[…] designed furniture for people with disabilities. It’s a big market, and currently, it is all based on plastic and aluminium. There is an opportunity here to bring aesthetics into a new area. This entire area calls for new materials and expressions. Design provides added value. I would argue that people can have a better […]
[…] their body and hands. This gives them a sense of how they can create sensuous tactile experiences for others in the interplay of materials, colours, construction and aesthetics. The level of complexity increases through the progression of the programme: digital textile tools are introduced after the students have developed an understanding through analogue approaches. […]
[…] of attachment to their possessions. One level down from the hoarder, we find the collector, who derives so much pleasure from the objects and their stories and aesthetics that the collection can continue to grow, endlessly. The collector is the guardian of the objects, obliged to preserve and appreciate them – a role that […]
[…] functional objects is closely associated with the object’s aesthetic. The notion of a sustainable or resilient aesthetic may sound like a bit of an oxymoron; how can aesthetics, a concept associated with the perception of beauty, be resilient and durable? Typically, we regard beauty as a perishable quality and thus as synonymous with something […]
[…] Material mutation Pernille Stockmarr 10. Body and Gender. The Facades of Fashion 112 The high and low of fashion Nikolina Olsen-Rule 04. Conceptual Crafts &Statement Design 102 Aesthetics, critique and social commitment Louise Mazanti 114 Presentation of the curators 114 Presentation of the Biennale Comittee 05. Communication Design &Branding 104 Symbols for Sale Judy […]
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[…] fil- led aspecific part in the division of labor in early industrial production, and the modern industrial designer is modest from the standpoint of creative activity (meaning aesthetics, style, logic of usability, ergono- mics), it is however staggering when one includes the economic, technological, and social contexts. Even if the designers’ work generally continues […]
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[…] fra bog binderfaget -både den orginale marmorering Suminagashi fra Japan og den vestlige bakkemarmo- rering. IDEAAn innovative variation on the untold possibilities ofpine wood, where function and aesthetics reach asublime level of harmony. The marbling gives the wood anatural, organic, colourful and vibrant pattern that engages indialogue with the natural growth rings ofthe wood. […]
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[…] both technology and design. On the understanding that ifthey do infact spend time there itmust be something they enjoy. Everything has tobe just fine the comfort, the aesthetics, and what you actually use your kitchen for -the cooking. Her ikøkkenet var der alt hvad der skulle være af moderne teknik, og æstetikken var itop. […]
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[…] table insilence orinlively conversation. Whether it’s appropriately functional ornot isless important; it’s there and itdemands our attention without forcing itself upon us. And that iswhat characterizes great aesthetics -something has a life ofits own. thoroughly conceived, that makes us liven up and think about it. Rekvisit tilIntet’ Ahorn. 2001 Tegnet tiludstillingen Skin and Soul’ […]
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[…] aquestioning of the very duality ofthe concept of artist-craftsmanship asithad been known from the Bauhaus and the Danish “unika” tradition. Just asimportant was the flirt with other aesthetics and philo- Sophies which was also part of the basis for the experiments of the day. Some people looked to India, others tothe USA and others […]
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