[…] Söderberg Prize inconnection with her one-woman show atRöhsska Museet. Inconnection with this she published avery beautiful catalogue which shows both the versatility and continuity inher output. The history ofDanish textile printers has remained strangely unwritten, claimed the textile printer Ruth Christensen, who inthe 1970s published the only overview history ofthe subject inDanish, but who […]
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[…] sin til dato største udstilling på Millesgården ved Stockholm. I dette efterår udstiller Tage Andersen både på Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum iAalborg og iKöln. ms. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF DESIGN HISTORY 18 Tidsskrift for fagfolk. Med museumsinspektør Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen som redaktør og Kunstindustrimuseet som base har Forlaget Rhodos fornyligt udsendt etnyt fagtidsskrift: Scandinavian Journal of Design History. […]
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[…] af 1958 udsendtes iNew York velnok den største og tykkeste bog, der nogensinde erlavet om foto- grafiets historie. Den er skrevet afPeter Pollack, har titlen »The Picture History of Photography«, er udgivet af Harry N. Abrams, Inc., rummer over 600 billeder, er trykt iTyskland – og koster 130,35 kr. (Tilsendt af Arnold Busck, International […]
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[…] tion, the management secured the services of the archi- tect Carl Petersen as its art director. This was one of the lucky strokes so frequent in the history of the factory, and it resulted in asmall but select production. The carefully worked-out designs for shapes and decorations bear witness to ahighly developed sense both […]
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[…] -who previously had played aleading role at Bauhaus -disap- peared from the school’s workshops. Dennis Dahlqvist isatrained journalist and holds adoctorate from the Depart- ment of Art History at Stockholm Uni- versity. Dennis Dahlqvist has worked as an art, architecture and design critic in various contexts and isthe initiator of the unofficial art fair […]
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[…] is only asurface finish. The gap between artist- craftsmanship and industrial design seems to be growing ever wider -sadly for the latter. infer anything from the design history ofthe last 150 years itisthat successful production isinthe great majority ofcases created by an artist or craft artists. Danish artist-crafts- manship isstrong atpresent; there isgreat potential […]
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[…] 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. So Iwant toexplore whether the computer can take me innew directions and create […]
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[…] as ac- cessible as possible, but aims atamore intuitive kind ofcommuni- cation. The installation exhibition often draws attention toits con- structed character, for example by referring tothe history ofthe museum institution orthe exhibition techniques ofearlier times. As aresult ofthis itrisks appearing tohave an elitist character, although this isfar from always the case. Among recent […]
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[…] tomeasure ourselves against others and ascertain that we have access topleasures that others do not. Luxury isrelative, like poverty. The official ofself-discipline, forget others, do what we History isrich ininsane luxury. Attimes it reasonable. Luxury approaches the sinful. Our resembled attempts tobreak world records: inner puritan gets abad conscience when we enjoy things too […]
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[…] pro- duced many excellent utility articles, among other things asingle table service (“Gudrun”), in cream-coloured faience with excellent forms, it is still awholly new chapter in the history of Danish ceramic that A/S. Fuur- strøms Faience Works have commenced the production of both faience services and ornamental objects of quality beyond the usual. Hitherto […]
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