/2011-2012 by Designskolen Kolding

DESIGNSKOLEN KOLDING /KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN 2011-2012

Indholdsfortegnelse / Table of contents

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Forord ved bestyrelsesformanden / Foreword by the Chairman of the Board Indledning ved rektor / Introduction by Rector Om uddannelse / About Education Om forskning / About Research Om udvikling / About Development Internationalisering / Internationalisation

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SCRAPBOG / SCRAPBOOK Januar / January Februar / February Marts / March April / April Maj / May Juni / June August / August September / September Oktober / October November / November December / December

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FAKTA / FACTS Antal studerende / Number of students Dimittender 2011 / Graduates 2011 Anerkendelser 2011 / Recognitions 2011 Skolens bestyrelse / The Board of Governors Designskolen Koldings repræsentantskab /Kolding School of Design’s board of representatives 80 Publikationer / Publications 84 Medarbejdere / Staff 86 Gæsteundervisere / Visiting faculty

Som den første årgang nogensinde kan Designskolen Koldings dimittender fra 2011 kalde sig cand. design. Titlen er kulminationen på skolens intense indsats for at opnå akkreditering som forskningsinstitution. For den enkelte dimittend er titlen cand. design vigtig, fordi den signalerer det højeste faglige niveau i den hårde konkurrence om de gode jobs både herhjemme og internationalt. For Designskolen Kolding har titlen cand. design stor symbolsk værdi. Cand. design – det er begyndelsen på en ny periode i skolens historie, en periode hvor uddannelse, forskning og udvikling fletter sig ind i hinanden på alle niveauer. Uddannelse, forskning og udvikling er de tre søjler skolen hviler på. Det er afgørende vigtigt for os, at de tre samtænkes i alle vores aktiviteter. F.eks. at resultater fra forskningen inddrages i skolens undervisning, der for øvrigt også arbejder med konkrete udviklingsopgaver fra erhvervslivet formidlet via de virksomhedssamarbejder, vi løbende etablerer osv.

MADS NIPPER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, LEGO BESTYRELSESFORMAND /CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

I 2011 har vi oplevet en kraftig ekspansion i skolens forsknings- og udviklingsaktiviteter, og jeg er sikker på, at ekspansionen vil fortsætte fremover. Der er stadig flere virksomheder, der vil i direkte dialog med os, f.eks. gennem flerårige samarbejdsaftaler. Samtidig tiltrækker skolen et stigende antal forskningsbevillinger. Alt sammen glædeligt og positivt, men også en stor forpligtelse. Nu skal vi integrere de to hastigt voksende områder med uddannelsen, så væksten gavner skolen som helhed.

Class of 2011 will be the first out of Kolding School of Design to be awarded the MDes title. The academic degree represents the culmination of the school’s intense efforts to receive accreditation as research institution. The title signifies advanced level qualifications, and to the individual graduates as such represents an important parameter in the competition for the best jobs in Denmark and abroad. To Kolding School of Design the title of MDes has great symbolic value indicating a new era in the history of the school; an era in which education, research, and development will intertwine on all levels.

I disse år åbner skolen sig endnu mere – både mod erhvervslivet og mod resten af verden. Det store erhvervsfremmeprojekt Design2innovate er krumtappen i vores indsats over for små og mellemstore virksomheder. Uddannelsessamarbejderne med Ghana og Shanghai er eksempler på vores øgede internationalisering.

Education, research, and development constitute the pillars of the school. Merging the three in all of our activities is vital to us. For instance, we strive to integrate research results in the teaching, which, moreover, deals with concrete development assignments presented via our on-going business collaborations, etc.

Alt dette har gjort 2011 til et udfordrende, stimulerende og udviklende år. Tak til skolens samarbejdspartnere, ansatte og studerende for en helhjertet og vigtig indsats. Jeg er sikker på, at 2012 bliver endnu bedre!

In 2011 we have seen the school’s research and development activities expand significantly, and I am sure this trend will continue. An increasing number of companies display interest in establishing direct dialogue with us, for instance by setting up multi-year collaboration agreements. At the same time, the school’s research funds are increasing. However, this positive development also involves great responsibilities. Now we must integrate the two expanding areas and the school’s teaching to benefit the school as a whole.

Mads Nipper Bestyrelsesformand

These years, the school is opening up even more – to the business community and to the world. Design2innovate, a large-scale project to promote trade, represents the focal point in our efforts directed at small and medium-sized companies. The educational collaborations with Ghana and Shanghai show our commitment to internationalisation. All of the above have made 2011 a challenging, stimulating and educational year. Thank you to the school’s collaborating partners, staff and students for a dedicated and significant effort. I am sure 2012 will turn out even better! Mads Nipper Chairman of The Board

Design eller dø

ELSEBETH GERNER NIELSEN REKTOR/RECTOR

Ifølge WHO dør 1,3 millioner mennesker hvert år, fordi de er blevet stukket med en beskidt kanyle. Det problem har Hân Pham, som er uddannet industriel designer fra Designskolen Kolding, fundet en løsning på. Som afgangsprojekt udviklede hun for nogle år siden et plastiklåg, som kan sættes ned over en tom sodavandsdåse, der dermed forvandles til en beholder for brugte sprøjter. En nem og billig løsning på et stort problem. Mens rettighederne til Yellowone Needle Cap, som opfindelsen kaldes, ejes af imakers, vil produktet blive distribueret i tredjeverdenslande af Kolding-virksomheden Bestnet. Oveni har Museum of Modern Art i New York meddelt, at Hâns kanylecontainer nu indgår i museets permanente samling. Alt dette er vi mere end stolte af på skolen. Hâns historie er, udover at være historien om et stort talent, et fint eksempel på den udvikling, dansk design undergår i disse år. Design handler i stigende grad om at adressere udfordringer og om at designe løsninger og hele systemer frem for at skabe enkeltstående ting. Samtidig er design på vej til at blive en innovationsmetode, en måde at udvikle på. Vi taler om ”designtænkning”.

Takket været den voksende forskning inden for design ved vi stadigt mere om, hvordan designeren designer, når han designer. Vi får sat ord på designerens arbejdsmetoder og kan som designskole derfor begynde at undervise ikke-designere i at bruge dem. Vi kan lære andre at tænke og arbejde som en designer, men vel at mærke uden at de af den grund bliver designere. Til gengæld kan de blive bedre til at innovere, til at udvikle nyt. Lige nu er Hân f.eks. i gang med at lave en håndbogen ”Designmetode

Design or die

According to WHO, the re-use of contaminated needles and inadvertent needle sticks are estimated to be responsible for more than 1.3 million deaths annually. Industrial designer Hân Pham has found a solution to this problem. For her graduation project at Kolding School of Design, Hân developed a plastic lid which converts regular soda cans into permanent disposal containers for used luer-slip syringe needles; an easy and inexpensive solution to a massive problem. While imaker holds the rights, Hân’s invention, referred to as the Yellowone Needle Cap, will be distributed in third world countries by Bestnet based in Kolding. In addition, Hân’s disposal container has been entered into the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Naturally, the school is immensely proud of Hân’s achievements. Apart from being the story of a great talent, Hân’s story represents an excellent example of the current development of Danish design. Design is increasingly about addressing challenges and about designing solutions and entire systems rather than creating individual objects. At the same time, design is on a path of becoming an innovation method, a way to develop. We refer to the term ”design thinking”.

Design research is an expanding field. This growth enables us to increase our knowledge of how the designer designs and verbalise the designer’s work methods. This enables designers to teach non-designers how to apply these. We can teach others to think and work as a designer, indeed without turning them into one. Rather, we improve their innovation skills. Currently, Hân is writing a design manual ”Design method in practice”. The manual is directed at personnel within the healthcare sector and contains concrete examples of how change processes can be facilitated using design methods. Meanwhile, she is working on a design project focusing on the handling of medicine at the Kolding Hospital children’s ward. The objective of the project is to eliminate inappropriate medication. Both projects are run by the Development Department at Kolding School of Design in collaboration with the Region of Southern Denmark hospital service. The broadness of Hân’s portfolio corresponds to the broadness characterising the work going on in general at Kolding School of Design these years: working with design as giving shape (to products and services) and design as innovation method. Denmark and Europe are experiencing a serious economic crisis; probably the worst since World War II. Certain questions arise: How will we make a living? And where will the solutions come from? In 2011 I served as a member of the DesignVision2020

i praksis”, målrettet personale i sundhedssektoren med konkrete eksempler på, hvordan man kan facilitere forandringsprocesser med udgangspunkt i designmetoder. Sideløbende arbejder hun med et konkret designprojekt om medicinhåndtering på Kolding Sygehus’ børneafdeling med det mål at undgå fejlmedicinering. Begge projekter foregår i regi af udviklingsafdelingen på designskolen og i samarbejde med sygehusvæsenet i Region Syddanmark. Bredden i Hâns portfolio svarer til den bredde, der generelt er i Designskolen Koldings arbejde i disse år. Vi arbejder både med design som formgivning (af produkter og services) og design som innovationsmetode.

Committee. The committee was established by the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Danish Ministry of Business to create a vision for Danish design. The committee proposes that Denmark becomes “the world’s leading design society”.

Danmark og Europa er i en slem økonomisk krise, sandsynligvis den værste siden anden verdenskrig. Naturligt rejses spørgsmålene: Hvad skal vi leve af? Og hvorfra skal løsningerne komme? Selv har jeg i det forløbne år deltaget i et udvalgsarbejde i regi af Kulturministeriet og Erhvervsministeriet med det formål at udvikle en vision for dansk design. Udvalgets bud er, at Danmark skal være ”verdens førende designsamfund”. Hermed tænkes på et samfund, hvor design på alle områder bidrager til at gøre ting og processer meningsfulde for den enkelte, samtidig med at design understøtter innovationen inden for erhvervslivet og den offentlige sektor. Kort og godt: Design eller dø! Den vision er der belæg for. Undersøgelser viser, at virksomheder, der satser på design, har bedre bundlinje end de virksomheder, der ikke gør. Og så har Danmark vitterligt en stolt designhistorie at bygge videre på, først og fremmest kendetegnet ved, at design er en del af almindelige menneskers hverdag. Design er med til at gøre livet nemmere for de fleste. Design er en del af grundlaget for velfærdssamfundet. Når det så er sagt, er der også grund til at advare mod den inflation, som er gået i lovprisningen af designs velsignelser. For selvfølgelig kan designeren ikke redde verden. I alt fald ikke alene. Gang på gang oplever vi på Designskolen Kolding at komme til kort, fordi vi f.eks. ikke har den nødvendige tekniske viden, eller fordi vi mangler viden om marked og økonomi. Det er baggrunden for, at vi har etableret en i dag meget populær designlederuddannelse sammen med Syddansk Universitet. En uddannelse, som både det samfundsvidenskabelige og det humanistiske fakultet bidrager til sammen med os. De studerende kommer med forskellig faglig baggrund, og dermed lærer de at samarbejde på tværs af fagligheder til fordel for samlede løsninger, hvor både research, sansning, drøm, formgivning, markedsundersøgelser, forretningsmodel m.v. indgår. På den lange bane kunne vi ønske os også at have adgang til det tekniske vidensfelt inden for Campus Kolding. Det tekniske paradigme og dets sprog dominerer stadig samfundets forståelse af, hvad der skaber vækst. Af, hvad der virkelig tæller. Derfor bliver designerne nødt til at lære ingeniørens sprog at kende, samtidig med at de rent praktisk har brug for ingeniørens viden for at skabe løsninger, der både virker og er meningsfulde. Så tænkte koncepter bliver til testbare prototyper. 2011 har været et år fyldt med udfordringer og nyheder. Fra at være en kulturministeriel institution er Designskolen Kolding sammen med de øvrige design- og arkitektuddannelser blevet en del af det nye Uddannelsesministerium. Vi glæder os til samarbejdet og håber selvfølgelig at få mulighed for at byde ind i forhold til ministeriets innovationsstrategi. Samtidig er vi sikre på, at den del af design- og arkitektuddannelsernes vidensgrundlag, som bygger på kunstnerisk udviklingsarbejde, kan være en inspirationskilde for ministeriets øvrige uddannelser. Erkendelse kan opnås på andre måder end gennem forskning. Somme tider ved hænderne mere end hovedet. Måske er det forklaringen på, at mange unge ikke føler sig hjemme på de eksisterende uddannelser, hvor hovedet, bøger og teori fylder mest. Her tror jeg ikke mindst de traditionelle universiteter kan lære noget af os og vores arbejde med at bruge hændernes og kroppens intuitive, tavse intelligens. På den anden side kan vi med

