Reinventing craft

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[…] aspect has moved into the background in courses on form. Students from the Schools of Visual Arts at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts work with textile and ceramics and are heirs to part of this tradition. The focus on designer-makers may have represented a reinterpretation but has only a tenuous connection to […]

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[…] 'Generation Why' exhibition unfolds as an interesting double vision of what it means to be an artisan today. Here you are not 'just' a ceramicist, glass or textile designer, for example. In a time when everything can in principle be produced by machine, expressing yourself in a craft, technique or material becomes a conceptual […]

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Moderator: Anne Louise Bang, ph.d. textile designer, researcher, VIA University College Join Louise Koch, cand.pæd. and MA in cognitive science, on a journey into the Metaverse and learn why as a designer, you play an important role in shaping the future of the three-dimensional internet and the development of new virtual worlds. Discover how you […]

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[…] good idea to have a goal when developing images with AI, and as a designer, your goal could be to create a print for a piece of textile, a pattern for a sandblasted glass surface, or a relief effect or ornament for jewelry. All of this is actually possible with AI. You can further […]

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[…] rich detailing, curled forms and ornate patterns. The Esbjerg poet Per Højholt writes in ‘Havet komplet’10 that the lace resembles the Tønder pastor Adolf Brorson’s poetry, which thus in turn resembles Tønder’s woodwork. Fashions change, however, the textile industry embraced new production methods, and in the early 19th century, the lace industry slipped into obsolescence.

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[…] turn a good idea into a real product in the job market, making future construction and products greener, healthcare and welfare products smarter, and the fashion and textile industry more circular. Our education is much more than just learning a craft. Students are also taught strategy, innovation, sustainability, etc., which enable them to connect […]

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[…] Skagerak and Design Within Reach, and has been responsible for the interior design of Svinkløv Badehotel, for example. In recent years, her focus has been on a textile art direction, where she creates embroidered works based on the themes of time and place. Chris's works are represented by Francis Gallery in England and the […]

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