[…] 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 […]
[…] more enduring, they reflect a field shaped by reform movements and professional positioning and repositioning. Terms such as art industry, arts and crafts, skønvirke, applied art and design represent different perspectives and ambitions but have often sought to cover an equally broad scope. Today, ‘art industry’ sounds dated. Between the 1870s and 1900, the […]
For many years, crafts and design critique has been relegated to the lifestyle sections of major media outlets. What does that mean for our debate culture and the general understanding of the area? Have the focus on climate change and calls for sustainable production produced a momentum for elevating design critique to the category […]
Along with journals and magazines, recurring exhibitions form the backbone of what we might call the ‘ Design Institution’ – the setting where crafts and design are presented, debated and assessed. Museums and educational institutions may be the traditional cornerstones of the Design Institution, but many other, more or less regular events and exhibitions […]
Sara Staunsager belyser Nanna Ditzels arbejdsmetoder og stiller skarpt på de kompetencer, som har været vitale for hendes evne til at tænke radikale tanker og skabe designs, der ligeledes var banebrydende. Ved at undersøge Nanna Ditzels arbejdsmetoder og hendes refleksioner over evnen til at omsætte rumlige miljøer og designs, tegner der sig et billede […]
[…] »La bella Axel Thygesen Italia« og kommer desuden isin faste rubrik »Tids- skrifter« ind på en række italienske forhold. Endelig bringer vi »Italiensk hilsen til myndighederne« af Poul Henningsen. Den blev bragt første gang iLP- Italiensk hilsen til myndighederne Poul Henningsen 12-13 5OÖ Tidsskrifter Axel Thygesen 38-39 g 3OSS 15-16 ‘O NYT i1957, og […]
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[…] at samarbejde med dyg- tige designere også skaber funktionsrigtigt lys. Tradition og fornyelse. Der er tradition for samarbejde og prisbelønninger hos Louis Poulsen &Co. A/S. Pioneren var Poul Henningsen, der allerede i1925 blev tildelt den første guldmedalje på verdensudstillingen iParis. Hans grundlæggende tanke var atforædle lys ved atpak- ke glødelampen ind iet skærmsæt, der […]
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BfA S s 43. årgang April 1972 C tå ■1 K Det vindende forslag ikonkurrencen om et skulpturelt symbol for »Frederik den Niendes Eksportpris«, tegnet af Poul Pedersen, se side 56. Q The winning proposal in acompetition for asculptural symbol for »Frederik IX’ Export Prize«, designed by Poul Pedersen (see p. j6). DANSK BRUGSKUNST […]
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[…] sølv. Endvidere vises der eksempler på kunstindustri og møbel- industri, der er således ind- rettet etsærligt rum med hver af arkitekterne Arne Jacobsen, Dan Svart, Børge Mogensen, Poul Kjærholm og Hans Wegner. Endelig vises der på slottet en ud- stilling af havearkitekten C. Th. Sørensen. På Sønderborg Bibliotek vises eksempler på offentlig design, grafisk […]
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