[…] cultu rally, practically and economically, ithas been difficult tointegrate digital possibilities with craft design’s working conditions and ethics. The challenge then istoadvance the use ofnew technology through education, and toestablish platforms for relevant infor- mation. To bring forth craftsmanship into the digital age will lead tonew ways of cooperating, and toprofessional networks between craftsmen […]
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Sisse Tanderup, PhD, External Lecturer, Department of Design, Media, and Education Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark
[…] on crafts through and through, but already in1923 “the robots” – led by architect and founder Walter Gropius -took over and banished crafts from Bauhaus. Instead the education was entirely accommodated to designing (i.e. drawing) products that could be mass-produced by machine ina rational manner for the mass market. As aresult, crafts were now […]
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[…] hardly exist if allgovernments were toact inthe best interest oftheir people. All too often, governments fail to orlack the capacity toprovide for essential public goods, such ashealth, education and protection ofthe environment. Business has adapted significantly tothis dynamic -often finding pragmatic and collaborative approaches tofilling voids inthe areas where they operate. Global integration and […]
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[…] areas are naturally absolutely vital in the future perspective for design in Denmark. But in the hunt for new success and the academic upgrad- ing of design education pro- grammes itisequally important not to tone down -or even directly write off the fields and qualifica- tions where Danish design has typ- ically had astrong […]
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[…] schools have undoubtedly done an enormous job to raise the level in the field. One of the newest initiatives istojoin anum- ber of other institutions of higher education that are aiming at the same status as universi- ties, in wanting to bring research into their midst. Research in the humanities can bring the field […]
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[…] ibund og grund traditions- bærende. Vi er kun avantgarde indenfor egne rækker. There is now talk of the political consumer, and old-fashioned ideas like moral, honesty, and education are once again becoming drawing-room. For one can not see the dif- ference between an egg laid by acaged hen and one laid by afreer hen: […]
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[…] but also an island society. The very fact ofcoming from arelatively small country means that the Icelanders often have togo tothe other Scandinavian countries toget an advanced education. Gustafsson too has done his train ing overseas, inDenmark and Norway. YOU’VE LIVED IN BOTH DENMARK AND NORWAY YOURSELF. DO YOU THINK ONE CAN TALK ABOUT […]
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[…] wanted. Of course this isasimplistic version ofwhat was happening, but that was how the critics of industry saw itatthe time. Where were the ideals, where was the education intaste? This debate has gone on for 150 years. In principle, not somuch has changed. Ifthe issue of‘industrial versus artistic’ isheating up again today inDenmark, that […]
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[…] Danish embassies and companies abroad benefit every day from Hanne Vedel’s Scandinavian quality designs. What we encounter atSpindegården isa marked contribution tothe current debate about Danish design education: astheory or -ashere -aspracticed reality. Coming from afriendly, traditional Danish Folk High School milieu, Hanne Vedel grew up with ideals ofhuman interconnectedness. Being together and inspiring […]
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