As a weaver, she keeps the threads tight, and as a textile artist she works uniquely with the sculptural potential of threads and the possibilities of colour. But in the three new works created at Biblioteket Rentemestervej in Copenhagen NV, Sofia Hagström Møller has shared the art production with three different groups of children and young people. Here she talks about her experience of making cultural encounters the material in artistic processes.

Clay has a long tradition of hosting the annual exhibition of bachelor projects from the Royal Danish Academy's ‘Crafts in Glass and Ceramics’ programme based at the Glass and Ceramics School on Bornholm. In 2024, 15 students have completed their bachelor's projects in ceramics and it is these final projects that are currently on display at Clay Keramikmuseum in Middelfart.

How can design be inclusive in practice? Is inclusive design synonymous with ‘design for all’?

Can you equate locally produced with sustainability? How do craft and design micro-businesses work with green solutions? And is it enough to think circular economy?

We need a new mindset to change our consumer habits. That was one of the main messages at this year’s Folkemødet, the annual democracy event on the Danish island of Bornholm, which had climate change and sustainability as lead issues on the agenda.

Using a crushing machine and an alchemist’s approach and breaking with the zero-error culture, two tutors and researchers from the Royal Danish Academy aim to show the world that there is an endless number of possibilities in recycling everything from roof tiles to toilets and turning them into new building materials – without compromising on form or aesthetic.