design – n e w n o r d i c d e s i g n

29/04/201503/10/2018

Earth Matters – exhibition

Earth Matters curated by Li Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano is an exhibition dedicated to the new thoughts, practices and processes that are revitalizing craft and studio-based design today.

26/03/201503/10/2018

A New Layer is an exhibition based on the collaboration between five Swedish designers and Taiwanese craftsmen working with traditional techniques and materials, an unlikely meeting between new nordic design and Taiwanese vernacular craft traditions.

26/02/201503/10/2018

Objects of Use, Anne Dorthe Vester & Maria Bruun

The Objects of Use collection is an architect – designers collaboration between Copenhagen based Anne Dorthe Vester and Maria Bruun that was recently awarded with the National Solo Award at Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s Spring Exhibition. The Objects of Use contains objects that are seemingly familiar but not quite recognizable.

12/02/2015

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2015, selected highlights, p.1

The Stockholm Furniture Fair, the heart of Stockholm Design Week, is the premier venue, next to Milan, for Scandinavian and Nordic designers, producers and general agents to show off their goods. Although its mainly a trade show for big established brands it’s also a great place to spot emerging talents and small producers.

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16/01/201503/10/2018

Fiber Chair, Iskos-Berlin for Muuto

Copenhagen based studio Iskos-Berlin has a very particular way of consolidating organic form with industrial design aesthetics and the Fiber Chair for Muuto is their characteristic take on the iconic shell chair. A while back we stumbled upon some versions of the chair at Muuto HQ.

15/12/201403/10/2018

The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition

The nomadic Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition or S.E (short for Snedkernas Efterårsudstillning) has this year taken up residency at KADK (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation) with 34 prototypes on display. As usual there is a theme, and the pieces on display presents variations and interoperation on this theme. This year’s theme: textility.

12/12/201403/10/2018

Superkink

Superkink is Berlin studio Osko+Deichmann‘s unconventional take on the archetypical tubular steel chair as it was conceived by Marcel Breuer and/or Mart Stam. Unlike its predecessors Superkink has a folded, or kinked, rather than a bent tubular steel frame, giving the chair an almost origami-like, fragile appearance.

03/12/201403/10/2018

Future Strategies

During the past years we visited a number of exhibitions that in different capacities presented ideas and speculations on the future.In Panorama Konstantin Grcic draws from his own works, Sense No-sense examine recent Dutch design experience and technology and The Fab Mind consider design approaches to social issues. Closer to home, curator Petra Lilja departed from recent resurrection of craft for The Future is Handmade, outlining the current state of craft-oriented design and studio production. It’s a diverse collection of obejcts ranging from more traditional craft (Carsten Nilsson) to conceptual projects (Studio Formafanstasma) using newly developed manufacturing methods (Staffan Holm).

30/10/201403/10/2018

rAndom International, Studies in Motion

Studies in Motion at Lunds Konsthall is the first exhibition of rAndom International’s work in Sweden and it is also the first time showing the newly commissioned work What It Isn’t. Founded in London in 2005 by Stuart Wood, Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Hoch rAndom International has become known for technically complex and interactive installations, notably the immensely popular installations of Rain Room at Barbican (2012) and later at MoMA (2013). The exhibition at Lunds Konsthall contains three works; Self-Portrait (2010), Future self (2012) and What It Isn’t (2014), three very different installations that never the less presents variations on similar intertwining themes.

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