This means a society in which design is a primary contributor in making objects and processes meaningful to the individual while supporting innovation in industry and the public sector. In short: Design or die! This vision is substantiated. Investigations show that companies that include design have better bottom-line figures than companies that do not. In addition, Denmark has a proud history of design to build on; characterised first and foremost by design being a part of people’s everyday lives. Design helps make life easier; design constitutes part of the foundation of the welfare society. This said, there is also reason to warn against the praising of the many blessings of design. Naturally, the designer cannot save the world. That is, not alone anyway. Time and again, we at Kolding School of Design fall short because we do not have the required technical knowhow or lack knowledge of market and economy. Therefore, we have established a master in design management together with the University of Southern Denmark; a master which has proven very popular. The faculty for social studies and the faculty for humanistic studies contribute to the programme, as do we. The students come with different backgrounds and learn to work across disciplines creating complete solutions that integrate research, sensory perception, dreaming, design, market surveys, business models, etc. Long-term we would like to have access to the technical field of knowledge within Campus Kolding. The technical paradigm and its terminology remain predominant in society’s perception of what generates growth; of what really counts. Thus, designers need to learn the language of engineers while also having a practical inclination to tap into the knowledge of engineers in order to create solutions that are operational and meaningful; so that concepts of the mind turn into prototypes that can be tested. 2011 has been an eventful year filled with challenges. For years, Kolding School of Design has been an independent institution under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture. Along with the other design and architectural schools we are now part of the new Ministry of Education. We look forward to the collaboration and anticipate being able to contribute to the innovation strategy of the Ministry. Also, we feel confident that artistic development work, which forms part of the knowledge base of the design and architectural schools, will inspire the additional educations of the Ministry. Research is not the only way to achieve realisation. Sometimes the hands outsmart the head; knowledge can emerge which the mind cannot generate by itself. Perhaps this explains why so many young people feel displaced in existing education systems that focus primarily on the mind, books, and theory. In this area, I believe that especially conventional universities can learn from us and our work of utilising the intuitive, tacit intelligence of the hands and the body. In return, we can definitely benefit from the long research tradition on which Danish universities are founded. The new sphere can also serve as a launch pad for an even closer collaboration with the university colleges, including TEKO and The Animation Workshop in Viborg. The following pages present many further examples of what 2011 has had to offer. For us, 2012 is already in full swing. We continue our efforts of consolidating the education following the recent accreditation. In compliance with our development plan we focus a lot of energy on further describing our education and the culture of our school; on identifying and verbalising what makes Kolding School of Design special professionally and socially. Our staff and students have a clear sense of what defines

sikkerhed lære meget af den lange forskningstradition, som de danske universiteter bygger på. Den nye ressort kan også danne afsæt for endnu tættere samarbejde med professionshøjskolerne, f.eks. TEKO og The Animation Workshop i Viborg. På de kommende sider er der mange eksempler på, hvad 2011 i øvrigt har budt på. Selv er vi i fuld gang med 2012. Her fortsætter vi arbejdet med at konsolidere uddannelsen oven på akkrediteringen. Som en del af udviklingsplanen bruger vi således meget energi på at få vores uddannelse og skolens kultur bedre beskrevet. Hvad er det helt særlige ved at gå på Designskolen Kolding? Hvad er det helt særlige, man lærer? Os, der arbejder eller går på skolen, har en klar følelse af, hvad vores særegenhed består i. Vi bliver imidlertid nødt til ikke kun at kunne tegne og animere følelsen, men også at kunne verbalisere den, så vi kan forklare dygtige designstuderende ude i verden eller herhjemme, hvad det er, som gør, at de skal vælge Kolding. Det samme er tilfældet i forhold til forskere og medarbejdere. Også her har vi brug for at kunne tiltrække de bedste. Det kræver, at de er klar over, hvor fremragende Designskolen Kolding er. Udover at slibe saven i forhold til vores egen uddannelse, håber jeg også, at 2012 vil byde på nye designuddannelser, som vi enten udbyder alene eller sammen med andre. Det ville ikke mindst være ønskeligt, om vi omsider fik en smykkeuddannelse til Kolding! Samtidig skal vi udbygge de uddannelsessamarbejder, vi allerede har, ikke mindst med CIID, Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design, som Designskolen Kolding er stolte af at være en del af. I 2011 fik vi startet et nyt internationalt uddannelsessamarbejde. Denne gang i Ghana. Jeg havde selv fornøjelsen af at være med og dermed lejlighed til på egen krop at erfare, hvor afgørende det er for både studerende og medarbejdere at komme ud. For hvor lærer man meget om sig selv ved at være i en fremmed kontekst. Man overraskes gang på gang af sin kulturelle kodning. En kodning, der til tider bryder ud i ren etnocentrisme; i stor selvglæde eller selvfedme afhængig af, hvem der ser. På den anden side oplevede jeg også, hvor fantastisk dygtige vores medarbejdere og studerende er til at bevare overblikket i selv meget vanskelige situationer. Den selvstændighed, vi måske somme tider synes de studerende mangler herhjemme, kom til fuld udblæsning hos såvel de 62 studerende i Ghana som hos de 30 studerende, som var i Shanghai. Internationalisering er den helt afgørende satsning i skolens udviklingsplan, og derfor er det vores agt også i 2012 at tage til Ghana, hvor vi nu har oparbejdet et godt forhold til vores samarbejdspartner, universitetet i Kumasi, KNUST, og en række private og offentlige aktører. Både i Shanghai og i Kumasi er det vores ønske at samarbejde over hele paletten: uddannelse, forskning, kunstnerisk udviklingsarbejde og erhvervssamarbejde. Det overordnede mål er, at både medarbejdere og studerende skal mest muligt ud i verden, så vi kan lære at begå os, men også for at få inspiration fra det fremmede. Hvis vi så oven i købet kan være med til at tackle nogle af de udfordringer, som både Kina og Afrika står over for (og dermed os alle), er vi mere end tilfredse.

us. However, we must be able to translate this sense into words; into more than drawings and animations in order to be able to convince excellent students, foreign and domestic, to choose Kolding. This also applies to researchers and employees. We need to attract the best. This requires letting them know that Kolding School of Design is a top-level design school. Besides sharpening the saw with regards to our own educational programmes, I hope that 2012 will foster new design programmes offered by us exclusively or in conjunction with others. Particularly, I would like to be able to finally welcome a jewellery education to Kolding! At the same time, we must expand present educational collaborations, not least with CIID, Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design, which Kolding School of Design is proud to be a part of. In 2011, we launched a new international educational collaboration. This time in Ghana. I had the pleasure of being a part of it and experience first-hand the vital importance for students and staff of travelling abroad. Being in a foreign context brings you great personal insight. Over and over you are surprised by your cultural encoding; an encoding which at times erupts into pure ethnocentrism; into great self-satisfaction or smugness, depending on the eyes of the beholder. Yet, I also experienced how incredibly capable our staff and students are of keeping a sense of perspective in delicate and difficult situations. The independence that we sometimes feel is lacking in our students at home was present at full throttle among the 62 students in Ghana and the 30 students who spent part of the semester in Shanghai. Internationalisation is the key focal area of the school’s development plan. Therefore, in 2012, we intend to return to Ghana to continue the great collaboration with KNUST University in Kumasi and a number of private and public players. In Shangahi and Kumasi both we wish the collaborations to be full-circle: education, research, artistic development work, and business collaboration. Our main objective is for our staff and students to spend as much time abroad as possible working and studying in order to learn to manage ourselves and become inspired. If then, to top it all off, we can help tackle some of the challenges facing China and Africa (meaning all of us), we will be very pleased. One of the key international ventures in 2012 is the school’s participation in the Milan Furniture Fair in April. Here, we will create a unique exhibition – the first of three – of ground-breaking design with an artistic dimension and a commercial potential. The innovative design projects are being developed in collaboration between six present and former students and six Danish companies. Having received university status the school wants to use the Milan event to focus on the importance of strategic and creative collaborations between designers and companies as well as attract international students and international press. Kolding School of Design wants to be of use. We want to educate some of the world’s best students, and we want to teach the entire society the importance of design;

En vigtig international satsning i 2012 er skolens deltagelse i møbelmessen i Milano i april. Her vil vi skabe en unik udstilling – den første af tre – af banebrydende design med en kunstnerisk dimension og et kommercielt potentiale. De innovative designprojekter udvikles i samarbejde mellem seks nuværende og tidligere studerende og seks danske virksomheder. Efter den succesfulde akkreditering til universitet er det skolens ønske med dette tiltag at fokusere på vigtigheden af strategiske og kreative samarbejder mellem designere og virksomheder, samt tiltrække internationale studerende og skabe international pressebevågenhed. Designskolen Kolding ønsker at være til nytte. Vi vil uddanne nogle af verdens dygtigste studerende, og vi vil være med til at undervise hele samfundet i, hvorfor design er så vigtigt. Hvorfor samfundet slet ikke kan undvære design. Erhvervsfremmeprojektet Design2innovate er disse års helt store satsning på dette felt. Vi håber, erhvervslivet og den offentlige sektor vil tage godt imod vores D2Itilbud om at skabe endnu bedre produkter, services og systemer gennem brug af designmetoder og udvikling af godt design. Vi har heldigvis et rigtig godt fundament at stå på, ikke mindst takket været elbil-projektet etrans, samarbejdet med ECCO, DONG Energy, Bjert Invest, LEGO og mange andre. Når vi på Designskolen Kolding søger det højeste og håber, alt andet vil blive givet os i tilgift, har vi såmænd kun de samme visioner som Jesus og siden hippierne. Intet mindre og kun lettere omskrevet. Rigtig godt nytår og tak til alle, som har været med til at skabe forudsætningen for, at der overhovedet er noget at skrive om i en årsrapport. Tusinde tak til vores mange partnere for økonomisk og anden støtte til skolen i 2011. Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Rektor

why society cannot do without design. Design2innovate, a large-scale regional project to promote trade, is a major venture into this field. We hope that the business community and the public sector will welcome our D2I offer to create even better products, services, and systems using design methods and development of excellent design. Fortunately, we are standing on firm ground, not least thanks to etrans, our collaborations with ECCO, DONG Energy, Bjert Invest, Lego and many more. When we at Kolding School of Design seek the highest first and hope that everything else will come to us, we are merely sharing the vision of Jesus Christ and later the Hippies; nothing less and only slightly rewritten. Happy New Year! Thank you to all who contribute content on a daily basis and thus made this annual report possible. Thank you to all the partners who have provided financial funding or in other ways supported the school’s activities during 2011. Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Rector

Uddannelse: Teori og fag tæt sammen

LONE DALSGAARD ANDRÉ UDDANNELSESLEDER /HEAD OF EDUCATION

Hvad er det vigtigste der er sket for skolen på uddannelsesområdet i 2011? – Vi har fået passet den forskningsbaserede viden og teorien ind i undervisningen på en helt anden måde end tidligere. Førhen kørte fagspecialerne og den teoretiske del af uddannelsen i parallelle spor. Nu integreres de to i højere grad i projektundervisningen. Derfor har vi bl.a. etableret lærerteams med henholdsvis en designfaglig underviser og en forsker, der sammen underviser i f.eks. faget designhistorie. – Desuden har vi generelt skruet op for den metodiske del af uddannelsen. Vi har hævet overliggeren, både gennem mere obligatorisk undervisning på kandidatdelen og via en række masterclasses, hvor der hentes førende internationale navne til skolen. Hvor ligger den næste store opgave på uddannelsessiden? – Vi er i fuld gang med at en stor opgave, der går ud på at definere det designsyn, vi har her på skolen. Det handler om at sætte ord på vores faglighed og på skolens kultur. Vi har brug for mere præcist end tidligere at kunne definere os selv, ikke mindst for at kunne tiltrække et stigende antal internationale studerende. – Desuden skal vi gøre endnu mere for at skabe et endnu tættere internt samarbejde mellem skolens tre kerneområder: uddannelse, forskning og udvikling. – Og ikke mindst skal vi øge vores fokus på at skabe efterspørgsel efter vores afgængere, bl.a. ved at integrere erhvervsrettede projekter hele vejen igennem uddannelsen og holde fast i praksis som en afgørende del af vores vidensgrundlag.

Education: Close link between theory and specialist domains

What are the most important advances the school has seen education wise in 2011? – Research-based knowledge and theory have been successfully integrated in the teaching. Previously, the theoretic element of the teaching ran parallel to the specialist domains. Now they effectively supplement each other in the project teaching. Therefore, we have set up teacher’s teams comprising a design teacher and a researcher teaching joint classes, for instance design history. – Furthermore, we have strengthened the methodological part of the education. We have raised the bar by introducing more mandatory courses as part of the master’s degree programme and by conducting a number of master classes by high profile international visiting faculty. What is the next big challenge in terms of education? – Currently, we are busy defining the school’s view of design. It is about expressing what distinguishes us professionally and culturally. More than before, we need to be able to accurately define ourselves, not least in order to attract more international students. – Moreover, we must intensify our efforts to create even closer collaborations between the school’s core areas: education, research, and development. - Finally, we must focus more on creating a demand for our graduates, for instance by integrating business-oriented projects throughout the education and maintaining practice as a key element of our knowledge base.

