[…] maker spaces, which are now available in many schools and public libraries. They are interested in the same techniques and tools that are used in crafts ( kunsthåndværk) and design, even if they use different terms to describe what they do, including ‘upcycling’, ‘repair’ and the English word ‘craft’. The artist-in-residence programme offers a […]

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More Knowledge Asmussen, H.C. Liquid Life, Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design 2017 (katalog) Bauman, Z. Liquid Modernity, 2006 Guinness, L, Art as Jewellery. From Calder to Kapoor, 2017. Mørch, A. N. Universelt design med kunstneriske kvaliteter, Formkraft, sept., 2022 Turner, Lesley-Anne The Power of Communication Through Art Jewellery, International Journal of Humanities, 2012.  

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Mere viden i arkivet I arkivet på Formkraft kan man læse mere om studenteroprør, designuddannelse og politiske beslutninger, der har haft indflydelse på kunsthåndværk- og designområdet. Arkivet gemmer på tidsskrifter fra 1948-2009. Find tidsskrifterne på tidsskriftshylden eller søg på relevante emneord i arkivet. Eksempelvis: Uddannelse Akademisering Håndværk Undervisningsministeriet

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Photo: Stine Bidstrup. Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design 2021. Photography by Dorte Krogh.   The digital community Denmark has become digitized faster and most pervasively than most other countries in the world. We have seen and benefited from this during the Covid19 pandemic. Working from home, online learning, test appointments, Covid passes and many […]

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From the Archive Dansk Kunsthåndværk/Danish Crafts 1/99 "This issue of Danish Crafts has a focus on the role of crafts in relation to architecture and decoration. Much has also happened in this area in recent years, and as will be seen from the articles, many artisans today are well equipped to enter into qualified […]

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[…] her first commissioned projects, in 1999, she developed interior sunshades in laminated fibreglass for the offices at the Royal Danish Library on Copenhagen’s harbour front. In Dansk Kunsthåndværk no. 1, 1999 she describes how she aims ‘to do justice to the architecture’ and allow the material to create poetry in an interplay with the […]

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