When designers and architects shape our society, universal design is the key concept that expands the ‘one size fits all’ elastic to match the full diversity of users’ sizes, needs and functioning. Universal design is the principle of accommodating everyone. But how can universal design be incorporated into art projects?
[…] depends not only on the results or progress achieved, but just as much on how its achievements have been documented, interpreted and communicated. Lars Dybdahl received the Design Council's Honorary Award in 2024 for his enormous commitment to this! In this interview, Lars Dybdahl explains why Danish craft and design are an important part […]
We live in a society built on consumption—but where do the raw materials come from? And what happens to our understanding of products and materials when production is removed from local communities? Material flows, design history, and craftsmanship intersect in an interdisciplinary conversation between Associate Professor Ingrid Halland and Professor Kjetil Fallan.
Urban infrastructure and wayfinding systems are an important aspect of the city scene. Street signs, type design and characteristic objects on local street corners can serve as identity markers for cities and citizens alike. PhD fellow Matthias Horneman-Thielcke and museum curator Pernille Stockmarr offer insights into the background of Designmuseum Danmark’s new outdoor exhibition […]
In the summer of 2022, new design exhibitions opened in both Copenhagen and Oslo. Norway’s new National Museum seeks to embrace the full scope of the design concept, while Designmuseum Danmark focuses purely on – and renews – the aesthetic form.
Dark design is not just about homeless people losing places to bed down for the night; it is equally about a loss of breathing spaces in the city. Professor Ole B. Jensen of Aalborg University heads the four-year research project ‘Dark Design: Social exclusion in urban places’. In this article, he discusses the project […]
How can design be inclusive in practice? Is inclusive design synonymous with ‘design for all’?
According to Marianne Skjulhaug, rector of KHiO, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian design education has had good financial frameworks and working facilities until now. Additionally, the academicization of artistic design education has strengthened their status and importance, says Irene Alma Lønne, rector of AHO, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. […]
'To me, the strength of the book lies in its precise identification of the way the Anthropocene and the development of the concept of design raise fundamental questions about design’s role and responsibility, and one can only have respect for the impressive amount of knowledge that is synthesized in the book and the author’s […]
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.
