A critical and honest look into selection processes, strategic decisions, and necessary compromises. How do the Danish Arts Foundation’s two committees within craft and design operate? What does the weight of responsibility feel like, and how do you ensure that the most deserving projects receive support? Formkraft spoke with former committee chair, art historian […]
Maria Lind thinks curatorially and in her work as curator and director of Kin museum för samtidskonst in Kiruna, she tries to connect the local roots of northernmost Sweden with international movements in art and artistic crafts. She is committed to giving the hand as much space as the heart and brain.
Over 200 craft artists and designers applied to the Biennale of Craft & Design 2025, of which 27 exhibitors were selected. The curatorial group UKURANT talks about trends in the applicant field and what they have chosen to prioritise for the upcoming Biennale exhibition.
The digital evolution is in overdrive, opening up a world of possibilities and associated pitfalls. Formkraft investigates what the digital landscape means for the craft and design sector.
A textile community transcends time, place and generations. Charlotte Jul spoke to weavers Grethe Sørensen and Emilie Palle Holm about craftsmanship, the zeitgeist and a sense of community spanning a gap of almost 50 years.
We live in a society built on consumption—but where do the raw materials come from? And what happens to our understanding of products and materials when production is removed from local communities? Material flows, design history, and craftsmanship intersect in an interdisciplinary conversation between Associate Professor Ingrid Halland and Professor Kjetil Fallan.
[…] this ‘something people can live with and afford’ is to have relevance in the future by offering something we want to live with for its beauty and artistic qualities as well as something the planet can afford – aesthetic sustainability, if you like – craft makers and designers with an artistic approach also need […]
A revival of the tangible and sensuous? The pervasive cultural and educational potential of craft in society was a key theme at the University of Southern Denmark’s conference on craft in a digital age, which was held virtually on 20 January.
On 1 January 2026, a new project support committee for crafts and design was established under the Danish Arts Foundation. The committee’s strategy and prioritisation of funding are of crucial importance to the sector, according to the chair of Danish Crafts & Design, textile designer Hanne Brøbech Sønnichsen, who here outlines the association’s wishes […]
[…] of striking ceramic pots in public spaces have become the new, mobile landmarks for experiences and locations in Middelfart Municipality. The pots are also the first manifestations of a new municipal art strategy, which drew inspiration from, amongst other things, a successful local crafts and design project – and a great deal of public involvement.