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August 26th the Cultural Minister of Denmark, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen, presented the winner of Time to design – new talent award 2008. The winner is granted with three months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, 50.000 DKK donated by the Cultural Ministry and two weeks exhibition in Normann Copenhagen Flagship Store. The winner in 2008 is architect Anne Romme, who has participated with the project entitled “Saturated Porosity – freestanding screen”. 

The winner project is inspired by abstract geometrical patterns, which traditionally has been used to create an atmosphere in cultures where figurative depiction is not allowed. Through ornaments made in wood Anne Romme will create a sensuous and sculptural screen and room divider. The project is based on geometry and digital design and production methods.   

The jury’s opinion

”Anne Romme has through her careful work proved that the project, when it is realized, is able to create an exciting, sensuous and diversified influence of the room in which it is being used. In addition the architectural qualities of Anne Romme’s sculptural screens can have large effect when the project is being released. Our opinion is that it will be of huge importance that Anne Romme can have the opportunity to carry out her project in full scale with the use of the excellent facilities, which can be found at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts. At this place it will be possible for her to make scale models, work with material try-out, test moulding techniques and surface treatments as well as testing light effects”.

Anne Romme is educated as an architect from Aarhus School of Architecture and in 2008 she achieved a Post-professional Masters Degree from Princeton University School of Architecture in USA. Today she lives and works in New York and she is the image of a young Danish designer making her mark abroad. With Time to design – new talent award Anne Romme is granted with the opportunity to realize a very intriguing project, a project which can be the take-off for her future career.

Unique platform for design talents

Time to design – new talent award is a new design award focusing on the needs of young talents. The award is based on a new and untraditional co-operation between the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, Normann Copenhagen and Link UP – a network for young architects and designers in Denmark. The cooperation between the private and the public sector form a distinctive platform for the growing talent and facilitate room and space for challenging projects and ideas – a platform that can contribute to the winner’s further professional career.

The Danish Minister for Culture, Brian Mikkelsen, says about the award: 

”At  the  Danish Ministry  of  Culture  we  are  happy  to witness  the  active  efforts, which many participants do to strengthen the position of present Danish design both at home and abroad. In  the centre of  these efforts we see  the award Time  to design as a good example of a new and pro active  initiative, which can develop the conditions  for young design talents. With this award an ambitious platform  for young designers’ professional possibilities has been created. The award makes room for talent and potential, room to put the ideas into practice and room for experiments.”

The target group for the award is designers in the beginning of their career, who has already showed potential and talent. The award will be an annual event and every year a highly qualified jury with three permanent and a group of guest jury members will select the best design.  

Read more about Time to design – new talent award at www.timetodesign.eu 

For further information about Time to design – new talent award contact:

Frederik Hardvendel, Director, National Workshops for Arts and Crafts or

Ida Sofie Minke Anderson, PR Assistant, National Workshops for Arts and Crafts

Phone: +45 32 96 05 10 or +45 20 62 15 45

Email: timetodesign@svkh.dk

Danish Crafts’ debut in Zona Tortona last year was such a resounding success that Danish Crafts is present once again in Zona Tortona during the Milan Design Week. This time with the exhibition MINDCRAFT 09,“shhh … Craft is Golden”, which showcases 12 of Denmark’s finest craftspeople and designers.  The exhibition is on display 21 through 26 April 2009 in Zona Tortona, Via Savona 55a.

 Danish craft and design is currently in a unique position and enjoys great international recognition and demand. With the exhibition MINDCRAFT 09, “Shhh … Craft is Golden”, Danish Crafts wishes to introduce the world to the huge potential, the gold, to be found in Danish craft and illustrate the great rewards awaiting anyone wishing to explore the world of craft. The title refers to the old adage, “speech is silver; silence is golden”, and thus, the exhibition highlights the values inherent in craft.

 In this case, the gold consists of 12 reflective, luminescent, rotating, crawling and, not least, provoking works that speak for themselves with great integrity thus demonstrating that this is the real thing.

 A wet bell, a woody benchmark and 10 hot water bottles

This year, 12 craftspeople and designers from Denmark’s absolute elite present 12 completely new works, and as in last year’s MINDCRAFT 08 exhibition, the works on display represent more than just material and technical skill. Characteristically, all the works are as much an artistic comment to the world we live in, and they all present the beholder with content rather than surface.

