[…] that engages critically with contemporary themes and aims to take part in shaping the future. The online platform, formkraft.dk, takes advantage of the new possibilities of the digital format and has to be in step with its own time in order to be relevant. However, in choosing a suitable name and creating a format […]
[…] had a simple form and were often based on presenting items from a collection arranged in glass display cases. Today, exhibitions are moving in an ever more digital direction, where the key exhibition device is to stage the story in the form of immersive installations and interactive experiences. This shift in communication mode, from […]
[…] as diverse human bodies as possible. Inclusive design has recently become a value-expressive term not only in fashion but in several industries, referring to both physical and digital products addressing issues of diversity. Especially new-generation companies tend to emphasise inclusive design in their mediation, in their websites, ads, and interviews. In this way, they […]
[…] a service that let individual consumers choose from a range of colour combinations and patterns to design their own sweater, which was then produced on the company’s digital knitting machine. Later, Unmade changed its approach and now offers the use of the underlying software technology to other companies. The technology can be incorporated into […]
A Tactile Revolution "Sensation is not limited to the physical world. It can transcend the physical and the digital. The digital has not yet fulfilled its full potential – that’s what we want to contribute to." Read the interview with Wang & Söderström
[…] of unknown provenance, 18th-century plaster copies, needlework samplers with rococo ornamentation, mass-produced matchboxes, rifles from Norwegian weapons manufacturers, Norway’s election system (service design) and video clips from digital game design. A large number of objects from visual culture serves to contextualize the design exhibits, including photographs, art, advertisements, discursive books on design and posters […]
[…] loom and computer, the fabric of text, the woven tale … The Jacquard loom with its long roll of punch cards points to the earliest computer algorithms and the fourth industrial revolution. You can experience Amalie Smith’s digitally woven algorithms on five big LED screens in the exhibition Looming at Holstebro Kunstmuseum (Holstebro Art Museum).
Formkraft Dansk Kunsthåndværk og Design nr. 1/202 2 Tema: Kunsthåndværk i en digital tid Foto: Abstract_ af Bjørn Karmann, interaktionsdesigner, Julie Helles Eriksen, beklædningsdesigner og Kristine Boesen, tekstildesigner Formkraft er et digitalt arkiv og kontemporært tidsskrift for kunsthåndværk og design. Alle artikler udgives digitalt med engelske oversættelser. Formkraft.dk Indhold ’Superbrugere’ mellem digitale og materielle […]
Formkraft: Kunsthåndværk i en digital tid
[…] School Kolding and Willem De Kooning Academy in the Netherlands. During her bachelor's degree in particular, a lot of the work was done on the computer. ‘ Digital technology played an incredibly important role. Sketching and modelling were often done on the computer. As a very sensory person, I felt almost deprived of something.’ […]