Forskning: Fra evaluering til konsolidering

THOMAS MARKUSSEN LEKTOR /ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Hvad er det vigtigste der er sket på forskningsområdet i 2011? – Efter en intens proces, der har ført Designskolen Kolding frem til en akkreditering som uddannelses- og forskningsinstitution på universitetsniveau, er skolens forskningsaktiviteter nu inde i en konsolideringsfase. – Vi arbejder på at konsolidere skolens forskningsplan og fortsætte opbygningen af et godt forskningsmiljø, samtidig med at vi markerer os skarpere udadtil. Det udadvendte arbejde omfatter bl.a. forberedelsen af Nordic Design Research Society’s konference i 2013. Desuden har vi i 2011 afholdt en række internationale forskerseminarer, der placerer Kolding som en seriøs spiller i international designforskning. Vi er ved at udvikle kurser i forskningsmetode for ph.d.-studerende i samarbejde med Arkitektskolen i Aarhus og Danmarks Designskole. Og ikke mindst har vi besluttet at opslå skolens første design-professorat. Hvor ligger den næste store opgave på forskningssiden? – Helt afgørende for skolens forskningskultur er det tætte samarbejde med skolens uddannelses- og udviklingsaktiviteter. Den opgave er vi allerede i fuld gang med. – Desuden bliver det spændende for os at komme i endnu tættere dialog med den klassiske universitetsforskning i forlængelse af skolens flytning fra Kultur- til Uddannelsesministeriet. Vi har naturligvis rigtig meget at lære af den klassiske universitetsforskning. Men på den anden side har vi også noget at tilbyde universiteterne i den måde, vi tænker uddannelse og forskning her på Designskolen Kolding. For os handler det bl.a. om praksisbaseret forskning, brugerdreven innovation, kunstneriske eksperimenter, og nytænkning af, hvordan vi kan arbejde med teori i designpraksis. Det traditionelle akademiske system er baseret på ord. Vi arbejder både med ord og med f.eks. visualiseringer. – Og på det helt overordnede plan kan man sige, at Designskolen Kolding er et eksempel på en helt ny type universitet, der kobler profession og forskning sammen, i modsætning til det traditionelle humboldtske universitet, der netop af princip adskiller de to sfærer. Her kan vi bidrage med en solid portion nytænkning.

Research: From evaluation to consolidation

What are the most important advances the school has seen research wise in 2011? – Having successfully completed an accreditation process and achieved status as education and research institution at university level, Kolding School of Design’s research activities have now entered a consolidation phase. – We are in the process of consolidating the school’s research plan and building an excellent research environment while demonstrating a clear-cut outward profile. This includes preparing the Nordic Design Research Society Conference in 2013. Additionally, in 2011, we have hosted a number of international research seminars underlining Kolding’s position as a principal player in international design research. Also, we are developing research method courses for PhD fellows in collaboration with Aarhus School of Architecture and the Danish Design School. And not least, we have decided to advertise for the school’s first design professor. What is the next big challenge in terms of research? – Close collaboration with the school’s education and development activities is key to the school’s research culture. This is something we are already giving priority. – Moreover, moving from the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Education and entering an even closer dialogue with classic university research will be exciting to us. We can learn a great deal from classic university research. In return, Kolding School of Design can offer new insights in terms of how we conduct education and research. Our emphasis is on practice-based research, user-driven innovation, artistic experiments, and new ways of applying theory in design practice. Traditional academia is based on words; we use words and also, for instance, visualisation. – Overall, Kolding School of Design represents an entirely new kind of university connecting profession and research, as opposed to the Humboldt university tradition, which as a matter of principle separates the two spheres. In this respect, we can offer high-level innovative thinking.

Udvikling: Ekspansion på alle fronter

METTE STRØMGAARD DALBY UDVIKLINGSCHEF /HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

Hvad er det vigtigste der er sket for skolen på udviklingsområdet i 2011? – Skolens udviklingsafdeling vokser kraftigt. I 2011 skyldes det primært det store erhvervsfremme-projekt Design2innovate, der skal inspirere erhvervsliv og offentlige organisationer til øget brug af designværktøjer til at skabe vækst. Skolen står for hovedparten af uddannelses- og formidlingsaktiviteterne i projektet, og netop projektets fokus på generelle designmetoder er en stor fordel for os, fordi vi dermed kan bevæge os på tværs af konkrete brancher. Designmetoder er en central del af skolens dna, og derfor er Design2innovate et vigtigt projekt både for udviklingsafdelingen og for hele skolen. – Desuden har vi opnået gode resultater på en række konkrete områder, bl.a. innovation på sundhedsområdet, velfærdsteknologi og robotteknologi. Vi har kunnet fremvise fine resultater inden for projektet Modezonen, som vi afslutter ved udgangen af 2011. Arbejdet har bl.a. resulteret i en bæredygtig kollektion, Living Lightly, samt et internationalt skoseminar. Hvor ligger den næste store opgave på udviklingssiden? – Vi skal implementere en ny organisationsplan for udviklingsafdelingen. Den består af tre laboratorier for henholdsvis bæredygtighed, social inklusion og kulturel mangfoldighed med hver sin faglige projektleder. Det bliver spændende at få afdelingens stigende portefølje af opgaver og projekter til at spille sammen med denne organisering. Samtidig skal vi fastholde, at vi er en fleksibel afdeling, der henter mange medarbejderressourcer udefra, samtidig med at vi engagerer skolens lærere og forskere i udviklingsafdelingens arbejde.

Development: Expansion on all fronts

What are the most important advances the school has seen development wise in 2011? – The Development Department is expanding rapidly. In 2011 this was primarily due to Design2innovate, the large-scale project which aims to inspire the business community and public organisations to increase the use of design tools in their efforts to create growth. The school is responsible for the majority of the project’s education and communication activities. The project’s focus on general design methods is of particular advantage to us because it enables us to move across specific trades. Design methods are a key element of the school’s DNA which is why Design2innovate is an important project to the Development Department and to the school in general. – Moreover, we have achieved great results in a number of specific areas, including innovation in the fields of health, assistive technology and robot technology. The Fashion Zone project, which completed end 2011, achieved excellent results including the sustainable collection Living Lightly and an international shoe seminar. What is the next big challenge in terms of development? – We are about to implement a new organisation plan for The Development Department. It comprises three laboratories for sustainability, social inclusion and cultural diversity respectively, managed by their own specialist project manager. Making the growing portfolio of assignments and projects interact with the organisation plan will be exciting. At the same time, we must maintain our flexibility in terms of bringing in external employee resources while engaging the teachers and researchers in the work of the department.

Internationalisering

Designskolen Kolding arbejder på alle fronter for at styrke internationaliseringen af skolen. Vi sender studerende og medarbejdere ud i verden, og vi henter internationale forskere, designere og ikke mindst studerende hertil. Således havde vi i 2011 blandt mange andre besøg af D’Wayne Edwards, amerikansk stjerne inden for sneakerdesign. Den israelske illustrator Orit Bergman afholdt master class og Julian Roberts, engelsk ekspert i Subtraction Cutting, underviste skolens mode- og tekstilstuderende i sin intuitive og eksperimenterende tilgang til tilskæring og konstruktion af beklædning. Også udenlandske gæstestuderende er en fast bestanddel af skolens liv, og vi huser altid omkring 30 internationale studerende. Derudover sender vi i hidtil uset omfang vores egne studerende ud i verden. I 2011 rejste 40 studerende plus undervisere fem uger til Shanghai for at samarbejde med studerende på Tongji Universitetet om at udvikle koncepter for indretning af elbiler. Og 62 studerende og undervisere rejste til Ghana for at samarbejde med lokale studerende om kreative løsninger på landets enorme affaldsproblemer. Dertil kommer, at mange af de studerende følger vores opfordring om at tage et udenlandsk praktikophold. Praktikperioden ligger på 4. år og her tager ca. totredjedele af en årgang til udlandet. Inden for skolens forskningsaktiviteter ser vi også en stigende international tendens. En række internationale forskere besøgte os i 2011, bl.a. i regi af et internationalt ph.d.-seminar i designledelse. I de kommende år vil vi fortsætte styrkelsen af skolens internationalisering, bl.a. ved at tilknytte flere udenlandske gæsteundervisere, ved at sende endnu flere studerende i international praktik, ved at etablere flere partnerskaber med internationale designskoler og tiltrække endnu flere udenlandske studerende.

Internationalisation

Internationalisation of education is a key focal area to Kolding School of Design. We send students and employees out into the world, and we bring international researchers, designers, and not least students here. Thus, in 2011, we had the pleasure of having the great D’Wayne Edwards, American sneaker designer, in the house. Orit Bergman, Israeli illustrator conducted a master class, and Julian Roberts, British expert in Subtraction Cutting, taught his intuitive and experimental pattern cutting method to the school’s fashion and textile students. Foreign visiting students are an important element of the school’s atmosphere, and we always host around 30 international students. In addition, we send an unprecedented number of our own students out into the world. In 2011, 40 students and several teachers spent five weeks in Shanghai working with students from Tongji University on developing concepts for the layout of electric cars. 60 students and teachers went to Ghana to collaborate with local students on designing creative solutions to the country’s massive waste problems. Moreover, we advise our students to complete their internship abroad, and many of them do. The work placement period is part of the fourth-year curriculum, and approximately two-thirds of the year group find international placement. The school’s research activities are also characterised by more international focus. In 2011, a number of international researchers visited the school, some of them as participants in our international PhD seminar on design management. In the next few years, we will continue to strengthen the internationalisation of education by affiliating high-profile international visiting faculty, by having more students complete international internships, by setting up more partnerships with international design schools, and attracting more international students.

Panos Mytaros, direktør/director ECCO Leather Riin Koiv, gæstestuderende Estland/guest student Estonia

SCRAPBOG /SCRAPBOOK

Januar I January

Samarbejde med CIID

Skolen har indgået aftale med Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, CIID, om en international fremtidig masteruddannelse inden for interaktionsdesign. Samarbejdet udspringer af fælles interesser for internationaliseringen af uddannelse og etableringen af samarbejdsaftaler med erhvervslivet. Interaktionsdesign-uddannelsen er lokaliseret i København og drives med støtte fra tre danske virksomheder: Novo Nordisk, Maersk og Velux. CIID tiltrækker studerende fra hele verden og finansieres via brugerbetaling.

Collaborating with CIID

The school has entered agreement with Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, CIID, on an international future master’s programme in interaction design. The collaboration stems from mutual interests, especially with regards to the internationalisation of education and the formation of alliances with industry. The course takes place in a dedicated studio in Copenhagen, and the programme is sponsored by three Danish Companies: Novo Nordisk, Maersk and Velux. CIID attracts students from across the world.

Can you wonder without words?

In 2009, the school entered a research agreement with Aarhus University aiming to investigate how to promote research-based teaching and develop an ”alternative university education” which considers the unique conditions and interests in terms of creativity and craftsmanship at Kolding School of Design. The focal point of this action research-oriented development project is to investigate how to create methods for teaching and supervision based on wonder using a socalled practise-phenomenological approach. How do creativity and wonder relate? Will having a wondering approach make it easier for the students to discover their own voice? Narrating vivid stories from own practice and creating Socratic communities of wonder the design teachers have explored their own teaching practice and designed various experiments of wonder for the students to participate in. The project is managed by Associate Professor Finn Thorbjørn Hansen. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. Learn more about the project on the school’s website.

Februar I February

Kan man undre sig uden ord?

I 2009 indgik skolen en forskningsaftale med Aarhus Universitet med det formål at undersøge, hvordan man kan fremme forskningsbaseret undervisning og udvikle en ’alternativ universitetspædagogik’, der tager hensyn til de særlige kreative og håndværksmæssige forhold og interesser på Designskolen Kolding. Omdrejningspunktet for dette aktionsforsknings-orienterede udviklingsprojekt har været en undersøgelse af, hvordan man kan skabe undringsbaserede undervisningsog vejledningsformer ud fra en såkaldt praksisfænomenologisk tilgang. Hvad er forholdet mellem kreativitet og undren? Kan de studerende bedre finde deres egen stemme via en undrende tilgang? Gennem levende fortællinger fra egen praksis og sokratiske undringsfællesskaber har designunderviserne undersøgt deres egen undervisningspraksis samt designet forskellige undringseksperimenter, som de studerende har deltaget i. Projektet ledes af universitetslektor Finn Thorbjørn Hansen og forventes afsluttet ved udgangen af 2012. Læs mere om projektet på skolens hjemmeside.

Finn Thorbjørn Hansen, Aarhus Universitet /University of Aarhus, nr. tre fra venstre/third from the left

Marts | March

Syriske studerende indtog Koldings gader og stræder

Designskolen Kolding var i foråret vært for en gruppe syriske studerende, der blev sendt på jagt efter det særligt danske i Kolding og omegn. Besøget var en del af et flerårigt samarbejde med universitetet i Damaskus, hvor man i samarbejde afsøger de to landes visuelle og kulturelle identitet. I foråret 2010 var studerende fra Kolding i Damaskus, hvor de blev sendt på gaden sammen med lokale studerende for at indfange elementer, de fandt særligt karakteristiske for byen. I kraft af de lokale studerende lykkedes det dengang at komme bag kulissen og opleve dele af Damaskus, der normalt er uden for rækkevidde for besøgende. Det syriske besøg var således et gengældelsesvisit, og de danske studerende havde lagt sig i selen for at gengælde den store oplevelse, de selv havde fået. Resultatet af det antropologiske studie blev præsenteret på en udstilling på Designskolen Kolding.

Syrian students captured the streets of Kolding

In spring, Kolding School of Design hosted a group of Syrian students. They were sent out to explore the city and capture the essence of being Danish. The visit was part of Kolding School of Design’s perennial collaboration with the University of Damascus. The collaboration focuses on cultural diversity and exploring the visual identities and cultural rituals of the two nations. In spring 2010, Kolding students visited Damascus to explore the city with the local students and capture the essence of the city. Thanks to the local students they managed to get behind the scenes and experience parts of Damascus which are usually not visible to visitors. The Danish students were eager to requite the great experience, and some of them prepared to show places from their daily lives interested to see what the Syrians would choose to define as the essence of being Danish. The students’ assignment was to produce galleries consisting of at least four images that zoomed in on details as the maximum motif area could only be 40x40 cm. The results were presented at an exhibition at Kolding School of Design and subsequently in Damascus in connection with a workshop.

