Sometimes you can be moved by the thought and care that designers and craft artists put into making the world a better place. For example, by conserving resources. Recently, the Danish Architecture Centre presented interesting design solutions by the winners of the Danish Design Awards 2024, and just recently an exhibition opened in Officinet […]
Design writer Sisse Bro visited the ceramics fair in Brussels, where Danish and international artists and craftspeople meet in a ceramic crossroads.
[…] jewellery can even be considered art – that was incredibly inspiring. Not having to spend time defining and positioning myself, declaring and emphasizing that my jewellery is artistic work. But that there was already an understanding I could freely speak into and just be seen and understood was liberating. And very developmental for me," […]
[…] Peach Corner has established a good connection with its core audience of ceramics enthusiasts. Our first impression is that of a small but inviting exhibition of mutually very different works. Their varying surfaces and artistic expressions invite a discussion about surface textures, materiality and the immediate associations sparked by the viewer’s encounter with the works.
[…] crafts can bring to the public space by virtue of its inherent material culture, techniques and aesthetics. And why it is more relevant than ever to include craft makers and designers when state-owned buildings are renovated, when municipalities develop decorative projects and when private actors seek to imbue the modern city with soul and […]
In early February 2026, a seminar was held at Kolding School of Design in connection with the Biennale of Crafts & Design 2025, at which we, Karen Marie and Morten, were both on the programme. Neither of us has a formal educational background in design, but we represent what might be called a broader […]
[…] outlook. My first meeting with Anders and Marie was in their shared studio in Chicago. I was here on behalf of the Danish Arts Foundation’s fund for crafts and design with a fellow Danish curator with the purpose of networking with independent organizations and museums. After a long taxi ride to the outlying neighbourhood […]
[…] Greenland "outstretched". But then Karen Fly visited her mother's homeland for the first time. It was a life-changing journey that changed her view of Greenland - and of herself. Formkraft met the jewellery designer, who is currently exhibiting in Denmark, for a chat about what encountering her Greenlandic origins has meant for her artistic work.
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The goldsmith profession today involves both developing jewellery that celebrates relationships and important events, and commenting on current issues through craftsmanship. However, the Elder of the Goldsmith Guild, Lone Løvschal, is concerned about the future professionalism.