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[…] isan example ofapractitioner inwhose works the distinctions collapse. He stubbornly de and reconstructs industrially produced furniture and fittings, mainly from IKEA’s well known range. The result isfunctional, utility-oriented things. But the functionality plays together with the far-reaching meanings that arise inthe transformation ofthe objects from consumer products created for aglobal market toraw material for […]

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[…] ceramics. This year’s graduates show that with their mastery ofthe material they are perpetuating the legacy of Danish design with artistic idioms that range wide between everyday utility objects and free sculptural forms. Det her er etlidt kedeligt billede af en enkelt afAnja Englers fine steldele af støbt hvidt og indfarvet porcelæn. Små og […]

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[…] things stolen, itisbecause ofthe name, not because they have been made special, for the things are also available in These things are akind ofobjects ofdesire. They are utility objects made special by a design, logo orname, sothat place and object are inextricably linked -they are marked, sothat they stand out from other things ofthe […]

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[…] and atwist ofhumour have been added, transforming the familiar and traditional into something new: aformal idiom that matches the requirements ofthe age for an everyday life with utility objects that are not only beautiful and functional, but also have personality. INTEREST HAS TO BE FOLLOWED UP Art fairs like SOFA and COLLECT have become […]

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[…] anew kind ofobject which asked other questions than ‘What can this be used for?’. Rather, itasked ‘What does this mean?’. The meaning-content became more important than the utility function. The Eng- lish design historian Peter Dormer was one of those who put words towhat this new element isall about, inbooks about the new jewellery […]

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[…] the incandescent light bulb -naturally created by turning his designer‘s eye to the most recent technology, LED, and giving the bulbs anew shape that goes beyond mere utility (see p.92). Similarly, Helle Trolle merges new technology and traditional design inthe prototype Light Bulb, where optical fibre cables are woven like lace to form a […]

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[…] are invited infor alabyrinthine conversation about the nature ofthings. their manifest function, their symbolic function and their roles as tools for interaction ineveryday life: poetry combined with utility in the eye’s search for truth, as conceived in”Blackbox +Base” from 1998. asimple storage module of coloured containers that can be stacked ininfinite combinations and which […]

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[…] consumer society inthe logic oflate capitalism. Karl Marx’s prophecy ofthe commodity as fetish, which he wrote inthe middle ofthe nineteenth century, became the prevailing practice, and the utility value ofdesign, its practical function and usefulness, was taken over by its exchange value on the globalized consumption market. Design and craft art took on the […]

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[…] and tothe current exhibition as conceptual image. Atthe same time the platters are both wall objects with adecorative and symbolic value, and relate tothe meal and a utility function asplates, which reflects atone and the same time Trap- holt’s identity asamuseum for visual art and craft art, and reveals the internal split incraft art […]

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[…] this inmore detail we must look at what ispeculiar tocraft art as aform ofpractice. First and foremost, craft art differs from fine art by vir- tue ofits utility function. Whether the objects are really utility objects or incline more towards artistic expression, craft art is potentially oriented towards use, and its objects take their […]

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