Stort erhvervsfremmeprojekt skudt i gang

Design2innovate skal inspirere syddanske virksomheder til innovation gennem design. En foyer fuld af engagerede og diskussionslystne mennesker skød i starten af marts projekt Design2innovate i gang med et tempofyldt kick off arrangement. Repræsentanter for regionale virksomheder og offentlige institutioner var mødt op for at støtte og præge projektet fra start. Alle var enige om, at design står helt centralt, når diskussionen drejer sig om, hvad vi skal leve af i fremtiden. Der var også enighed om, at design er meget mere end konkret formgivning af fysiske produkter. Ingen tvivl om at form og funktion bliver et stadig vigtigere parameter i konkurrencen om forbrugerens gunst. Men for Design2innovate handler det også om ”design thinking”: at benytte designfagets arbejdsmetoder og innovationsteknikker på andre niveauer i virksomheder og organisationer. Med ”Design thinking” vil projektet inspirere andre fagområder til at benytte designernes arbejdsmetoder som f.eks proof-of-concept og rapid prototyping til afprøvning af ideer i en konkret brugssammenhæng. Læs mere på design2innovate.dk

Kick-off of large-scale project aiming to promote trade

Design2innovate will inspire companies of Southern Denmark to innovate through design. In the beginning of March, the foyer at Kolding School of Design filled with committed and eager people gathered to kick off Project Design2innovate. Representatives of Danish industry and public institutions came to support and, from the very start, influence the project. Everybody agreed that design is central to the discussion of what will make up our future livelihood. There was also consensus about the fact that design represents much more than specific designing and actual products. There is no question that form and function will be an increasingly important parameter in the competition to win customers. But for Design2innovate it is also a matter of “design thinking”; of using the working methods and innovative techniques of the design profession in businesses and organisations. Using ”design thinking”, the project intends to inspire companies that do not traditionally apply design methods; specifically, different creative methods and techniques for generating ideas and testing them in a specific context, e.g. proof-of-concept and rapid prototyping techniques. Read more on design2innovate.dk

April I April

Stor samarbejdsaftale med ECCO

Comprehensive partnership agreement with ECCO

Designskolen Kolding har indgået en omfattende treårig samarbejdsaftale med ECCO. Aftalen er af stor betydning for skolen, og vi er utroligt stolte over at kunne indgå i et så tæt partnerskab med en af verdens største skoproducenter. Aftalen indeholder bl.a. praktikforløb, deltagelse i designfaglige udviklingsprojekter og input fra ECCO til studenterprojekter. Samarbejdsaftalen blev i foråret markeret med en udstilling. Her vistes resultaterne af et forløb, hvor studerende havde fået til opgave at designe en ECCO-sko til sig selv. Udstillingens titel var “My Shoe – personal dream shoes for the real world”. We have entered an extensive three-year partnership agreement with ECCO. The agreement is important to the school, and we are proud to be able to enter such strong ties with one of the leading shoe manufacturers in the world. The agreement includes internships, participation in artistic development projects, and ECCO input to student projects. The agreement was marked with an exhibition in the spring. This concluded a course during which the students had designed ECCO shoes targeted at themselves. The title of the exhibition was “My Shoe – personal dream shoes for the real world”.

Maj I May

Ej blot til pynt

Skolen satte spot på smykkedesign med en udstilling af smykker designet af tidligere studerende. Udstillingen viste arbejder af 14 designere, der gennem de seneste 16 år har arbejdet med smykker som tema. Fælles for dem alle er, at de undervejs i deres studie og videre i deres professionelle arbejdsliv beskæftiger sig med smykker. Udstillerne kommer fra forskellige fagområder, hvilket giver smykkerne vidt forskellige udtryk, hvor designernes faglige baggrund ikke umiddelbart kan aﬂæses. Udstillingen demonstrerede hvordan forskellige faglige tilgange kan befrugte smykkegenren. På den lange bane er håbet, at skolen kan etablere en kandidatuddannelse i smykkedesign, så danske smykkedesignere uddannelsesmæssigt kan matche udlandet, hvor man længe har uddannet smykkedesignere på designskolerne.

More than meets the eye

The school put spotlight on jewellery design with an exhibition of jewellery designed by former students. The exhibition displayed the works of 14 designers who for the past 16 years have been engaged in working with jewellery design although coming from very different fields. The different design backgrounds bring entirely diverse expressions to the jewellery without disclosing the individual design background. The exhibition demonstrated how different professional approaches can inspire the genre of jewellery. In the long run, we hope this mutual inspiration will result in a Danish Master’s degree in jewellery design to allow Danish jewellery designers to be able to match their foreign colleagues education-wise. Internationally, jewellery design has been part of the design school curriculum for a long time.

Studerende vækker international opmærksomhed

Kristian Larsen, dimittend fra interaktionsdesign, vækker international opmærksomhed med sit bud på fremtidens mobiltelefon, Flip Phone. Kristians præsentationsvideo havnede ad snørklede veje på førende internationale gadget-blogs som Wired og Engadget og blev vist over en halv million gange. Videoen medførte også en invitation til at holde oplæg på en af verdens største messer for mobiltelefoni i Barcelona. Efter afgangseksamen har Kristian fået job i en virksomhed inden for teknologiudvikling i Singapore.

Student attracts international attention

Kristian Larsen, Class of 2011 interaction designer, attracts international attention with his suggestion for the mobile phone of the future, the Flip Phone. Kristian’s presentation video, through a life of its own, has appeared on cutting-edge international gadget blogs such as Wired and Engadget and has had more than half a million views. The video also resulted in an invitation to perform in Barcelona at one of the world’s leading mobile phone trade fairs. Kristian is now working in Singapore for a company specialising in technology development.

Juni I June

Internationalt ph.d.-seminar

Skolen var i juni vært for at et seminar, hvor ph.d.-studerende fra hele verden arbejdede med sammensmeltningen af design og ledelse. Seminaret forløb over fire dage og bestod bl.a. af oplæg ved Designskolen Koldings forskningschef Poul Rind Christensen, professor Janet McDonnell, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design og Professor Richard Buchanan, Case Western Reserve University. Imellem oplæggene var der workshops og gruppearbejde, ligesom det også blev til et besøg hos LEGO Concept Lab. Seminaret var arrangeret af Centre for Design, Culture & Management (CDCM), der er platform for en strategisk alliance mellem Designskolen Kolding og Syddansk Universitet.

International PhD seminar

In June, the school hosted a seminar for an international group of PhD students discussing the convergence between design and management. The four-day seminar consisted of presentations by Head of Research at Kolding School of Design, Poul Rind Christensen, Professor Janet McDonnell, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and Professor Richard Buchanan, Case Western Reserve University. In between the presentations were workshops and group work, and the participants also paid a visit to the LEGO Concept Lab. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Design, Culture & Management (CDCM), which serves as a platform for a strategic alliance between Kolding School of Design and the University of Southern Denmark.

Studenterhuen bliver bæredygtig

Designer og værkstedsleder på Designskolen Kolding Pernille Fisker har skabt en bæredygtig studenterhue, der er 100% biologisk nedbrydelig. Et arbejde hun har gennemført i samarbejde med uniform- og huefabrikanten C.L. Seifert, der producerer og sælger ca. 75% af studenterhuerne i Danmark. Den bæredygtige studenterhue er realiseret i regi af Designskolen Koldings Laboratorium for Design, Innovation og Bæredygtighed. I sit arbejde har Pernille Fisker taget udgangspunkt i Cradle to Cradle konceptet, der handler om at designe produkter, der ikke ender som forurenende affald, men som enten kan indgå i nye produkter i et såkaldt ”teknisk kredsløb”, eller som naturen kan nedbryde i et ”biologisk kredsløb” uden at udskille skadelige stoffer. Den bæredygtige studenterhue indeholder ingen giftig plastik, lim eller anden kemi, men er lavet af materialer som ubleget økologisk bomuld, uld, viskose, silke, guld, sølv, læderkomposit og det alternative plastmateriale PLA. C.L. Seifert har ikke kunnet imødekomme alle Pernille Fiskers anbefalinger i 2011-versionen af huen. Men virksomheden har indledt en større certificeringsproces med Vugge til Vugge Danmark for at få de sidste løse ender på plads og få den bæredygtige studenterhue korrekt certificeret. I den proces vil man også inddrage virksomhedens emballage, der skal redesignes efter Vugge til Vugge konceptet. C.L. Seifert forventer, at 2012-studenterne vil få mulighed for at få en 100% bæredygtig studenterhue på hovedet.

Student’s cap becomes sustainable

Designer and workshop manager Pernille Fisker has created a sustainable student’s cap which is 100% biodegradable. It was developed in collaboration with uniform and cap manufacturer C.L. Seifert which produces and sells approximately 75% of the student’s caps in Denmark. The sustainable student’s cap was created under the auspices of Kolding School of Design’s Laboratory for Design, Innovation and Sustainability. Pernille Fisker’s work is based on the Cradle to Cradle concept of designing products that do not end up as polluting waste but either become part of new products in a so-called “technical cycle” or become degraded in a “biological cycle” without expelling harmful substances. The sustainable student’s cap does not contain toxic plastics, glue or other chemicals. It is created from materials such as unbleached organic cotton, wool, viscose, silk, gold, silver, leather composite, and the alternative plastic material PLA. However, C.L. Seifert was not able to meet all of Pernille Fisker’s recommendations for the 2011 version of the cap. Yet, the company has commenced a certification process with Cradle to Cradle Denmark to get the final details in place so the sustainable student’s cap can be properly certified. This process will also include the company’s packaging which will be redesigned to comply with the Cradle to Cradle concept. C.L. Seifert expects that the students graduating in 2012 will be able to wear a 100% sustainable student’s cap.

Cand. design for første gang

Vores dimittender 2011 er det første kuld med en akademisk titel. Efter en velgennemført akkrediteringsproces har Kulturministeriet tildelt skolens dimittender titlen cand. design.

Afgængere afsat i alle verdenshjørner

Det er altid spændende at se, hvor skolens dimittender finder job. Et kig hen over dette års dimittender viser, at der er enorm spredning i deres jobvalg. F.eks. er grafiker Louise Havlund Andersen blevet ansat på Glostrup Hospital i udviklingsafdelingen, hvor hun arbejder med et projekt om madlede. Interaktionsdesigner Kristian Ulrich Larsen har fået job i en it-udviklingsvirksomhed i Singapore, og grafiker Ellen Kirstine Hansen er ansat på Tegnestuen Hindevadgaard. Tegnestuen er placeret uden for Søndersø på Fyn og specialiserer sig i restaureringer af bygninger og kirker plus industrielt design og klassiske trævaremøbler. Se alle afgængere 2011 på skolens hjemmeside.

Master of Design for the first time

Class of 2011 will be the first to receive an academic degree. Following a successful accreditation process, the Danish Ministry of Culture has awarded our graduates

Marte Underreidet, industrielt design

the MDes title. Graduates all over the world

Tracking the school’s graduates is always exciting. A quick view of Class of 2011 reveals a great deal of diversity in the graduates’ choice of employment. Graphic Designer Louise Havlund Andersen works in Glostrup Hospital’s development department on a project concerning disgust to food. Interaction Designer Kristian Ulrich Larsen works with an IT development company in Singapore, and Graphic Designer Ellen Kirstine Hansen works with the drawing office Hindevadgaard. The drawing office is located outside Søndersø on the island of Funen. It specialises in restoring building and churches and also produces industrial design and classic woodware furniture. See all the graduates on our website.

Kim Lange, grafisk design

Gry Futtrup, tekstil

Marie Zeuthen Andersen, illustration

August I August

Modeshow

Fashion Show

Sommerens modeshow for skolens dimittender fra mode- og tekstillinjen foregik i perfekte rammer: den smukke koncertsal i den gamle DR-bygning på Rosenørns Allé. Showets placering i den københavnske modeuge sikrede, at modebranche og modemedier var talrigt til stede. Skolens show var, som et af de meget få under modeugen, åbent for publikum, og det betød, at den store sal var næsten fyldt op. Alt gik som det skulle, stemningen var fantastisk og dimittenderne fik for alvor vist flaget for omverdenen. This summer’s fashion show presenting the school’s Fashion and Textile graduates took place in a perfect setting: The beautiful concert hall of the old DR building on Rosenørns Allé. The show took place during Copenhagen Fashion Week which meant that the fashion industry and the fashion media were present in great numbers. Like only a few others during the fashion week, the school’s show was open to the public, which meant that the big hall was almost full to bursting point. Everything went according to plan, the atmosphere was great, and the graduates definitely made an impression.

Maria Parsons

Rebekka G.J. Jørgensen

Velkommen til de nye studerende

Årets nye studerende tog hul på studieåret på traditionel vis med en rustur. Afgangen fra skolen foregik med bus og som opvarmning mødtes de nye studerende udklædt. Temaet var “Rige mennesker på charterferie”. Her er det Joakim von And iført badekåbe og ledsaget af en privatsekretær.

Welcome new students

In keeping with tradition, the new students began their first year of study with a fresher’s weekend. Before taking off, the new students met in the school foyer dressed in costumes under the thematic headline “Rich people on charter holiday”. Here is Scrooge McDuck accompanied by his private secretary.