Last year, Danish Crafts’ exhibition MINDCRAFT 08 had more than 10,000 visitors, and in September 2008 when the exhibition was presented at 100% design in London, MINDCRAFT 08 received the award for “Best Contribution to 100% design”.

 The 12 craft artists participating in this year’s exhibition are:

Designers Ole Jensen, Louise Campbell, Cecilie Manz, Ditte Hammerstrøm and Salto & Sigsgaard

Furniture designer Christian Flindt

Textile designer Astrid Krogh

Ceramicists Louise Hindsgavl, Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl, Christin Johansson and

Steen Ipsen

Goldsmith Kim Buck

 Internationally acknowledged designers in “shhh … Craft is Golden” 

The designers selected for this exhibition are all internationally acknowledged designers with professional design training.

 Furniture designer Louise Campbell creates designs for the Italian furniture maker Zanotta, among others, and for several world-renowned Danish manufactures including Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Louis Poulsen and Hay Cph.

 Furniture designer Kasper Salto creates designs for the world-renowned Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen, and furniture designer Ditte Hammerstrøm’s clients include the Danish furniture manufacturer Erik Jørgensen.

 Ceramicist Ole Jensen is known around the world for his washing-up bowl in rubber, which was launched by Danish Crafts and is now manufactured by Normann Copenhagen. Since the launch, the bowl has become a world-wide success and was followed up last year in Milan by the Rubber Tub. Ole Jensen also designed the series “Ole” for Royal Copenhagen as well as product series for Normann Copenhagen and Muuto.

 Designer Cecilie Manz is known for the lamp Caravaggio, which she designed for the Danish lamp manufacturer Light Years, as well as the glass series Minima for Holmegaard.

 Goldsmith Kim Buck designed the ring series Eclipse, Centenary and Nordic Summer for Georg Jensen.o_jensen_mc09_01.jpg

 The exhibition is curated and designed by Karen Kjærgaard.

 Additional information about the exhibition is available from Press Manager Dorthe Rud Michaelsen +45 2075 5152 or Director Birgitte Jahn, tel. +45 2015 6162.  They will both be present at the exhibition from April 21-27, 2009.

 Further information is also available at www.danishcrafts.org

 Danish Crafts is a national information centre that aims to highlight, promote and increase turnover for Danish crafts in Denmark and abroad. Danish Crafts is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Culture.

The theme for the first Designboost key event, DesignBoost 2007, was “sustainable design”. Year two, DesignBoost 2008, focused on sustainable cities with the theme “Long live the city”. This year we will go deeper and look into sustainable life with a theme called “Design for Life”.

October 14-16 Designboost presents DesignBoost 2009 “Design for Life” in Malmö through a variety of integrated BoostChat (workshops), BoostTalk (lectures) and a BoostShow (exhibition). We will invite Boosters from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design in its broadest context. All are authorities in their field of expertise and our selection reflects the principle that design is multidisciplinary reaching way beyond the obvious. Our carefully selected Boosters will interact over three days with companies, organisations and institutions.

BoostTalks and BoostShow are open for public as well.

When it comes to sustainable life there are probably many things that needs to be questioned, left could very well be right. The objective of DesignBoost 2009 is to make everybody question, reach awareness and think in new paths when it comes to creating better lives for lots of people. This is after all the ultimate goal for all design.

For further information please contact :
Peer Eriksson/Designboost, peer@designboost.se +46 705-336631
David Carlson/Designboost, david@designboost.se +46 707-982897

http://www.designboost.se

The new tea pot “Potter”, designed by Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub, combines the perfect design with optimal tea flavour – and has now been awarded the red dot design award 2009.

The pot has a strict cylinder form and is shaped in stainless steel with a soft surface. The shape of the handle creates great balance and makes the pot extraordinarily easy and comfortable to pour from. To get the most out of the tea?s taste Potter is equipped with a special broad grid, giving the tea space to expand and give off its full aroma. Or be removed if black tea is served. Potter was created by the German design duo Jehs + Laub and is available in the colours soft black and soft midnight blue. 

