[…] can concept, from which the English professor of often the boundaries between the disciplines, furniture design, David Pye, already distanced ind new hybrid types ofpractice see the light himself inhis classic book The Nature andArt ofday. This isnot something new. The philoso- ofWorkmanship (1968). On the one hand it pher Theodor A.Adorno emphasized Verfran- […]
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[…] ofblood sugar and body temperature mould reflect the body’s general luellbeing and mould bepractically measurable. Ialso included external parameters like noise, room temperature and the quality ofthe light, aswell asthe passage ofthe year inthe form ofthe date and time.’ ‘The history oftextiles shows that new techno- logies generate new products and new forms ofexpression. […]
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[…] an invitation from the editor ofatextile peri¬ Aglimpse ofthe exhibition “URBAN” atthe Museum of Decorative Art in1997. The knit and woven paper garment collection “URBAN” matches the light and shade ofthe city. Grethe Wittrock and Ann Schmidt-Christensen were invited toexhibit atthe Museum ofDecorative Art after winning the Biennial Prize for Applied Art and Design. […]
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[…] intelligent clothes; he challenges and questions our time and finds his bearings within acontem- porary artistic horizon. He isn’t the only one who isdoing this. But inthe light ofthe designers who have been making an impact recently, his festive colleagues the star designers Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, one must say that Hussein Chalayans […]
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[…] and stabiles in chronium; decorations for department stores; designer to Hans Hansen arbej’dsområd e/activity Lys-skulpturer og lys-relieffer; dekorative arbejder i lertøj, fortrinsvis unika; design/sculptures and reliefs with light; decorative earthenware, by preference unique; design udstillinger/exhibitions 70 +flere internationale/ 70 +several international exhibitions udstillinger/exhibitions Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 1970; A/S Herman A. Kähler, Næstved 1973; Separatudstillinger på […]
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[…] Visiona ^-program uden for mes¬ 1.Beboelseslandskab »Visiona 3«. Bayer. Fot. Schuster. □Dwelling landscape »Visiona 3«. 2.Lysklaser iFritz Hansens rum, arrangeret af Verner Panton. Fot. Louis Schnakenburg. □ Light clusters in Fritz Hansen’s room, ar- ranged by Verner Panton. 3.Barn med byggeklodser. Bayer. □Child with building bricks. 4.Stabelstol, tegnet afJørgen Kastholm for Kusch &Co. □Stack- […]
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[…] that Iwas wrong, but this much is certain, namely that once you’ve taken the step at all you must be consistent about itand see things in the light of new circumstances and console yourself with the fact that many Danish con- cerns in the sphere of applied art as well as elsewhere started with […]
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[…] influenced our young designers, who have revived the interest in abstract and simple shapes which had appeared already in the early 1930’s. Our furniture has become more light and functional than it used to be. A certain general social interest has held the field, but there has always been room for in- dividual experiment. […]
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[…] itislocated atDesignskolen Kolding, only aselect few craft artists have access toits technological potential. Craft-based methods and products carry aspecial authenticity with them, which ishighly valued seen inthe light ofpost- industrial society’s lack ofindividual identity. Design and craft work, that were earlier segregated by technological premise, now exist side-by-side, sometimes competing, sometimes complementing each other. […]
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[…] tothe bottom’ asmanufacturers compete on price for aplace inthe supply chain ofbig brands. DAMAGING EFFECTS OF FASHION TRENDS AND IMAGERY where the drive toconstantly ‘renew’ ourselves inthe light ofchanging trends helps feed short-term thinking, psychological insecurity and rising levels ofmental illness; while fashion imagery islinked tobody issues and serious medical conditions like anorexia, which […]
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