Samarbejdsaftale med TRE-FOR

Skolen har indgået en samarbejdsaftale med Trekantområdets forsyningsselskab TREFOR. Aftalen indebærer bl.a., at skolens studerende i udvalgte undervisningsforløb kan arbejde med problemstillinger relateret til TRE-FOR. Desuden har skolen og TREFOR igangsat et fælles designfagligt udviklingsprojekt. For TRE-FOR er formålet med samarbejdet at få en større forståelse for mulighederne i design. For skolen er det spændende at samarbejde med en virksomhed med ekspertise i teknik og logistik og ikke mindst med en direkte kontakt til et stort antal slutbrugere.

Collaboration agreement with TRE-FOR

The school has entered a collaboration agreement with TRE-FOR, utility company of the Triangle Region of Denmark. The agreement allows the school to address issues related to TRE-FOR in selected courses. In addition, TRE-FOR and the school have initiated a joint artistic development project. TRE-FOR hopes the collaboration will increase the company’s awareness of the potentials of design. The school is thrilled to be able to collaborate with a company with expertise in technology and logistics as well as direct contact to a large number of end-users.

Robots take over the school

In September, the one-day seminar Robots That Care gathered robot enthusiasts from the business community and from education and research at Kolding School of Design. The seminar presented talks on placebo, hybrid materials, thermo-graphic images, and an exhibition of hospital robots. The point of the many different talks was that the development of robots should draw on a wide range of disciplines. Having an all technological approach does not suffice; we must also consider the human aspects. In this respect, Doctor Karen Lund’s talk about placebo research was a thought-provoking reminder of the patient’s own role in his or her treatment. British robot scientist James Auger provoked the audience with his ”Domestic Robots”, high-end design objects for private households which are entertaining, disturbing and socially meaningful all at the same time. Japanese designer Hironori Yoshida presented hybrid materials that could be put to interesting use in future robot design. Finally, researchers and teachers form Kolding School of Design presented suggestions for current and future robot research and design; the latter by exhibiting robots directed at patients before, during and after hospitalisation. The robots are developed by third-year industrial and interaction design students.

September I September

Robotter indtog skolen

Heldags-seminaret Robots That Care i september samlede robot-interesserede deltagere fra erhvervsliv, uddannelse og forskning på Designskolen Kolding. På seminaret fik robotfolket oplæg om bl.a. placebo, hybrid-materialer, termografiske billeder og en udstilling af robotter til hospitalssektoren. Pointen med at præsentere så forskelligartede oplæg var, at udvikling af robotter bør trække på en bred vifte af fagligheder. Den rent tekniske indgangsvinkel er ikke tilstrækkelig. Vi skal også tænke på de menneskelige faktorer. Her var læge Karen Lunds oplæg om placebo-forskning en tankevækkende påmindelse om, i hvor stor grad patienten selv er en faktor i behandlingen. Den engelske robotforsker James Auger provokerede med sine ”Domestic Robots”, high-end design-objekter til det private hjem, der både underholder, foruroliger og udfylder en social funktion. Og den japanske designer Hironori Yoshida præsenterede hybride materialer, der kan anvendes på spændende måder i fremtidens robotdesign. Herudover gav forskere og undervisere fra Designskolen Kolding bud på aktuel og fremtidig robotforskning og -design - sidstnævnte med en udstilling af robotter til patienter før, under og efter en hospitalsindlæggelse, udviklet af 3. årsstuderende fra linjerne industrielt design og interaktionsdesign.

Samarbejde med israelsk universitet

Studerende på illustration samarbejdede med studerende fra Bezalel Academy of Arts i Jerusalem om at nedbryde kulturelle og geografiske grænser. De danske studerende fik til opgave at illustrere Lusen Lucy, en berømt israelsk børnebog. De israelske studerende tog livtag med den ligeså berømte bog Syv Fantastiske Fortællinger af Karen Blixen. Projektet blev skudt i gang i september, hvor den israelske illustrator Orit Bergman besøgte Kolding. Hun gav en grundig indføring i israelsk illustration, inden de studerende gik i lag med de berømte værker. Udover Orit Bergman var også den danske illustrator Cato tilknyttet projektet. De endelige illustrationer udstilles i både Kolding og Jerusalem, når de israelske studerende har afsluttet forløbet.

Collaboration with Israeli art students

Illustration students have collaborated with students from Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem. The collaboration focused on breaking down cultural as well as geographical boundaries. The Danish students were given the task of illustrating Nehama the Louse, a famous children’s book by Israeli author Meir Shalev. The Israeli students grappled with the equally famous Seven Gothic Tales by Karen Blixen. The project was kicked off in September when Israeli illustrator Orit Bergman visited Kolding. After her thorough introduction to Israeli illustration history, the students were ready to interpret the famous works. Apart from Orit Bergman, Danish illustrator Cato participated in the project. The final illustrations will be exhibited in Kolding and Jerusalem as soon as the Israeli students finish their part of the project.

Claudia Egholm Castrones illustrationer til den israelske børnebog Lusen Lucy

Master class med international modedesigner

Den internationalt anerkendte modedesigner Julian Roberts har med sin metode, Subtraction Cutting, vundet international opmærksomhed for sin utraditionelle og intuitive tilgang til mønstre og modedesign. I starten af skoleåret var han forbi Designskolen Kolding for at demonstrere metoden, der i korte træk går ud på at designe med tilfældige mønstre fremfor den traditionelle tilgang, hvor man minutiøst designer mønstre som udgangspunkt. Modsat den traditionelle tilgang arbejder Julian Roberts direkte i de endelige materialer og tager udgangspunkt i de huller, der bliver i materialet, når man klipper mønstrene, deraf navnet Subtraction Cutting. Metoden giver således plads til det tilfældige og overraskende og lader sig ikke begrænse af konventioner og faste mål. – Det handler om tage traditioner med ind i fremtiden og genopdage dem. Substraction Cutting er mest brugbart til mønstre og former, du ikke havde forestillet dig. Hvis du sidder fast, er det en god måde at finde ny inspiration på – og det kan alle designere jo få brug for, fortæller Julian Roberts, der blandt sine kunder tæller H&M, som et vidnesbyrd om at metoden også kan finde kommerciel anvendelse. Metoden er i hvert fald fremmende for produktiviteten. De studerende nåede under forløbet at udvikle hele 80 kreationer, der efterfølgende blev udstillet på skolen.

Master class by international British fashion designer Julian Roberts has conducted a master class at Kolding School fashion designer of Design teaching MA fashion and textile design students about his experimental and intuitive approach to pattern cutting, which has brought him worldwide recognition. The unconventional garment pattern cutting method is called Subtraction Cutting. It is an approach to garment pattern making that incorporates chance discovery, distance, gods-eye views, and the ability to cut fast and inaccurately without too much reference to numbers, fractions or mathematics. The basic premise of Subtraction Cutting is designing with patterns, rather than creating patterns for designs. The name derives from the fact that you reduce space to increase outward shape. – It’s about bringing the traditions into the future and rediscovering them. Subtraction Cutting is most usable for shapes you would not have imagined. If you get stuck, it’s a good method to relax you and become re-inspired – something all designers need, Julian Roberts explains. Having H&M and other major brands on his list of clients is an indicator that the method is also suited for commercial purposes. The method definitely promotes productivity. During the master class, the students were able to produce a staggering 80 creations which were subsequently exhibited at the school.

Tre afsluttede ph.d.-afhandlinger

Kirsten Bonde

Three PhD dissertations

Mette Harrestrup

Der var godt gang i ph.d.-forsvarene og den efterfølgende champagne i 2011, hvor hele tre ph.d.-projekter blev afsluttet. Grafiker Mette Harrestrup skød året i gang i april med forsvaret af afhandlingen ”Fra piktogram til sensogram – en sanselig transformation via fænomenologi og pervasive computing”. Mette Harrestrup er efterfølgende fortsat på skolen som institutleder på Institut for Kommunikationsdesign. Tekstildesigner Anne Louise Bang fulgte kort tid efter, da hun i maj forsvarede afhandlingen ”Emotional value in applied textiles – Dialogue-oriented and participatory approaches to textile design”. Anne Louises projekt er en erhvervs-ph.d. lavet i samarbejde med tekstilvirksomheden Gabriel. Anne Louise fortsætter som adjunkt på skolen. Det store ph.d.-år blev afsluttet af Kirsten Bonde Sørensen, da hun i november forsvarede ”When designing emerges into strategies – in an organisation and in individuals”. Kirsten Bondes projekt er ligeledes en erhvervs-ph.d., lavet i samarbejde med Middelfart Sparekasse. Kirsten Bonde er også stadig at finde på Designskolen Kolding, hvor hun er ansat som designkonsulent hos erhvervsfremmeprojektet Design2innovate. Efterfølgende skal Kirsten Bonde implementere nogle af de services, hun har udviklet i sin afhandling i Middelfart Sparekasse.

Lokal designhistorie tilbage på skolen

84-årige Helene Holst gik på det allerførste hold på Designskolen Kolding. I september besøgte hun sin gamle skole for at aflevere sit omfattende materiale fra skoletiden. Materialet har stor historisk værdi for skolen, da det udover masser af tekstil- og væveprøver fra skoleopgaverne også omfatter bl.a. skoleskema, opgaveformuleringer og optagelsesprøve. Materialet giver et fascinerende indblik i designuddannelse før og nu. Biblioteket på skolen er nu ved at gennemgå det store materiale, og det overvejes at lave en mindre udstilling, så nuværende studerende kan få et indblik i designuddannelsens udvikling. Derudover vil det helt sikkert også blive taget frem i forbindelse med skolens 50 års jubilæum i 2017.

Local design history returns to the school

84-year-old Helene Holst was a student in the very first class at Kolding School of Design. In September she paid her old school a visit and donated her comprehensive material from her school years. The material is of great historic value to us; not only does it include lots of textile and weaving samples, it also includes school timetables, assignment briefs, and the entrance examination. The material presents a fascinating insight into design education then and now. The school’s library is currently examining the vast material and considers making an exhibition to give contemporary students an idea of the development of the design education. The material will definitely play a role in the school’s 50th anniversary in 2017.

Three PhD dissertations and plenty of champagne in 2011. In April, Graphic Designer Mette Harrestrup defended her PhD dissertation ”From Pictogram to Sensogram – a sensous transformation via phenomenology and pervasive computing”. Mette Harrestrup now holds a position as head of the Department of Communication Design. Shortly after, in May, Textile Designer Anne Louise Bang followed with the defence of her dissertation entitled ”Emotional value in applied textiles – Dialogue-oriented and participatory approaches to textile design”. Anne Louise’s project is an industrial PhD project completed in collaboration with textile company Gabriel. Anne Louise Bang now holds a position as assistant professor at the school. Finally, in November, Kirsten Bonde Sørensen defended her dissertation ”When designing emerges into strategies – in an organisation and in individuals”. Kirsten Bonde’s project is also an industrial PhD project carried out in collaboration with the bank Middelfart Sparekasse. Kirsten Bonde is likewise still to be found at Kolding School of Design where she works as a design consultant for Design2innovate, a large-scale project to promote trade. In the near future, Kirsten Bonde will return to Middelfart Sparekasse to implement some of the services developed during her PhD.

På pension – og dog

Retired – and yet Anne Louise Bang

I 2011 har tre af vores medarbejdere taget hul på pensionisttilværelsen. Det betyder dog ikke, at de har vinket farvel til skolen. De fortsætter nemlig alle tre i forskningsprojekter og som gæsteundervisere. De tre nye næsten-pensionister er lektor og tekstilingeniør Joy Boutrup, tidligere institutleder og underviser i illustration og grafisk design Inger Merete Skotting og professor og forskningschef Poul Rind Christensen. Hver især har de bidraget enormt til skolen, og vi er glade for, at vi stadig kan nyde godt af dem, om end knap så meget som før. In 2011, three of our employees went on retirement. Yet, this does not mean that they have left the school entirely. All three of them continue with research projects and as guest teachers. The three near-retirees are associate professor and textile engineer Joy Boutrup, former head of department and teacher of illustration and graphic design Merete Skotting, and head of research Poul Rind Christensen. Each has contributed tremendously to the school, and we are pleased that we are still able to benefit from them, even though it will be to a lesser extent.

Oktober I October

Charlotte Bodil Hermansen

Den Gyldne Pelsnål

Designskolen Kolding trak stikket hjem i to ud af tre kategorier ved uddelingen af Den Gyldne Pelsnål. Med hele seks finalister var skolen solidt repræsenteret, da Kopenhagen Fur uddelte Den Gyldne Pelsnål. Årets konkurrence var inddelt i tre kategorier, og her satte Designskolen Kolding sig på de to. Marie Louise Udby Blicher fra tekstil vandt i kategorien Accessories og Charlotte Bodil Hermansen, ligeledes fra tekstil, vandt i kategorien Home Wear. Charlotte Bodil Hermansen havde lavet et forhæng i mink, ræv og forskellige tekstiler med inspiration fra havet. Derudover havde hun lavet tre sækkepuder, der kunne sættes sammen og ændre form med fastgjorte metalringe. Marie Louise Udby gik utraditionelt til værks, da hun skulle fremvise sit design. Hun havde lavet en poncho i farvet ræv til bilsæder, så derfor blev der kørt en knaldrød Tesla ind midt under showet. De seks finalister fra Designskolen Kolding var foruden de to vindere: Brian Frandsen, industrielt design 5. år, Mette Gliemann, tekstil 5. år, Lærke Marie Valum, mode 3. år og Nicklas Kunz, mode 4. år.

