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Theme: Design exhibitions

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At exhibition

Along with journals and magazines, recurring exhibitions form the backbone of what we might call the ‘Design Institution’ – the setting where crafts and design are presented, debated and assessed. Museums and educational institutions may be the traditional cornerstones of the Design Institution, but many other, more or less regular events and exhibitions are also part of it. As mentioned in other articles in this issue, exhibitions may be regarded as ‘platforms’ (Kasper Kastoft and Anders Kongskov of The Mindcraft Project) or as ‘infrastructure’ (Anni Nørskov Mørch on the Biennales for Craft & Design).
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Milano, New York, Toronto, Warszawa … When the exhibition machine started

Exhibitions of Danish design are wildly popular, but that is not a new phenomenon. Since the Great Exhibition in 1851 at Crystal Palace in London, companies, craft makers and designers have used exhibitions and trade fairs to market their products and designs. These exhibitions often enjoyed intense media attention and coverage. During the 1950s, Danish design and craft also attracted international attention in the big travelling exhibitions Design in Scandinavia in 1954–57 and The Arts of Denmark in 1960–61, but the most prestigious design manifestations of the decade, the Triennale di Milano, also served as an effective platform for marketing Danish modern furniture and other functional interior design items.
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EXHIBITION ARCHITECTURE: AN EXPERIENCE AND A PROCESS

Exhibition design is created in an encounter of different media, creative and professional disciplines and messages. The exhibition architect has to find new and innovative ways to combine these aspects with the goal of giving the visitors an experience of being emotionally affected and enlightened in ways they would not otherwise have been.
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ALL WE NEED IS ...INFRASTRUCTURE

A successful exhibition is always more than an exhibition, and the Biennale for Craft & Design has always been more than an exhibition. However, if the Biennale is to function as an exhibition – and more – in the future, it needs to take its own medicine, carrying certain things forward and scrapping others.
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MINDCRAFT AND THE WORLD HAVE CHANGED

Mindcraft was conceived in 2008 with an ambition of putting Danish design on the world map. Over the past 13 years, that ambition has been fully accomplished, and the exhibitions in Milan in particular have played a key role in promoting Danish craft and design. In 2019, the concept was taken over by the Copenhagen Design Agency, which renewed and further developed the format. We met to talk about the significance of Mindcraft, digital developments and future exhibition formats.
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