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 […]
Strong Recurrences The very well-versed design aficionados may also recognize several of the works, as they have previously been included in the Danish Arts Foundation's long-standing initiative Mindcraft, Snedkernes Efterårsudstilling, the Biennale for Crafts and Design, or other exhibition contexts. Eske Rex's work "Little Ship" was part of Mindcraft 2013. Eske Rex's compositions are […]
Peder Rasmussen: 'Danish Crafts benefitted far too few people. It was often the same individuals who received funding and participated in the MINDCRAFT exhibitions in Milan, where a large portion of the budget went to flights, transport, insurance, and the exhibition venue in Milan—at sky-high prices. On top of that came per diems, hotel […]
[…] 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).
[…] chair. It points towards something else, it has the Nordic element in the wood, but in its minimalism it also has postmodernist elements. Akiko Kuwahata's bench for Mindcraft in 2024 is also an interesting example and Dögg Guðmundsdóttir has a liberating approach to the profession in her manifestations of circularity, recycling and multifunctionality, as […]
[…] både elementer afnatur, kultur og keramisk tradition. Er det med vilje, at du bevæger dig mellem kontraster? Kontraster er altid virkningsfulde. Iapril iår erjeg inviteret tilatdeltage på MINDCRAFT 11 med Danish Crafts på mø- belmessen iMilano. Kurator Cecilie Manz har sat tre ord op for atunderstrege de grundlæggende præmisser for arbej- det med kunsthåndværk […]
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