Climate adaptation, aesthetics, community engagement, identity, urban development, quality of life – it all comes together in the plans to make ceramics a visible part of the Danish town of Middelfart. Travelling the new ceramics route.
[…] focus on regenerative principles and practices is driven by the awareness that human activities are now affecting the earth so profoundly that they are leading to global climate change. Our current era has been labelled the Anthropocene: a shift that calls for rethinking and reinventing more sustainable design and production. In this article, I […]
[…] the planet as more and more people have the opportunity to join the consumption party. Denmark is particularly weak on SDG 12: responsible consumption and production - a crucial SDG in the effort for a better climate. It is imperative that something must be done now to reduce the consequences of overconsumption and fast fashion.
Climate anxiety, community and a thirst for new learning Several of the participants have been affected by doubt: ‘Will this have any impact at all?’ and ‘Does it make a difference what I do?’ However, more and more people are willing to make changes and accept that even small steps can make a […]
[…] well-functioning society andexpressed a sometimes rare appreciation of political system. One participant said they had made up with a neighbour after a seven-year conflict. Several people mentioned climate benefits and felt that it was time to rethink, accompanied by reflections on whether we might return to the old normal, or whether we would be […]
[…] like a space of opportunity, but burdened by crises and unresolved problems. We want to challenge this alienation. We live in a time of interlocking crises - climate change, geopolitical unrest, technological shifts, growing inequality. These are challenges that cannot be solved within the same structures that created them. That's why we need to […]
[…] school at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen this past winter are trying to keep up the pressure and are feeling less green – except where the climate is concerned: in that area they are green to the core. It is Friday afternoon, and only a few students still remain in ‘the white building’ […]
[…] of the concept of culture. Design is not understood as the material manifestation of national, regional or local cultures or subcultures. In line with the current ideological climate, the National Museum presents design as an identity marker. National cultures or subcultures are a construction, we are told. At the new National Museum, the widest […]
