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Pixels, algorithms and crafts

Article
Craft in a digital age ceramics Digital design History Textile The development of new digital tools has influenced the field of craft and its approach to materials, form and aesthetics. Anni Albers Now, why would I open an essay about craft and digitization with a quotation by the Bauhaus weaver and textile designer Anni Albers?
  • Theme:
  • Craft in a digital age
  • Subjects:
  • ceramics
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  • Digital design
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  • History
  • Textile
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Artisan: King Houndekpinkou In his atelier  Ceramicist PARIS, FRANCE

Rethinking education – and craft

Interview
Craft in a digital age Education Sustainability Interview with Tim Ingold <em>Imagine education without any division between crafts and academic learning. Or how about seeing craft as poetry, whether it is expressed materially, verbally or digitally? Probably, it was because your teachers had forgotten that craft is poetry.
  • Theme:
  • Craft in a digital age
  • Subjects:
  • Education
  • Sustainability
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Maria Viftrup

Craft and design – a velvet revolution?

Article
She takes her point of departure at Design School Kolding (DSKD), where she is a teaching associate professor and thus has first-hand insight into the mindset of the new craft makers and designers. Helle Graabæk graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts in Kolding in 1992, specializing in printed textiles.
  • Theme:
  • Craft in a digital age
  • Subjects:
  • Design Schools
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  • Digital design
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  • Materiel kultur
  • Sustainability
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Gurlii Elbækgaard

Greasy fingers and practical research help craft out of the display case

Speakers Corner
Student rebellion Craft Education Kunsthåndværk ‘Artistic craft is something essential and valuable that we must pass on to the next generation. Danish Crafts &amp; Design Association, chairperson, Hanne Brøbech Sønnichsen puts into word a central challenge for the craft and design field.
  • Theme:
  • Student rebellion
  • Subjects:
  • Craft
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  • Education
  • Kunsthåndværk
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The hand behind it all

Article
Craft in a digital age Aesthetics Digital design Materiel kultur Sustainability A revival of the tangible and sensuous? The pervasive cultural and educational potential of craft in society was a key theme at the University of Southern Denmark’s conference on craft in a digital age, which was held virtually on 20 January.
  • Theme:
  • Craft in a digital age
  • Subjects:
  • Aesthetics
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  • Digital design
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  • Materiel kultur
  • Sustainability
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Nynne Færch og Birgitte Christens

Our hands can give us a break

Article
Artist-in-residence Craft Kunsthåndværk Research When schools put a greater emphasis on creativity, the students’ well-being improves. Originally, she trained as a maker and textile craft teacher at Skals Håndarbejdsseminarium (Skals Textile Craft College) specializing in weaving and knitting.
  • Theme:
  • Artist-in-residence
  • Subjects:
  • Craft
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  • Kunsthåndværk
  • Research
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Ilona Rista

Crafts in Construction: How crafts can contribute to public spaces

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Atmosphere Aesthetics Concrete Glass Glass Materials Udsmykning Wood Crafts rely on the traditional knowledge of making where the human hand is preferred over the industrial process. Is there room for craftsmanship and material-based interpretation in the built environment?
  • Theme:
  • Atmosphere
  • Subjects:
  • Aesthetics
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  • Concrete
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  • Glass
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  • Glass
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  • Materials
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  • Udsmykning
  • Wood
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Sanne Ransby. Upcycling Art, Kompetencehuset, 2022. Foto: Kasper Munch Lillelund

Where are the makers and designers?

Foreword
Artist-in-residence Communication Craft Kunsthåndværk Statens Kunstfond Since the artist-in- residence programme was launched in 2006, visual artists in particular appear to have cracked the code for successful applications. Formkraft looks into potentials and challenges for craft artists and designers.
  • Theme:
  • Artist-in-residence
  • Subjects:
  • Communication
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  • Craft
  • ●
  • Kunsthåndværk
  • Statens Kunstfond
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Designskolen Kolding

At Design School Kolding, the ‘rebellion’ revolves around the balance between craft and theory

Interview
Balancing theory and craft ‘As in Copenhagen, academization is a hot topic here,’ says Iben. That was our concern.’ My Sommer adds, ‘We want to improve both our theoretical knowledge and our craft skills, and we want to understand the background for why we make the designs that we do.
  • Theme:
  • Student rebellion
  • Subjects:
  • Design Schools
  • Education
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Louise-Sass_PH-Lamper_vaerksted_Foto-Dorte-Krogh

The intention – and implications – of critique

Article
Communication Craft Design Sustainability For many years, crafts and design critique has been relegated to the lifestyle sections of major media outlets. Naturally, a debate requires multiple voices, and the number of regular critics of design and crafts is quite limited.
  • Subjects:
  • Communication
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  • Craft
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  • Design
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  • Sustainability
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