The Golden Fur Pin

Kolding School of Design won two out of three categories at the Golden Fur Pin Awards. Kolding School of Design was massively represented with six finalists at the award show this autumn. The competition was divided into three categories, and Kolding School of Design students won two of them. Marie Louise Udby Blicher from Textile Design won the Accessories category, and Charlotte Bodil Hermansen, also from Textile, won the Home Wear category. Charlotte Bodil Hermansen had designed a curtain from mink, fox and various textiles inspired by the sea. In addition, she had designed three cushions that can be combined and change shape using fixed metal rings. Accessories winner Marie Louise Udby Blicher’s presentation was quite a surprise. She had designed a poncho using dyed fox fur. The poncho goes on a car seat, so Marie had a bright red Tesla show up in the middle of the show. Among the Kolding School of Design finalists were also: Brian Frandsen, fifth-year Industrial Design, Mette Gliemann, fifth-year Textile, Lærke Marie Valum, third-year Fashion and Nicklas Kunz, fourth-year Fashion.

Elbiler i Shanghai

For tredje år i træk rejste studerende og lærere til Kina for at samarbejde med studerende fra Tongji University i Shanghai. 30 tredjeårsstuderende plus otte studerende fra kandidatuddannelsen i designledelse drog afsted for at løse en designopgave stillet af Designskolen Koldings store elbil-projekt etrans: Skab koncepter for indretning af elbiler, der udnytter de nye pladsmæssige muligheder i et køretøj, der ikke er tynget af en stor motor. Samtidig skal der udvikles et servicedesign, der dæmmer op for de barrierer, elbilen skal overvinde, inden den for alvor kan slå igennem hos bilisterne. Koncepter og prototyper blev præsenteret på en udstilling, først i Shanghai og siden i Kolding.

Electric cars in Shanghai

For the third year running, students and teachers went to China to collaborate with students from Tongji University. 30 third-year students along with eight master students from the Design Management Programme left Kolding School of Design to solve an assignment by the school’s large-scale electric car project etrans: Develop concepts for the interior layout of electric cars utilising the fact that electric cars are not burdened by space consuming and heavy motors. Also, develop a service design which will help break down the barriers that prevent the electric car from becoming a consumer success. The concepts and prototypes were presented at an exhibition, first in Shanghai and then in Kolding.

DesignCamp 2011 – Feel the power

Deltagerne i årets internationale DesignCamp gik ind til en gedigen faglig udfordring: I skal forvandle noget så uhåndgribeligt og fjernt som elektricitet til noget ikke bare håndgribeligt og konkret, men ligefrem fantastisk. Syv grupper på i alt 49 designstuderende fra USA, Canada, Indien, New Zealand, Syrien, Kina, Tyskland, Holland, Finland, Danmark og England knoklede i to intense uger med temaet ”visualisering af energi”. Understøttet af forskere og undervisere udviklede hver gruppe projekter, der på vidt forskellig vis tematiserede en af tidens store miljømæssige udfordringer: Hvordan får vi den menige energiforbruger til at få et mere bevidst forhold til sit energiforbrug? Der kom i alt otte spændende projekter ud af de to intense uger. Bl.a. Starshiptrooper og Turbino, uddannelsesprojekter der skal gøre børn mere bevidste om energiforbrug, kunstprojekterne Artoverpower og Excess Energy Experience og designobjektet ElecTree, en lille trælignende installation, hvis grene og farver ændrer sig og giver et visuelt overblik over det aktuelle elforbrug i husstanden.

DesignCamp 2011 – Feel the Power

The participants in the international DesignCamp 2011 were in for a real challenge: To transform electricity from being intangible and abstract to being not only tangible and concrete but even wonderful. Seven groups comprising 49 design students from USA, Canada, India, New Zealand, Syria, China, Germany, Holland, Finland, Denmark and the UK spent two weeks working intensely on the theme of visualising energy. Supported by researchers and teachers, each of the groups created projects with very individual approaches to one of the great environmental challenges of our time: how do we make average energy consumers more aware of their energy consumption? The two intense weeks resulted in eight exciting projects. Among these the Starshiptrooper and the Turbino, educational projects aiming to create energy awareness among children, the art projects Artoverpower and Excess Energy Experience, and the design object the ElecTree; a small installation resembling a tree with changing branches and colours visualising the actual household consumption.

Parasitdesign på 7’eren

Det slog gnister, da en gruppe designstuderende på første studieår skabte ”parasitdesign” på og med Arne Jacobsens verdenskendte 7’er stol. De studerendes designs satte med deres ”parasit” fokus på både budskab, lokalitet, social kontekst, funktion og hverdag, integreret i ét samlet udtryk i deres design. Der blev tilføjet og ændret elementer til stolen, der udfordrer vores forståelse af den. Parasitterne blev udstillet på skolen og efterfølgende også i Republic of Fritz Hansens showroom i København.

Parasite design on the Series Seven Chair

Sparks were flying when a group of first-year design students created ”parasite design” on and with Arne Jacobsen’s world-famous Series Seven Chair. The focal points of the student designs were message, location, social context, function, and the every-day integrated in one collective design expression. Elements were added and altered that change our perception of the original chair. The parasites were exhibited at the school and subsequently at the Republic of Fritz Hansen showroom in Copenhagen.

Finanslovstasken

The Money Bag

Femteårs modestuderende Katja Brünchle Knudsen kom helt ind i magtens centrum, da hun få dage efter folketingsvalget blev budt indenfor i Statsministeriet. Hun mødtes med daværende statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen for at aflevere en hemmelig pakke: Løkkes gave til sin afløser i embedet Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Traditionen tro giver de afgående ministre deres efterfølgere en gave, og Lars Løkke Rasmussens gaveide var en taske, fremstillet af finanslovsforslaget 2012. Han kontaktede Designskolen Kolding for at høre, om skolen var med på spøgen, og det var vi naturligvis. Vi bad Katja designe tasken, og med uvurderlig hjælp fra værkstedsassistenter og medstuderende, blev den klar på rekordtid. For en sikkerheds skyld tog Katja selv toget til København for at overrække den til Lars Løkke. Finanslovstasken blev fyldigt omtalt i både tv, radio og aviser. Også mange udenlandske medier viderebragte historien om “The Money Bag”. A few days after the election, fifth-year fashion design student Katja Brünchle Knudsen was invited to the Prime Minister’s Office and was able to experience first-hand the Danish centre of power. She met with Lars Løkke Ramussen, who was Prime Minister at the time, to deliver a secret package: Løkke’s present to his successor Helle Thorning-Schmidt. In Denmark it is customary for the outgoing ministers to give the new ministers a welcoming present, and Lars Løkke Rasmussen had come up with the idea to create a bag from the outgoing government’s finance bill proposal for 2012. He contacted Kolding School of Design to ask if we would play along. So, we asked Katja to design the bag, and with the priceless help of workshop assistants and fellow students, the bag was finished in record time. Taking no chances, Katja caught the train to Copenhagen to deliver the bag to Lars Løkke Rasmussen herself. The Money Bag received a lot of media attention from television, radio and newspapers in Denmark and abroad.

Skolen i Ghana

The School goes to Ghana

En gruppe 2.årsstuderende fik en oplevelse for livet, da de i efteråret drog til Ghana for at skabe bæredygtigt design i samarbejde med ghanesiske studerende fra universitetet i Kumasi. Farmersko af gamle bildæk, savsmuld som isoleringsmateriale, rumdelere af second hand tøj og meget andet blev resultatet af den fire uger lange Ghana-tur, der kulminerede med en udstilling af de mange projekter, først i Kumasi og siden i Kolding. Ghana-turen er begyndelsen på et tættere samarbejde mellem Designskolen og KNUST-universitetet i Kumasi. Projektet er støttet af CKU, Center for Kultur og Udvikling. This autumn, a group of second-year students had the experience of a life-time when they went to Ghana to create sustainable design in collaboration with Ghanaian students from the university in Kumasi. Farmer’s shoes from old car tyres, sawdust as insulation material, room dividers made from second-hand clothes, and so much more. These were the results of the four-week trip to Ghana which culminated in an exhibition, first in Kumasi and then in Kolding. The Ghana project represents the beginning of a closer collaboration between Kolding School of Design and KNUST university in Kumasi. The project is funded by DCCD, Danish Center for Culture and Development.

November I November

Fokus på fødekæden

Designskolen Kolding ønsker at tiltrække de bedste studerende. Derfor styrker vi vores fokus på fødekæden, dvs. de institutioner der typisk leverer ansøgere til skolen. Skolen har i 2011 udbygget samarbejdet med en række design-fokuserede højskoler og efterskoler, bl.a. Skals Højskole, Den Skandinaviske Designhøjskole, Vejle Design- og Kunstskole og højskolerne i Askov og Rødding. Desuden arrangerer vi inspirationsdage for folkeskolelærere. I 2011 har vi afholdt konferencen “Fusionsboxen”, hvor vi introducerede 73 folkeskolelærere til forskellige designmetoder. Ydermere fortsætter vi vores meget succesfulde gymnasiepraktik, hvor 50 elever deltager i et praktikophold på skolen.

Focus on the food chain

Kolding School of Design wishes to attract the best students. Therefore, we have intensified our focus on the food chain, meaning the institutions that typically supply our applicants. In 2011, we expanded our collaboration with a number of design-oriented folk schools and independent boarding schools for lower secondary students including Skals Folk School, The Scandinavian Design College, Vejle Design and Art School, and the folk schools located in Askov and Rødding. Moreover, we have organised the ”Fusion Box Conference” introducing 73 primary school teachers to various design methods. In addition, we continue our successful upper secondary school arrangement where 50 pupils become interns at the school.

Israelske provokationer

Takket være Designskolen Koldings samarbejde med den israelske ambassade gav den anerkendte multikunster Meir Tati i slutningen af oktober en forelæsning på skolen. Tati har gjort sig internationalt bemærket med politisk provokerende happenings og installationskunst, ofte serveret med et humoristisk tvist. Til dagligt bor han i Tel Aviv, der også har været genstand for hans målrettede og symbolske angreb, hvor han sprøjter rød maling på præcis de samme steder, en selvmordsbombe er blevet udløst.

Israelske provokationer

Internationalt skoseminar

D’Wayne Edwards. Mette Gliemann. Panos Mytaros. Joanna Stoker. Marloes ten Bhömer. Mathilde Aggebo. En række anerkendte skodesignere, tekstileksperter og trendeksperter var i slutningen af november på listen over oplægsholdere til et stort anlagt seminar om skodesign på Designskolen Kolding. Under overskriften ”Materials Materialise! Shoe Design – State of the Art” blev der sat fokus på kommende trends og materialer, forskning og eksperimenter inden for skodesign. Seminaret skal ses i lyset af, at Danmark ikke har en særlig uddannelse for skodesignere. Det vil Designskolen Kolding gerne ændre på i tæt samarbejde med ECCO og Modezonen.

International shoe seminar

D’Wayne Edwards. Mette Gliemann. Panos Mytaros. Joanna Stoker. Marloes ten Bhömer. Mathilde Aggebo. End November, a number of acclaimed shoe designers, textile experts, and trend experts spoke at a large-scale seminar at Kolding School of Design focusing on shoe design. Under the headline ”Materials Materialise! Shoe Design – State of the Art” the seminar focused on future trends and materials, research and experiments within shoe design. The seminar was motivated by the fact that Denmark does not offer a specific education in shoe design; Kolding School of Design wants to change this in close collaboration with ECCO and the Fashion Zone.

D’Wayne Edwards.

”DSKD Method Cards” is a collection of methods developed for professionals working within the field of design and innovation. Silje Kamille Friis and Anne Katrine Gøtsche Gelting from Kolding School of Design have collected 62 design methods in a deck of cards categorised in five colours representing different stages of the design process: Collaborate is black, Collect is green, Comprehend is blue, Conceptualise is purple, and Create is red. Each card contains a description of the specific method along with a case example. Directions for use are included. The method cards cost DKK 500 including post and packing.

Being a Tourist

Personas

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Day Cycle

Design methods – in a deck of cards

”DSKD Method Cards” er en metodesamling for professionelle inden for design og innovation. To af Designskolen Koldings medarbejdere, Silje Kamille Friis og Anne Katrine Gøtsche Gelting, har samlet 62 designmetoder i et sæt ”spillekort” ordnet i fem farver, alt efter hvilket stadie i designprocessen de vedrører: Collaborate er sort, Collect er grøn, Comprehend er blå, Conceptualise er lilla og Create er rød. Hvert kort rummer en beskrivelse af den konkrete metode plus et case-eksempel. Med kortene følger en udførlig brugsanvisning. Metodekortene koster 500 kr. inkl. forsendelse, og kan bestilles via skolens reception.

Creative Constraints

Designmetoder – nu på kort

December I December

Living Lightly

Designskolen Kolding har i efterhånden mange år arbejdet med bæredygtighed i alle aspekter af designprocessen. Et markant resultat af dette arbejde er den bæredygtige kollektion Living Lightly. Her blev tre designere bedt om at tage al skolens viden om bæredygtighed og bruge den til at designe en kollektion, der bl.a. benytter bæredygtig japansk polyester og genindfører mormors ærmeblade. Living Lightly blev præsenteret i starten af december i Miljøministeriet med deltagelse af miljøminister Ida Auken og ved et arrangement hos Dansk Mode & Tekstil i Herning. Vi har også skrevet en bog om kollektionen og tankerne bag den. Bogen er gratis og kan bestilles ved henvendelse til skolen.

