[…] a conceptual approach to materials, site and history that is probably not entirely dissimilar to artistic research. But even though I always do careful preliminary studies, my senses and what happens in the moment are crucial to me. My collaborations with various companies, including restaurants, for example, also require a certain degree of predictability […]
[…] symbolizing qualities, with an intense focus on the articulation of form, the brightness of colour and the character of materials in relation to our near and distant senses. The growth and maturation stages of the designer as a specialist of nonverbal communication can be observed in both sketches and presentation models. The sensualizing technique […]
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[…] 116–128). Routledge. Jensen, O. B. (2020, 2–4 December). Atmospheres of rejection: How dark design rejects homeless in the city . 4th International Congress on Ambiences, Ambiences, Alloæsthesia: Senses, Inventions, Worlds, e-conference. Jensen, O. B. (2022). Urban mobilities and power. Social exclusion by design in the city. In Cattan, N. & L. Faret (Eds.), Hybrid […]
[…] The house artist scheme is a shot in the arm for children and young people, giving them an experience of what quality and experimentation are, what the senses can do, etc. The scheme is an opportunity for one or more artists to challenge themselves and learn something new. A house artist project focuses on […]
[…] the breaks at a language centre for foreigners, and both teachers and students embraced it as a new way form of recreation and socializing that brings other senses into play. This stimulates the profound satisfaction of learning or teaching a new technique and achieving a good result. As it does not require mastery of […]
[…] general, visitors need to wander round the labyrinth to see what they may discover. The setting adds to the magic, and slightly disoriented but with freshly alerted senses, one is confronted with a wealth of new aspects of contemporary crafts, surrounded by swooping pigeons and the intense fragrance of lilacs. The audience included every […]
[…] to the lack of texture: the less texture, the less noise and the less friction – but also the less stimulation and the fewer places for our senses to find rest. Smooth home, smooth consumption, smooth work – all these friction-less and slightly impersonal domains may be regarded as important aspects of the extreme […]
Atmosphere as an aesthetic concept is based on the notion of a spatial mood or ambience created by means of materials, light and form. It affects our senses and enables attachment and memories. A material may have unique properties that give it inherent atmospheric qualities. For example, glass has the capacity to transmit and […]
[…] Working with this sort of durability as a maker or designer means creating objects that are made to mature into something more beautiful, more stimulating to the senses and more engaging, as they are affected and developed by the hands that touch them, the atmospheric changes they are exposed to and the occasions on […]
[…] more profound and invisible meanings. Whether an object is decorated or not plays no role in an appraisal of its status and value. The fear of the senses and the body Just like music, which makes our body tingle with adesire to dance, ornament isapattern built up of rhythmic repetitions. Even though it embodies […]
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