German design duo Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub already sat next to each other when they took their entry exam for the univeristy of art. After several projects in New York, they began their partnership in Italy with renowned companies as Cassina, Nemo, Ycami and Acerbis.

“red dot design award” for “To Go”

What is better than having a nice cup of coffee while driving your car? But what about the risk of coffee spilling in your lap with potentially dangerous consequences! This problem has now been solved by Stelton’s new patented thermo cup ?To Go?. 

The cup has a kind of rocker stopper allowing you to drink from any angle; from all 360 degrees around the cup as if there were no lid on. It is exactly the same as drinking from an ordinary cup, no side is the right side. The thermo cup is a must for the vacation – wherever it takes place; in the summer house, caravan or on the boat! As the designers from Designit say: “this is simple – like all other good ideas” The thermo cup has the same elegant lines as the rest of the classic series and it is made of stainless steel and plastics. 

Cooperation is essential at Designit. There is room for individual designers to express their talents, but it is the synergy between designers that gives the best results. This is why Designit always puts together a team of different designers who work together to develop innovative concepts, evaluate them and refine them into inspiring, simple and functional products.

“red dot: best of the best” for Stelton

Stelton has been awarded the “red dot: best of the best” design award for the shopping/picnic basket “Shopnic”. The international jury once again found it a particularly hard task to select the winners from the multitude of high quality products. Around 1,400 companies from 49 countries took part with a total of 3,231 entries – this shows how sought-after the “red dot” quality label is worldwide. The new shopping/picnic basket was one of only 30 items from more than 3,200 products sent in to win!

Now he has done it again. Klaus Rath, the designer behind the successful Stelton bread bag, has developed an all new shopping-/ picnic basket called “Shopnic”. It carries a weight of 10 kg and takes about 15 l. Shopnic can, when not in use, be folded to a minimum of 7 cm in height. Further, it is supplied with a spring, making it able to be unfolded like a magician’s hat. Shopnic has the perfect size both for shopping and picnic, why it is named Shopnic. Shopnic comes in black/sand, sand/pistachio and red/pink colour schemes. Both, the inside & outside covers may be washed in the washing machine by 30°C. 

Klaus Rath was born in 1964 and graduated as an industrial designer from the School of Architecture in Århus, Denmark. Klaus Rath was also the designer behind the Take away which was one of Stelton?s most successful products last year.

Once again, Normann Copenhagen sets new standards and combines tradition and innovation in a line with the best from the proud handcraft of the past together with a modern expression of the present. New Danish Modern is a line of courageous design which springs from the Danish design tradition, where quality and attention to detail are given high priority.  

The line is designed by some of Denmark’s best designers and produced exclusively in Denmark; respecting the idea of form in design and craftsmanship. The designers include Ole Jensen, Rikke Hagen, Jesper Koefod Thomsen, Søren Ulrik Petersen, Kasper Salto, Claydies, Peter Johansen & Thomas Bentzen, among others. 

“We wish to pay a tribute to the proud craftsmanship traditions and make furniture which has an iconic status and is beautiful at every level of detail. The chosen designs are exclusively designed by Danish designers and produced in Denmark,” says Poul Madsen, CEO, Normann Copenhagen

“Over the years many really exciting designs have been shown to us. We have often been tempted to put them into production, but they did not fit in with our range, or it was otherwise impossible. But now is the time,” says Jan Andersen, CEO, Normann Copenhagen. 

Over the years, Normann Copenhagen has developed a series of bold design products, but this is the first time that Norman Copenhagen has positioned itself as a furniture manufacturer. New Danish Modern comprises furniture, as well as larger accessories such as the exclusive Camping series, designed by Jesper K. Thomsen; and the Collect bookcase, designed by Ole Jensen. 

The fundamental basis of New Danish Modern is furniture art, and therefore, the line will be available in smaller production runs. Visit www.normann-copenhagen.com for more information on each product and its designer.

Inspired by the gossamer lace curtains in Karen Blixen’s home at Rungstedlund, Lin Utzon has now created an attractive new vase and votive with a matt silver motif. The name Tanne is derived from the writer’s nickname, and the range combines simplicity and elegance – just as we would expect from Karen Blixen’s sure sense of style.  

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