Dignity for all

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[…] wide or too narrow, too round-shouldered or too round-bellied. Standardized clothes are designed for abstract ideal bodies, which in real life represent the exception. In the flickering light inside the changing room, most of us have experienced the familiar small loss of dignity as we try in vain to fit our bodies into impossible […]

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[…] well indeed, as clearly demonstrated by Tronhjem Rømer. The two designers develop their patterns in a digital process and translate them into analogue hand-printed serigraphs. In the exhibition Color Occurence at Officinet in Copenhagen they created an atmospheric display with featherlight room dividers, accompanied by a rare sight in textile art: minimalist, ultramodern light sculptures.

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Concrete plasticity and light-beam drawings Glass artist and designer Renata Jakowleff explores ways to rethink and redefine the use of materials and techniques for different applications. Formconcrete is a new, patented technique for shaping concrete during casting. Usable in the precast element industry, the technique will provide an opportunity to create signature concrete facades and structures through three-dimensional […]

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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 […]

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[…] disappears. In the work, flickering red neon tubes create an intense unease that spreads throughout the exhibition space in the darkness. The vibrating gas sends an alarming light into the room. It's orderly chaos as the neon gas is contained within the carefully crafted glass tubes with rhythmic indentations, but the unease is contagious […]

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