
She’s sat through hundreds.
The genius ideas with messy applications.
The safe concepts with bulletproof structure that got funded anyway.
Want to know what made the difference?
90 minutes. A series of practical exercises.
Chapter 1: Finding your creative path
Workshop: Fund your cultural event w/ Ada Ada Ada
Where purpose-driven creatives figure this shit out together.
December 9 | 6PM-7:30PM
Lundtoftegade 23, Ground floor, 2200 København
Limited spots ↑ Link in bio to register
This second workshop is made possible thanks to the unwavering support of Nørrebro Lokaludvalg and Public Service <3
ABOUT QUESTIONING CREATIVES (?)
This workshop is part of Questioning Creatives (?), a non-profit creating space for the honest conversations our creative industry needs. We facilitate bold conversations that challenge the status quo and inspire critical thinking—helping us rethink how we design systems, solutions, and cultures that reflect the values and future we need.
Photo by: Simon Læssøe
So we’ve been thinking about portfolios a lot lately.
We keep coming back to the same questions:
Am I overthinking this?
Probably, but also... am I showing too much? or not enough?
Does this project even belong here?
How do I show I’m growing without including work that makes me cringe?
Is anyone else just... tired of looking at their own stuff?
Drop your thoughts in the comments or DMs.
The stuff that keeps you from updating it,
or publishing it,
or sending it out.
Sophie (Public Service) + Anne-Lise (Saxo)
might address some of them at the workshop: Finding your creative path - Portfolio reviews.
Honestly, asking the question out loud? That’s already a step forward.
If you haven’t signed up yet:
Nov 24 | 5PM – 7PM | Public Service office
Lundtoftegade 23, 1st floor
2200 København N
Link in bio if you want to dive deeper together.
Last 5 spots left!
The workshop is supported by PUBLIC SERVICE & Nørrebro Lokaludvalg <3
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦
They’re supposed to represent You, your work, your vision.
But some of us are just... staring at them wondering if they make any sense at all.
¿¿What’s it actually saying??
> Sophie Gevind is founder and creative director at Public Service, and has reviewed 1000+ portfolios over the last 3 years
> Anne-Lise Jacobsen is creative director at Saxo and is representing the hiring-side of the table when it comes to in-house creativity
Nov 24 | 5PM – 7PM | Chapter 1: The workshop
Public Service office
Lundtoftegade 23, 1st floor
2200 København N
>> They’ll talk through real examples and case studies. The good, the confusing, the “Wait.. what?”
>> 15-min reviews where you get actual honest feedback .
>> Perspectives from both agency + in-house side.
Bring your questions.
Bring your half-finished draft.
We’ll work through it together.
This is for any creative at any level who wants their work to land the way they mean it to. This is for You (?)
Curious what you’ll discover about your own work? Us too.
Limited spots. Link in bio.
The workshop is supported by PUBLIC SERVICE & Nørrebro Lokaludvalg <3
Today!
If you’re coming—see you soon 🤍
If you’re not—next time (this is just chapter 1)
Tonight, we gather. No filters, No BS, just honest conversations with people who get it.
Marie Wittrup Jensen, Lili Dreyer, Alin Stan + you.
Practical details:
📍 Huset, Rådhusstræde 13 – 5 min walk from Rådhuspladsen Metro
🕐 Doors 18:30 | Start 19:00 sharp
🎟️ Bring your ticket
🤍 Come as you are
To everyone navigating the creative industry: you’re not figuring it out alone anymore.
See you tonight, Copenhagen 🤍
#QuestioningCreatives #CopenhagenCreatives #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeIndustry #CareerGuidance #FreelanceCopenhagen #CreativeCommunity #Sustainability
DJ for over a decade. Co-founder of KUNE Festival. Career outside of the creative industry.
Wait… What?
🎧 Meet Alin Stan - proof you don’t have to choose between stability and creativity.
For 10+ years, Alin has been building Kune - a festival where community > consumption - while working a job outside of the creative industry.
He’s dismantling the myth that real creatives go all-in or burn out trying.
