[…] a material as well as an aesthetic sense? If we’re all going to be strategists, 20 years from now, there won’t be anyone left who masters the craft aspects and who insists that if we’re going to make new products, they have to be durable and high quality. For example, it might make sense […]
Craft makers and designers have a unique advantage when it comes to decorative projects, installations and building-integrated art in the public space: an in-depth grasp and knowledge of materials. Glass artist and Maria Sparre-Petersen, teaching associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy, sees new possibilities in an elastic field spanning from classic decorative projects […]
We need a new Danish policy on arts and crafts and design! Formkraft and Danish Crafts & Design Association invite you to an engaging panel discussion on crafts and design policy at Designmuseum Danmark on 1 May.
Materiality is essential and an integral part of any craft artist. Through the use of materials, a physical work is created, but also an expression and meaning - an aesthetic that affects the way a work is experienced. Visual and tactile experiences can be created with layers of meaning that open up new ways […]
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[…] lumps, big-grinning sweaters. There is no shortage of eye-catching works when 34 Nordic artisans grapple with existence at the exhibition 'Generation Why' in the Round Tower. The presentation takes the form of a broad palette of tactile expressions, materials and techniques. Spectacular interpretations of traditional crafts interact with unorthodox materials, upcycled objects and digital gestures.
For many years, crafts and design critique has been relegated to the lifestyle sections of major media outlets. What does that mean for our debate culture and the general understanding of the area? Have the focus on climate change and calls for sustainable production produced a momentum for elevating design critique to the category […]
In Charlotte Østergaard's artistic research practice, co-creation is not merely a matter of establishing horizontal forms of collaboration between people. It is an investigation of how people, textile materials and local atmospheres mutually influence and respond to each other. Here, Charlotte Østergaard provides an insight into her current research and practice.
RERUM, is a new exhibition space for crafts and design in Aarhus, located at the Institute for X. The space is an initiative of the Danish Crafts & Design Association—Central Region, and was created out of a shared desire to establish an open and experimental space for arts and crafts and design. Here, the […]
Trapholt Museum receives numerous offers of donations from craft artists and designers, but a work must be sensorially compelling and conceptually strong before it earns a place on "Museum Street."
[…] the thoughts and intentions behind the curation, design and digital transformation of the biennale exhibition. Including 10 minutes Q&A with the audience 10.30-11.00 The Metaverse as an Artistic Workspace: Future digital design processes and business models Louise Koch, designer, cand.pæd. and MA in cognitive science Join a journey into the metaverse and learn why […]