Living Lightly

Kolding School of Design has spent a considerable amount of years focusing on sustainability in all aspects of the design process. The clothes collection Living Lightly represents a significant landmark in these efforts. We asked three designers to include all of our knowledge of sustainability and use this knowledge to design a collection which employs sustainable Japanese polyester and reintroduces grandmother’s dress shields. In the beginning of December, Living Lightly was presented at the Danish Ministry of the Environment with the participation of the Minister for the Environment Ida Auken and at an event hosted by Dansk Fashion & Textile in Herning. The collection and the ideas behind it have been captured in a publication. Please contact the school to receive a free copy.

Hollandsk mesterklasse

Dutch master class

En film om tre måder at smelte en chokoladekanin var den første af en række usædvanlige projekter skabt af den hollandske duo Sander & Lernert. I grænselandet mellem kunsten og det kommercielle boltrer de sig utvungent, frækt – ja til tider skamløst – og finder nye udtryk, der forundrer og foruroliger. I begyndelsen af december fik de studerende på 3. år kommunikationsdesign mulighed for at gøre Sander & Lernert kunsten efter: Lav et rip-off, kopiér et af vores værker – dog skal tre elementer ændres, lød den hollandske duos dogmeagtige oplæg i en masterclass. Det affødte flere seværdige bud, bl.a. en kortfilm, hvor rektor Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen får fjernet et tommetykt lag sminke. A film disclosing three ways to melt a chocolate rabbit was the first in a series of unusual projects created by Dutch duo Sander & Lernert. In the cross-field between art and commerce they freely, freshly – even impudently – romp discovering new expressions that amaze and disturb. In the beginning of December, third-year communication design students were given the chance to emulate the famous duo: Make a rip-off; imitate one of our works altering three elements. This was the dogmatic master class assignment presented by Sander & Lernert. The challenge resulted in several excellent pieces, among these a short film showing Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen having a thick layer of make-up removed from her face.

etrans klar til at sende sine koncepter ud i verden

I etrans-projektet er der ingen tvivl om, at danskerne kommer til at elske elbiler. Uden dem kan CO2-forureningen ikke bringes ned til det fastsatte niveau, og uden deres batterier som buffere kan det blive svært for grøn energi at få en dominerende rolle i dansk elforsyning. De er miljørigtige, de larmer ikke. De er dyre at købe, men billige at køre i. etrans – et brugerdrevet innovations-, design- og forskningsprojekt – har nu i næsten tre år arbejdet på at gøre elbilen kendt og elsket. På at nedbryde fordomme, skabe interesse og viden. Ved udgangen af 2011 har etrans afsluttet sine undersøgelser, bearbejdet, analyseret, afprøvet og udviklet, og projektet sluttede året med ”On the Road”, en stor udstilling af prototyperne og designkoncepterne. 15 af partnerne i projektet – virksomheder, offentlige organisationer, NGO’er og fagfæller – fortalte ved en konference ved udstillingsåbningen om samarbejdet med etrans og gav input til projektets sidste store opgave: at få koncepterne sendt ud i verden. På www.etrans.dk kan man se mere, så her kun i stikordsform noget af det, der er på affyringsrampen: – lyde til elbiler, designet med øje for både miljø og sikkerhed – rapporter om danskernes erkendte og uerkendte ønsker til transport / opladning/ danskernes holdninger til elbiler/ etablering af elbilsflåder – viden om elbilisters erfaringer – spil til både børn og voksne, der skaber opmærksomhed og giver viden om elbiler et spil til gymnasieskolen, der vil kunne anvendes i tværfaglige forløb, hvor både dilemmaer, problematikker, forståelse og holdninger belyses – koncepter om delebiler ideer fra DesignCamps og samarbejdsprojekter med Tongji Universitet i Shanghai – apps, der skal gøre elbilen sjovere, smartere eller mere tryg – ideer og håndfaste forslag til begejstringskampagner i virksomheder og kommuner. Ideerne er nu på vej ud af etrans, godt hjulpet på vej de mange partnere, der har støttet, båret og bragt indsigter ind i projektet – og taget ny viden med ud, ikke blot om bilister og biler, men også om brugerdreven innovation og om de forskellige designformer, der anvendes i projektet.

etrans løber i tre år og er finansieret af EU, Region Syddanmark, Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen samt en af sine partnere, DONG Energy. Desuden bidrager både DONG og de øvrige partnere løbende med viden, ligesom flere af dem har fået konkret bistand til udvikling af nye forretningsområder.

etrans ready to send its concepts out into the world

The etrans project results show confidence that the Danes will begin to love the electric cars. Without the electric cars we will not be able to reduce the CO2 footprint to the determined level, and without using their batteries as buffers, green energy will have a hard time finding a dominant role in Danish electricity supply. They are eco-friendly and do not make any noise. They are expensive to buy but cheap to drive. etrans – a user-driven innovation, design and research project – has spent the past three years working to make the electric car known and loved; on fighting prejudices and building interest and knowledge. End 2011, etrans completed its investigations; all of the processing, analysing, testing, and developing came to an end, and the prototypes and design concepts were displayed in a large exhibition entitled ”On the Road”. 15 of the project partners – representatives of business, public organisations, NGOs, and peers – shared their experiences of being part of the etrans project and presented input for the last major part of the project: getting the concepts out into the world. www.etrans.dk will give you all the information you need but here are some key words of what is on the launching pad: sounds for electric cars, keeping in view environment and safety. reports about acknowledged and unacknowledged desires regarding transport / charging / attitude towards electric cars / establishment of electric car fleets / knowledge concerning experiences of car drivers. games for children and adults creating attention and supplying knowledge of electric cars. game for interdisciplinary programmes in high schools highlighting dilemmas, problems, understanding and attitudes. shared car concepts. ideas from DesignCamps and collaboration projects with Tongji University in Shanghai. apps to make the electric car more fun, more clever or more safe. ideas and concrete suggestions for excitement campaigns in companies and municipalities. The ideas are now ready to leave etrans helped along by the many partners who have supported the project; contributed their insights and extracted new knowledge – not only concerning cars and car drivers but also concerning user-driven innovation and the various design methods applied by the project.

etrans is a three-year project funded by the EU, the Region of Southern Denmark, the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, and DONG Energy. DONG Energy and additional partners contribute knowledge on an on-going basis and receive input concerning development of specific business areas.

TAL OG FAKTA /FACTS AND FIGURES

Antal studerende

Number of students

Totalt antal studerende 2011: 392 -Heraf bachelorstuderende: 245 -Heraf kandidatstuderende: 147 Antal ansøgere 2011: 612 Antal optagne 2011: 70 -Mode & Tekstil: 28 -Kommunikationsdesign: 28 -Industrielt design: 14 Totalt antal internationale studerende 2011: 35 -Heraf kandidatstuderende: 6 -Heraf gæstestuderende: 29 Total number of students 2011: 392 -Bachelor students: 245 -Master’s degree students: 147 Number of applicants 2011: 612 Number of students admitted 2011: 70 -Fashion & Textiles: 28 -Communication Design: 28 -Industrial Design: 14 Total number of international students 2011: 35 -Master’s degree students: 6 -Guest students: 29

Dimittender / Class of 2011

GRAFISK DESIGN / GRAPHIC DESIGN Louise Andersen Tue Simon Bahnsen Steffen Bygebjerg Anne-Louise Hansen Ellen Kirstine Hansen Kim Lange Mette Hjørngaard Lauritzen Park Sunghye ILLUSTRATION / ILLUSTRATION Karina Bækkelund Andersen Marie Zeuthen Andersen Nina Henriksen Mette Nørtoft Jensen Marlene Søttrup Rask Signe Baden Rasmussen Lene Sørensen INTERAKTIONSDESIGN / INTERACTION DESIGN Karen Feder Johanne Aarup Han Ólafur Haraldsson Nis Eik Hove-Madsen Peter Koraca Kristian Ulrich Larsen INDUSTRIELT DESIGN / INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Rasmus Kongsgaard Hansen Torsteinn Laufkvist Helgason Johnny Jessen Jakob Kumar Joan Pedersen Marte Undereidet MODE / FASHION Sandie Elisabeth Andersson Louise Sigvardt Christensen Rebekka G.J. Jørgensen Sophie Lassen Lisbeth Grosen Nielsen Maria Parsons Elisabet Agla Stefánsdóttir Sigrún Hallav Unnarsdóttir TEKSTIL / TEXTILES Angela Burr Anna Vilhelmine Ebbesen Maiken Espensen Mette Gliemann Siff Pristed Nielsen Tine Ann Winther Olsen Gry Futtrup Rasmussen

Anerkendelser 2011

Priser 2011 CPH PIX Christian Duus og Soffia Einarsdottir, interaktionsdesign 5. år, vinder af juryens pris og publikumsprisen med filmen ”Pix hylder Punken” B AWARDS Andreas Fisher, gæstestuderende Zürcher Hochschule der Künste og Christian Troels Hansen, industrielt design 5. år, vinder med den intelligente blindestok ”GREN” Michael Dalsgård Knap og Christian Troels Hansen, industrielt design 5. år, vinder med den elektriske scooter CargoPal Emilie Carlsen, grafisk design 5. år, Sabina Pedersen og Rikke Karlsen, illustration 5 år, vinder med anti-vold kampagnen Flip Flop Future Club DEN GYLDNE PELSNÅL Marie Louise Udby Blicher, tekstil 5. år, vinder i kategorien Accessories Charlotte Bodil Hermansen, tekstil 4. år, vinder i kategorien Home Wear Nomineringer 2011 DANSK FASHION AWARDS Designskolen Kolding til Årets Etiske Pris DEN GYLDNE PELSNÅL Mette Gliemann, tekstil afgang 2011 Nicklas Kunz, mode 5. år Lærke Marie Valum, mode 4. år Brian Vestergaard Frandsen, industrielt design 5. år H&M DESIGN AWARD 2012 Siff Pristed Nielsen, tekstil afgang 2011 Sigrún Halla Unnarsdóttir, mode afgang 2011 DMY BERLIN Michael Ubbesen, industrielt design 5. år Udstillinger 2011 DMY BERLIN Michael Ubbesen med BauBike Simon Andersen, grafisk design 5. år, med en serie håndfoldede lamper FORMLAND Lærke Ellegaard-Jensen, tekstil 5. år, med to stole og en sofa INDIGO PARIS Tekstil 3. år

Achievements 2011

Awards 2011 CPH PIX Christian Duus and Soffia Einarsdottir, 5th year Interaction Design, winner of the Jury Award and the People’s Choice Award with the film ”Pix praises Punk” B AWARDS Andreas Fisher, guest student Zürcher Hochschule der Künste and Christian Troels Hansen, 5th year Industrial Design, for ”GREN”, an intelligent cane for the blind Michael Dalsgård Knap and Christian Troels Hansen, 5th-year Industrial Design, for CargoPal, an electric scooter Emilie Carlsen, 5th year Graphic Design, Sabina Pedersen and Rikke Karlsen, 5th year Illustration, for Flip Flop Future Club, anti-violence campaign THE GOLDEN FUR PIN Marie Louise Udby Blicher, 5th year Textiles, in the category Accessories Charlotte Bodil Hermansen, 4th year Textiles, in the category Home Wear Nominations 2011 DANSK FASHION AWARDS Kolding School of Design for The Ethics Award THE GOLDEN FUR PIN Mette Gliemann, Graduation 2011, Textiles Nicklas Kunz, 5th year Fashion Lærke Marie Valum, 4th year Fashion Brian Vestergaard Frandsen, 5th year Industrial Design H&M DESIGN AWARD 2012 Siff Pristed Nielsen, Graduation 2011, Textiles Sigrún Halla Unnarsdóttir, Graduation 2011, Fashion DMY BERLIN Michael Ubbesen Exhibitions 2011 DMY BERLIN Michael Ubbesen, 5th year Industrial Design, in collaboration with BauBike Simon Andersen, 5th year Graphic Design, series of hand-folded lamps FORMLAND Lærke Ellegaard-Jensen, 5th year Textiles, two chairs and a sofa INDIGO PARIS 3rd year Textiles

Skolens bestyrelse

Designskolen Koldings bestyrelse er valgt blandt medlemmerne i skolens repræsentantskab EKSTERNE REPRÆSENTANTER: Executive Vice President ved LEGO, Mads Nipper, formand Steinar Valade-Amland, direktør Danske Designere (næstformand) Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, Direktør, SOKAN telecom Pia Bech Mathiesen, arkitekt, adm. dir. Danfoss Universe Bent Bechmann, medlem af regionsrådet Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen, direktør for by- og udviklingsforvaltningen Kolding Kommune INTERNE REPRÆSENTANTER Rektor Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Administrationschef Hanne Skov Uddannelsesleder Lone Dalsgaard André Ph.d.-studerende Ulla Ræbild Værkstedsleder Pernille Fisker Studerende Mikkeline Lerce Daa Natorp Studerende Louise Egebro

