Textile artist Dorte Østergaard Jakobsen. Fotographer Dorte Krogh

Theme:
Urban Spaces

On the occasion of Architecture Year 2023, Formkraft explores crafts and design in urban spaces, public spaces, and built environments. The theme publication provides space for the latest research and work on crafts and design.

Where and how is contemporary crafts and design established in the city’s space? What actors are behind it? What can we learn from history?

Editorial

The City

By Editorial board

The city consists of a mixture of places, functions, and users that merge into a living organism in constant development. What role does crafts and design play in this context? How do we experience crafts and design in the city’s space? Formkraft dedicates the current theme to the city’s space.

Dorte Østergaard Jakobsen, fotograf Dorte Krogh

Exhibition reviews

Lasse Folke, Wall

Everything vibrates…

By Tina Midtgaard, architect and curator

The glass rebrands itself in Ebeltoft

By Mette Bielefeldt Bruun, art historian

Interviews

Karen-Lisbeth Rasmussen. Fotograf Dorte Krogh. Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design 2017.

Brick is the most beautiful building material

By Katrine Sekjær, journalist

Billedvæver Sanne Ransby. Fotograf Iben West.

Textiles bring humanity to our public spaces

By Nana Balle, journalist

Research

Tønder. Døre. Fotograf Martin Erik Andersen

Tønder doors: woodwork, tradition and tourism

By Kirsten Marie Raahauge, professor wsr, Royal Danish Academy

Urban heartbeats. designmuseum danmark.

URBAN HEARTBEATS: Design that shapes urban identity

By Graphic designer, PhD scholar Matthias Horneman-Thielcke and Pernille Stockmarr, museum curator, head of research at Designmuseum Danmark

Dark Design: What is happening to the open and welcoming city?

By Professor Ole B. Jensen, Aalborg Universitet

Interview

Inclusive ‘craft’ contributes to challenging the established art system

By Nana Balle, journalist

Exciting things happen when craftspeople and artists mobilize citizens in artistic co-creation processes. This process can help shed new light on the traditional value hierarchy in art and also open our eyes to the significant craft skills that lead a crucial yet quiet existence within the population. This is explored by Professor Birgit Eriksson in the research project CraftVærk at the Department of Communication and Culture.

Things Matters

Article

40 years at Frue Plads Market

By Charlotte Jul, writer and curator

Writer and long-time communicator of Danish crafts and design, Charlotte Jul, delves into the value and future of the Frue Plads Market. Through conversations with the market's founders, new exhibitors, and not least a dedicated guest, the market's unique characteristics become clearly evident. Here, quality, dialogue, and innovation take center stage.

Frue Plads Marked