[…] trade in second-hand clothes. These issues are only briefly touched upon in either volume but are hot topics in the contemporary debate on sustainability and the circular economy. Despite these objections, the work as a whole is a very rich source, which can be recommended to anyone who wants a thorough overview of Danish […]
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Our living environment has a profound impact on our health, everyday life and general well-being. The importance of the built environment for ecology, the economy and a functioning society is now better understood. In Finland, construction is estimated to account for 35% of society’s consumption of resources. Therefore, all activities within property and construction […]
[…] an even sharper outline in the minds of future generations, because World War Isevered the continuation of the discussion of these two positions. With the subsequent war economy, where competition Konflikter, som de fortsat er underlagt. Ifølge Werkbunds oprindelige statut var formålet at forædle håndværket gennem at udvælge de bedste repræsentative produk- ter fra […]
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[…] following: ifcompanies were willing tovoluntarily embrace universal values, ifthey chose toact inaprincipled way wherever they did business -then the social legiti- macy ofopen markets and the global economy could bestrengthened. Byprojecting universally legitimized principles DIGITAL TECHNIQUES The theme ‘Digital techniques’ points tonew digital print techniques, which are less ofan environmental burden than traditional analogue […]
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[…] that have abuilt-in story are bound to appeal to us. Stories in- volve us emotionally and for that reason storytelling has become an essential parameter for modern economy. Itisaquestion of con- suming, and the means ofgetting people to do that isto produce dreams -storytelling becomes sto- ryselling. That the good story has always had […]
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[…] more interest was taken in technical disco- veries than in the beauty of printing. Books were made too much alike, in conformity with the hard law of economy; it was acase of cramming as many words as possible into every page so that the books could be pro- duced cheaply. The type faces were […]
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[…] recycle. However, this choice can also be associated with overall changes in society. InWestern societies, itisno longer manufacturing but the service and information sectors that drive our economy. That has hit the industrial production of ceramics, metalware and other craft-related products hard. InaDanish context, Royal Co- penhagen and Georg Jensen are obvious examples. Many […]
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[…] how craft art was slowly but surely pushed out to the periphery; at that time the imminence of World War IIprompted both rationalization processes and plan- ned- economy thinking, and the industrial forms ofproduction were undergoing rapid development. In addition the first over- view ofthe history ofdesign, Nikolaus Pevsner’s Pioneers ofthe Modern Movement, was […]
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[…] clear-cut answer to this question, because the situation is confusing. In many ways, today’s crafts is wedged between its much more powerful relatives design (which has the economy that crafts lacks) and fine art (which has the status that crafts lacks). And the confusion is not lessened by the fact that many craftsmen transcend […]
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[…] ofany ideological goals beyond the economic one; no manifestos are being issued arguing for the human rewards ofstrengthening the design area, other than the benefits tothe national economy. Or aswe could read recently inthe newspaper Politiken: ‘The owners’ plan with the (industrial design) group istodevelop its subsidiaries sothey can resell them for asmuch money […]
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