Craft maker and designer Helle Graabæk discusses the competencies that are developed through a craft and design practice and reflects on the capacity of craft and design to drive transformation in a time with an abundance of products but a lack of quality and sensuous qualities and sensibilities. She takes her point of departure […]
The Danish tradition of crafts and design is at risk, and young design enthusiasts may need to consider foreign alternatives to pursue a master's degree. Formkraft explores downward trends and raises important questions about the future of Danish crafts and design.
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Johannes Foersom is a trained furniture maker and designer and one of Denmark’s most prolific furniture creators over the past 40 years. In this conversation, he looks back at his student days in light of the recent student rebellion at the Royal Danish Academy and argues that the academy ought to consider more practice-based research.
When rebellions succeed, they transition into a prolonged political effort. Less romantic, more mundane. The students behind the rebellion in the design school at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen this past winter are trying to keep up the pressure and are feeling less green – except where the climate is concerned: in that […]
[…] methods speak into a time of Covid 19 crisis, where the recovered collective consciousness pushes society in a new direction. Can we use Panton's unconventional approach to design and draw inspiration when rethinking our social lives? Can we learn something from the colorful designer's thoughts on the sentient body and the unconscious mind? And […]
The job as an assistant is a huge developmental opportunity after completing education, designer Sally Bjerre Gaarde explains. Formkraft explores how contemporary designers and artisans acquire knowledge.
When future jewellery designers from Design School Kolding embark on their professional journey, they not only need to find their own aesthetic and identity as designers but also develop an understanding of materials and processes.
Textile designer Dorte Østergaard Jakobsen reflects on the political system built around public art in Denmark and urges crafts people and designers to take action.
'Artistic craft is something essential and valuable that we must pass on to the next generation. Otherwise, the basic know-how and foundation for Danish design will lose its shape.' Danish Crafts & Design Association, chairperson, Hanne Brøbech Sønnichsen puts into word a central challenge for the craft and design field.
[…] the digitalization of society have for our material understanding? Consumers simply do not see the physical and social consequences, environmental impact and waste of manufacturing and thus lose the ability to choose the highest quality and most necessary products. "We need craft makers and designers to act as ‘superusers’ of craft and technology in combination."