Reinventing craft About the interplay of craft, design and other terms used to describe the field in Denmark. Read article by Anders V. Munch, Ph.D. Master of History of Ideas and Art History
[…] dear relative, or they are connected to a special event. But what happens to the jewellery when Copenhagen transforms into the City of Jewellery, when the jewellery moves from the private sphere to the public space? When we wear jewellery and talk about jewellery, they tell us stories that connect personal history with collective history.
The open and welcoming city – an ideal that is coming under pressure? style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout the history of urban planning and architecture theory, the diverse, socially inclusive and welcoming city has been the ideal for democratic city planning (Aristotle, ca. 350 BCE/1995; Jacobs, 1961; Sennett, 1990). Public spaces and city squares welcome everyone, regardless […]
The history of the design schools since 1969 is turbulent, which shows in many mergers and name changes. Which demands from students have been met over the years? What development have the programs undergone? Get an overview here.
[…] material-based art. My immediate reaction is that, of course, it matters whether it is craft or visual art. The frames of reference are not the same. The history is not the same. The traditions are not the same. And in Denmark, the educational programmes do not share the same address, so the professional environments […]
[…] heritage - a ‘white cube’ - that it doesn't impose its context on what is being exhibited. I love warehouses and the whole industrial aesthetic and material history of the past that oozes out of beams and low-ceilinged rooms, but the time has come for craft artists to break free of the romantic staging […]
[…] deceiving us. It's no wonder that many of us have lost track, lost our grasp and perhaps even some of our interest in the materials and their history. But this lack of basic material understanding has consequences. Wrong purchases, incorrect use or treatment, and continued deterioration in quality, to name but a few. We […]
[…] A. Michelsen. The competitions continued in the subsequent years, even though there had been disappointment with the standard of the goldsmith trade - a small piece of history now relevant again as the National Arts Council is attempting a competition to stimulate talent in the jewelry field. Ditzel undoubtedly garnered attention because she dared […]
