[…] two years earlier. The project was structured as a three-day art workshop for students in years 7, 8 and 9 in collaboration with Danish, Social Studies and History teachers. Prior to the workshop, the students had read the Danish writer Pia Tafdrup’s poem ‘Seven Dresses for Visibility’ from 2011 and the Norwegian writer Nordahl […]
[…] a connection between physical and aesthetic sustainability. The whole process of recycling materials also represents a consumption of resources, so the sustainability aspect of a long lifespan is not insignificant,’ says the established designer, furniture maker and teacher, whose opinions and perspectives illustrate that history tends to repeat itself – but always in new ways.
[…] the Accessory Design programme and chair of the Student Council, she is sitting down with Formkraft for a conversation about the student rebellion in Danish design schools. Director of Education Eva Kappel, Design School Kolding, and Professor of Design History Anders V. Munch, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), are also present to offer their perspectives.
[…] be based on science, practice and artistic development – that is our purpose. We cannot simply decide to drop the academic disciplines. We have to teach design history, aesthetics, theory, the whole underlying method of design. Contemporary designers need great workshops skills as well as an academic, analytical approach to their work. We are […]
[…] months, years, sometimes a lifetime. And since Volther’s chair works well, in both visual and functional terms, and since it’s also an archetypal Windsor type with a history of 6–700 years, it was a good place to start,’ Nicolai explained, adding, ‘Rather than first having to reinvent the wheel and spending time on that, […]
[…] more we surround ourselves with nature, the better. Anker Bak addressed other key issues in our talk. Nature. Manufacturers who ought to know more about the history of the product. The significance of the product’s future life in the form of user stories. Furniture that is handed down ... With En ny værdighed, […]
Preserving calm and identity in vulnerable situations Another project is NÆRVÆR (Presence), which uses textile design to reduce the symptoms of illness. In its millennia-long history, textile has always had a functional aspect, but in this project, the two design students Josephine Bourghardt and Emma Khan Forbæk Doolan specifically take the health aspect to […]
[…] his lifetime. That is part of the reason why Wegner is now getting his own dedicated museum in Tønder. A place to present his catalogue, thoughts, design process, history. He deserves that, says Anne Blond, who is project manager for Museum Wegner and responsible for realizing the museum over the next couple of years. She […]
[…] Claire. The conceptual point of departure ofthe motifs isthe fulcrum of his art. At the same time, the vase is functional. Perry displays astrong affiliation with art history in his use ofthe classical and traditional vase as abasis for his motifs and via the retaining ofthe ornament and decoration on the surface of the […]
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[…] >K ■:i THE PATTERN INTHE CREATIVE PROCESS Amy Goldin’s closely-argued, meaning-packed article from the peri- odical Artforum. 1975. as welt as anumber ofother works oftheory and art history -primarily Gombrich’s large work on The Sense of Order- stand out byfocusing on afar broader understanding ofthe relationships among pattern, motif and ornament inaesthetic pro- duction […]
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