On oct 29, he’s sharing:
→ How he balances multiple identities without losing himself
→ Building sustainable creative projects part-time
→ Why community makes creativity thrive (not hustle)
For everyone juggling day jobs + creative dreams, or wondering if your side project is valid - this one’s for you.
Spoiler: It is. And Alin is a living proof.
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 - 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡
📍Huset, Copenhagen
🎟️ 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧. Limited spots — 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.
🔗 Link in bio
🤍This event is supported by Public Service, Tuborgfondet, and Huset.
2 days. final countdown starts now.
#QuestioningCreatives #CopenhagenCreatives #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeIndustry #CareerGuidance #FreelanceCopenhagen #CreativeCommunity #Sustainability
2 days until the first chapter of Questioning Creatives: Finding Your Creative Path.
Three creatives. Three honest stories about navigating this industry without losing yourself.
👉Marie Wittrup Jensen (sher/her) — embracing uncertainty after leaving London’s ad world
👉Lili Dreyer (she/her) — building VAER and Re:wair from classroom conviction
👉Alin Stan (he/him) — sustaining KUNE Festival while balancing life outside of the creative industry
This isn’t about having it figured out. It’s about asking questions together.
On Wednesday, October 29:
→ Three unfiltered talks
→ Panel discussion diving deeper
→ Q&A where you ask what actually matters (moderated by @sophiegevind )
→ Real connections with people who get your journey
📍 Huset, Copenhagen | Oct 29 | 18:30 (doors) | 19:00 (start sharp)
🎟️ Pay what you can | Limited spots remaining
🔗 Link in bio
For students navigating the industry gap, freelancers questioning sustainability, or experienced creatives considering realignment—Wednesday is for you.
Who’s joining us? 👀
#QuestioningCreatives #CopenhagenCreatives #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeIndustry #CareerGuidance #FreelanceCopenhagen #CreativeCommunity #Sustainability
From classroom idea to award-winning startup.
🌱 Meet 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐫— 𝐜𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐀𝐄𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞:𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐫, leading the fight against fast fashion through upcycling activism.
Lili didn’t wait for the right time or perfect funding. She started with conviction: fashion doesn’t have to destroy the planet, and creativity can drive systemic change.
What began as a student project is now:
→ Award-winning sustainable brand
→ Movement proving circular fashion is possible
→ Workshops teaching others to rethink waste
On oct 29, she’s sharing the real journey:
→ How she turned frustration into action
→ Navigating setbacks as a young entrepreneur
→ Building a business that refuses to compromise on values
For anyone building something that matters—or considering social entrepreneurship—this talk is for you.
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 - 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡
📍Huset, Copenhagen
🎟️ 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧. Limited spots — 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.
🔗 Link in bio
🤍This event is supported by Public Service, Tuborgfondet, and Huset.
6 days. Are you ready?
#QuestioningCreatives #CopenhagenCreatives #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeIndustry #CareerGuidance #FreelanceCopenhagen #CreativeCommunity #Sustainability
👋 Meet Marie Wittrup Jensen (she/her)
Creative copywriter. Still very much figuring things out.
Marie spent years crafting campaigns in London’s advertising world—the kind of career many dream about. Then she paused and asked: What’s next for me?
Not because she failed or because she had it all planned out.
Now she’s embracing the uncertainty. Rewriting her own chapter.
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
🌱For emerging creatives: You don’t need permission to question the path you’re supposed to follow. Your doubts are data, not deficiency.
🪴For navigating professionals: Career pivots don’t require certainty. Clarity comes through exploration, not before it.
🌳For realigning leaders: Success can feel empty when misaligned. It’s never too late to rewrite your chapter.
On October 29, Marie shares what she’s learning in the messy middle—the doubts, the freedom, and what it takes to trust the process.
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 - 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡
📍Huset, Copenhagen
🎟️ 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧. Limited spots — 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.
🔗 Link in comments
🤍This event is supported by Public Service, Tuborgfondet, and Huset.
#QuestioningCreatives #CopenhagenCreatives #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeIndustry #CareerGuidance #FreelanceCopenhagen #CreativeCommunity #Sustainability
