Across Denmark, museums, exhibition spaces, galleries and pop-up formats showcase crafts and design. Either as permanent formats or as temporary or perspective-orientated inclusions. Charlotte Jul has mapped the crafts and design scene in Denmark.
About the interplay of craft, design and other terms used to describe the field in Denmark.
'Artistic craft is something essential and valuable that we must pass on to the next generation. Otherwise, the basic know-how and foundation for Danish design will lose its shape.' Danish Crafts & Design Association, chairperson, Hanne Brøbech Sønnichsen puts into word a central challenge for the craft and design field.
[…] and stimulate creativity. Over the years, we have found that we are also capable of engaging in interesting and unconventional dialogues about difficult topics and of creating artistic form through hand-crafted processes and the materiality of textile. Trapholt has been engaging in co-created art projects since 2015: Maskernes Monument (Monument of Stitches) with Isabel […]
Denmark lacks a scene that purely exhibits craft and design. We have several museums and galleries dedicated to the field, but we miss the big stage where craft artists and designers can frolic freely with a perspective on both the past and the future. A stage that can manifest and communicate the potential that does […]
The development of new digital tools has influenced the field of craft and its approach to materials, form and aesthetics. PhD Anne Louise Bang offers some insights into the digital journey of design education and a look at some of the methods and digital tools shaping practices and approaches in craft now and in […]
Sara Mirkhani is a ceramist from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She points to an unfortunate hierarchisation of the arts in Denmark and points out that we must protect the professionalism that comes with the title of craft artist (kunsthåndværker).
Craft artists should have a permanent seat at the table when municipal art councils make decisions. This could be the key to integrating crafts and design more deeply into the decoration of public spaces and institutions. Since 2010, ceramicist Nina Lund has been advocating precisely for this—encouraging local politicians to recognize the valuable […]
[…] to be carefully planned, like a recipe,’ says Anne Kirketerp. I am speaking to Anne Kirketerp on the phone. Originally, she trained as a maker and textile craft teacher at Skals Håndarbejdsseminarium (Skals Textile Craft College) specializing in weaving and knitting. Later, she studied psychology and earned a PhD, which makes her Denmark’s only […]
Balancing theory and craft ‘As in Copenhagen, academization is a hot topic here,’ says Iben. ‘Generally speaking, the issue is that the education is implementing a very high theoretical level, and we need to ensure this does not happen at the cost of practice. If that happens, we could have just enrolled in Design […]