[…] 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.
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 […]
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. […]
The history of the design schools since 1969 is turbulent, which shows in many mergers and name changes. Which demands from students have been met over the years? What development have the programs undergone? Get an overview here.
About the interplay of craft, design and other terms used to describe the field in Denmark.
The academization of Danish craft and design education has been met with much criticism, especially from students. However, if you ask Troels Degn Johansson, former associate professor and head of department at the Royal Danish Academy, academization has improved the education in several areas.
In spring 2022, growing dissatisfaction among the students in Danish design schools came to a head. At the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, the design students held a demonstration, and a lengthy letter of complaint garnered more than a hundred signatures. The major newspapers printed op-eds and letters to the editor on the topic, and […]
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.