[…] On display are works in which the potential of the materials and the imprint of the hand are clearly evident – from heavy ceramic forms to light textile weaves. The exhibition is curated by the design duo ArkForma and insists on slowness, presence and openness in the experience. The result is a whole in […]
The exhibition brings together a wide range of materials and techniques ranging from weaving, textile printing and embroidery to graphic design, bookbinding, handmade paper, clay, photography, video and sound. This versatility helps create a holistic narrative, where every detail - whether it's a process tapestry, a sketch or a finished piece - contributes to […]
[…] during the event: The European Environment Agency hosted workshops and debates about upcycling of textiles, including presentations of serigraphy prints on reused textiles and short talks about textile manufacturing and new EU regulations, including discouraging data about how much water is used to produce a single cotton T-shirt, plastic fibres in our clothes that […]
[…] with materials and more workshop hours. Today, materials are a complex and ever-changing concept. While earlier designers were used to relating strictly to wood, steel, glass, clay and textile, today, the range of materials has undergone explosive growth to include entirely new types that behave very differently and function across the field in unprecedented ways.
Rebellion The protests in Copenhagen began with a meeting in February 1969. The students, spearheaded by Kirsten Dehlholm from the Textile line, had invited representatives of the Directorate of Vocational Training and the design profession. Despite some concessions by the Directorate, the students subsequently staged a week-long boycott of classes. During the boycott, together […]
[…] people’s welfare. Among the examples are the three study projects Venter i Farver, Yuniform and Fra Form til Tekstil (Waiting In Colour, Yuniform and From Form To Textile), which spring from an interdisciplinary course in design methodology as part of the design programme, in which bachelor students develop innovative health projects in collaboration with […]
Brussels is not known for the scent of wood, clay or textile surfaces. Yet it was precisely handmade work, knowledge of materials and slow processes that set the agenda in the centre of power during two intense days. At the University of Antwerp and the European Parliament, artisans, educators, researchers and cultural heritage organisations […]
[…] meet in her studio in central Copenhagen to talk about arts and crafts that stimulate the senses. And how, with works ranging from ceramics to glass and textiles, she wants to bring us into contact with the childlike curiosity that we all know so well. But which we, as well-behaved adults, have learned to […]
[…] the most deserving projects receive support? Formkraft spoke with former committee chair, art historian and curator Anne Blond; chair of the three-member committee, ceramicist Peder Rasmussen; committee member, textile designer Kirsten Nissen; project funding committee member, ceramicist Morten Løbner Espersen; and current chair of the project funding committee, art historian and curator Anni Nørskov Mørch.