In a conversation with Vibeke Riisberg, Carsten Friberg, PhD of philosophy and an independent scholar of aesthetics, addresses her practical engagement with aesthetics in relation to sustainability.
The tradition of crafts is important Christina Melander describes design as a Danish superpower, and she is keen to see aesthetics and craftsmanship become part of a new Danish design policy. 'Design is our superpower because our social structure and history have given us some special qualities that make us good at focusing on […]
[…] to what so-called ‘good taste’ is? Verner Panton ranks among the great Danish designers who became significant exponents and arbiters of how Danes view and think about aesthetics, design and function. He set an agenda that defined – and still defines – the collective understanding of what is considered good taste. Panton emerged as […]
Ingrid Halland, Associate Professor of Aesthetics and Culture
A conversation about aesthetics in practice In a conversation with Vibeke Riisberg, Carsten Friberg, PhD of philosophy and an independent scholar of aesthetics, addresses her practical engagement with aesthetics in relation to sustainability. Read the conversation
Climate adaptation, aesthetics, community engagement, identity, urban development, quality of life – it all comes together in the plans to make ceramics a visible part of the Danish town of Middelfart. Travelling the new ceramics route.
[…] between Denmark and Norway, between history and innovation and between local roots and global influences. In order to navigate in this boundary zone, Wathne uses her own hands as her ethical and aesthetic compass. Associate Professor of Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University Ingrid Halland met Wathne for a conversation about stories, waste and surfaces.
Statement design refers to deliberate, often eye-catching design choices that aim to communicate identity, attitudes or affiliation. It is not about function or aesthetics in the traditional sense, but about the product's ability to send a signal – a statement – to its surroundings.
Kasper Kyster's exhibition in Officinet is a relevant contribution to discussions about craft and industrial production and about recycling and aesthetics.
Will a design museum maintain the capitalist drive for consumption, even if the exhibitions advocate radical change? How do the two design museums navigate between the past and the future? How is the relationship between aesthetics and ethics articulated?