The Board of Governors

Kolding School of Design’s board of governors is elected amongst the members of the school’s board of representatives, who all have professional design or industrial experience. EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIVES Executive Vice President Mads Nipper, LEGO, Chairman of the board Director and Managing Director of Danish Designers Steinar Valade-Amland, Vice Chairman of the board Architect/Industrial Designer and CEO Pia Bech Mathiesen, Danfoss Universe Representative for the Southern Region of Denmark Bent Bechmann MNG Director Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, SOKAN telecom Representative for Kolding Local Council, Director of the City and Development Administration Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen INTERNAL REPRESENTATIVES Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Head of Administration Hanne Skov Head of Education Lone Dalsgaard André PhD Fellow Ulla Ræbild Workshop Manager Pernille Fisker Student Mikkeline Lerche Daa Natorp Student Louise Egebro

Designskolen Koldings repræsentantskab

Designskolen Koldings repræsentantskab vælger skolens bestyrelse og er kontakt- og debatforum til støtte for skolens udvikling. Repræsentantskabet består af medlemmer udpeget af forskellige faglige sammenslutninger. UDPEGET AF DANSKE DESIGNERE Anders Geert-Jensen, industriel designer MDD, Chief International Officer Designit Steinar Valade-Amland, direktør Danske Designere Jesper Sandholt, industriel designer MDD, selvstændig Pia Bech Mathiesen, arkitekt/industriel designer MAA MDD, adm. direktør Danfoss Universe UDPEGET AF DANSKE KUNSTHÅNDVÆRKERE Grethe Sørensen, væver/tekstildesigner, selvstændig Helene Vonsild, tekstildesigner, selvstændig 1 +1 Design UDPEGET AF AKADEMISK ARKITEKTFORENING: Irene Lønne, Arkitekt MAA, Senior Strateg, ph.d., Hatch & Bloom A/S UDPEGET AF DANSK INDUSTRI: Mads Nipper, Executive Vice President ved LEGO Dorthe Thorning, Direktør, Fiberline A/S Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, Direktør, KIRK Scantel A/S Mads Pinnerup, vice president, Danfoss A/S

Kolding School of Design’s board of representatives

Kolding School of Design’s board of representatives elect the school’s board of governors and constitute a forum for contact and debate in support of the school’s development. The board of representatives is comprised of members appointed from various professional fields of practice and institutions. APPOINTED BY DANISH DESIGNERS Industrial Designer MDD Jesper Sandholt Managing Director Steinar Valade-Amland, Danish Designers (Vice Chairman of the board of governors) Architect/Industrial Designer MAA/MDD and CEO Pia Bech Mathiesen, Danfoss Universe Industrial Designer MDD Anders Geert-Jensen, Chief International Officer, Designit APPOINTED BY DANISH CRAFTS Weaver/Textile Designer Grethe Sørensen Textile Designer Helene Vonsild, Self-Employed 1 + 1 Design APPOINTED BY THE ORGANISATION OF DANISH ARCHITECTS Architect MAA, Senior Strategist, PhD, Irene Lønne, Hatch & Bloom A/S

UDPEGET AF HÅNDVÆRKSRÅDET Peter Laursen, Adm. dir. Ib Laursen Ribe A/S

APPOINTED BY THE CONFEDERATION OF DANISH INDUSTRIES (DI) Executive Vice President Mads Nipper, LEGO (Chairman of the board of governors) Director Dorthe Thorning, Fiberline A/S MNG Director Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, SOKAN telecom (Member of the board of governors) Vice President Mads Pinnerup, Danfoss A/S.

UDPEGET AF KOLDING KOMMUNE Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen, direktør for by- og udviklingsforvaltningen Kolding Kommune

APPOINTED BY THE THE DANISH FEDERATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES Executive Vice President Peter Laursen, Ib Laursen Ribe A/S.

UDPEGET AF REGION SYDDANMARK Bent Bechmann, regionsrådsmedlem, Region Syddanmark

APPOINTED BY THE KOLDING LOCAL COUNCIL Director Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen, City and Development Administration Kolding Municipality (Member of the board of governors).

FRA DESIGNSKOLEN KOLDING - UDEN STEMMERET: Rektor Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Administrationschef Hanne Skov Uddannelsesleder Lone Dalsgaard André Ph.d.-studerende Ulla Ræbild Værkstedsleder Pernille Fisker Studerende Mikkeline Lerhe Daa Natorp Studerende Louise Egebro

APPOINTED BY THE SOUTHERN REGION OF DENMARK Member of the Regional Council of Southern Denmark Bent Bechmann (member of the board of governors). FROM KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN - WITHOUT A VOTE Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Head of Administration Hanne Skov Head of Research Poul Rind Christensen Head of Education Lone Dalsgaard André PhD Fellow Ulla Ræbild Workshop Manager Pernille Fisker Student Mikkeline Lerche Daa Natorp Student Loise Egebro

Publikationer / Publications

DSKD METHOD CARDS (IN ENGLISH) DSKD Method Cards er en samling metoder udviklet og anvendt af såvel praktikere som teoretikere, der arbejder med design og innovation. Metodekortenes primære formål er at skabe et kollektivt processprog, som kan bruges af enkeltpersoner, grupper, ledere og facilitatorer i forbindelse med forskellige typer af designinitiativer. DSKD METHOD CARDS The DSKD Method Cards is a collection of methods developed and used by practitioners and theorists working in the fields of design and innovation. The principle purpose of the DSKD Method Cards is to create a collective process language to be used by individuals, teams, leaders, and facilitators in relation to different types of design initiatives.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Jewellery exhibition at Kolding School of Design from 6 May to 24 June, 2011. Kolding School of Design wants to focus the spotlight on jewellery design by showing how designers educated at the school have worked thematically with jewellery for the past 16 years. The exhibition displays the works of 14 designers graduated from Kolding School of Design from 1994-2010. During their studies and in their professional lives the exhibitors have all been engaged in working with jewellery although coming from very different fields: fashion, textile, interaction design, industrial design, and ceramics.

DESIGNCAMP2011 (IN ENGLISH) Publikationen præsenterer de studerendes forslag samt evalueringer og kommentarer fra eksperter, som arbejder med energi og design fra forskellige perspektiver og som stillede deres viden til rådighed under campen. DESIGNCAMP2011 This publication presents student proposals and evaluations as well as comments and abstracts by experts working with energy and design from different perspectives and volunteering their knowledge during the Camp. POSTKORT OM ERHVERVSSAMARBEJDER Publikation som i postkort-format præsenterer nogle af skolens mange virksomhedssamarbejder. POSTCARDS DESCRIBING BUSINESS COLLABORATIONS (IN DANISH) Publication in the form of postcards describing a selection of the school’s many collaborations with industry and organisations. LIVING LIGHTLY - SUSTAINABLE FASHION (IN ENGLISH) Living Lightly – Sustainable Fashion forklarer og skildrer tilblivelsen af en bæredygtig modekollektion skabt af Laboratoriet for Design, Innovation og Bæredygtighed på Designskolen Kolding. Publikationen præsenterer og betragter to forskellige tilgangsvinkler til bæredygtig mode defineret ud fra overskrifterne Produktion og Forbrug. LIVING LIGHTLY - SUSTAINABLE FASHION Living Lightly - Sustainable Fashion explains and depicts the creation of a sustainable fashion collection by The Laboratory of Design, Innovation and Sustainability at Kolding School of Design. The publication presents and considers two separate approaches to sustainable fashion design defined by the headlines Production and Consumption. AFGANGSKATALOG 2011 Gå på opdagelse i alle afgangsprojekterne anno 2011 GRADUATION CATALOGUE 2011 Explore the graduation projects 2011. EJ BLOT TIL PYNT Smykkeudstilling på Designskolen Kolding d. 6. maj - 24. juni 2011. Designskolen Kolding ønsker at sætte fokus på smykkedesign ved at vise, hvordan designere uddannet fra Designskolen Kolding gennem de seneste 16 år har arbejdet med smykker som tema. Udstillingen viser arbejder af 14 designere og fælles for dem alle er, at de undervejs i deres studie og videre i deres professionelle arbejdsliv beskæftiger sig med smykker. Udstillerne kommer fra forskellige fagområder: mode, tekstil, interaktionsdesign, industrielt design og keramik.

MY SHOE - PERSONAL DREAM SHOES FOR THE REAL WORLD (IN ENGLISH) Denne bog viser resultatet af samarbejdet mellem halvtreds studerende fra Designskolen Kolding, Institut for Produktdesign (mode, tekstil og industrielt design) og skovirksomheden ECCO. Der er sko med sortbroget koslik på snuden, sko til muterede seks-tåede fødder, supersneakers, betonsåler, jazzstøvler der ser ud som Miles Davis lød i 80’erne, sko til Willumsens bjergvandrerske anno 2012, sko som blomsterblade og hygiejnebind, nostalgiske sko fyldt med barndomserindringer, sko til bilelskere, flettede sko, sko med træsåler og skandinavisk lys, eventyrlige sko, lådne pelssko, you name it! Nogle er coutureagtige og eksperimenterende, andre markedsnære og lige til at sætte i produktion. MY SHOE - PERSONAL DREAM SHOES FOR THE REAL WORLD This book displays the result of a collaboration between fifty students from Kolding School of Design, the Department of Product Design, consisting of Fashion, Textile and Industrial Design, and the ECCO shoe company. Prepare for shoes with black-mottled cowlick toes, shoes for mutated six-year-old feet, super sneakers, concrete soles, jazz boots looking the way Miles Davis sounded in the eighties, shoes for Willumsen’s mountain climber anno 2012, shoes as flower leaves and sanitary towels, nostalgic shoes filled with childhood memories, shoes for car lovers, plaited shoes, shoes with wooden soles and Scandinavian light, adventurous shoes, hairy fur shoes – you name it! Some are couture-like and experimental, others commercial and ready for production. SYV TRIN. KOM GODT I GANG MED ELBILER – MED ERFARINGER FRA FREDERICIA KOMMUNE Fredericia Kommune, Dansk Transportoptimering A/S og etrans har vist, at det – alt andet lige - ville være muligt at indfase op mod 10% elbiler i Fredericia Kommunes vognpark uden at tilføre ekstra midler til området. En optimering af vognparken ville samtidig muliggøre, at kommunens CO2-udledning på den interne transport blev reduceret med 20%. Denne rapport fortæller om analysen og videregiver frontløbernes erfaringer med, hvordan man bedst introducerer elbiler i kommunerne. SEVEN STEPS. GET STARTED ON ELECTRIC CARS – EXPERIENCES FROM FREDERICIA MUNICIPALITY (IN DANISH) Fredericia Municipality, Dansk Transportoptimering A/S, and the project etrans have shown that – all things considered – phasing in up to 10% electric cars into the Fredericia Municipality fleet of cars is indeed possible without adding extra means. Optimising the fleet of cars would also enable the municiplaity to reduce CO2 emissions from internal transport by 20%. This report presents the analysis and front-runner experiences with successfully introducing the electric car.

OPLADNING AF ELBILER - EN GLOBAL STATUS MED ANBEFALINGER OG DESIGNFORSLAG Opladning er en kritisk faktor for elbilens succes – eller fiasko – har etrans’ forskning vist. Det er tydeligt, at potentielle elbilskøbere oplever, at den frihed, som de elsker deres bil for at give dem, begrænses af de opladningsmuligheder, der findes i Danmark i dag. Og det har de ret i. Det kræver helt specielle personligheder at være villig til at planlægge sine lange ture, så man fx må køre langs kysterne og lade op på campingpladser og i lystbådehavne eller lave aftaler om at måtte lade op hos andre elbilsentusiaster på ruten. Vi skal være disse mennesker dybt taknemmelige. Uden dem var vi aldrig kommet så langt, som vi er med elbilerne. CHARGING OF ELECTRIC CARS – A GLOBAL STATUS INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND DESIGN SUGGESTIONS (IN DANISH) etrans research shows that charging is a critical factor for the success – or failure – of the electric car. It is clear that people who would potentially buy an electric car feel that the current charging options in Denmark restrict their sense of freedom. And they are right. Being willing to plan long trips to the extent that you drive along the coast to be able to charge your car in camping areas and marinas or with other electric car enthusiasts does require a certain character. We should be very grateful to these people; without them, we would not have come as far as we have with the electric car. ELBIL - EN HÅNDBOG FOR ELBILS-AMBASSADØRER Håndbog til elbils-ambassadører, lavet i forbindelse med Fredericia Kommunes etablering af elbilsflåde. ELECTRIC CAR – A HANDBOOK FOR ELECTRIC CAR AMBASSADORS (IN DANISH) Handbook for electric car ambassadors published in connection with Fredericia Municipality’s establishment of an electric car fleet. FRA PIKTOGRAM TIL SENSOGRAM – EN SANSELIG TRANSFORMATION VIA FÆNOMENOLOGI OG PERVASIVE COMPUTING ph.d.-afhandling af Mette Harrestrup FROM PICTOGRAM TO SENSOGRAM – A SENSOUS TRANSFORMATION VIA PHENOMENOLOGY AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING (IN Danish) PhD dissertation by Mette Harrestrup EMOTIONAL VALUES OF APPLIED TEXTILES ph.d.-afhandling af Anne Louise Bang PhD dissertation by Anne Louise Bang WHEN DESIGNING EMERGES INTO STRATEGIES IN AN ORGANISATION AND IN INDIVIDUALS ph.d.-afhandling af Kirsten Bonde Sørensen PhD dissertation by Kirsten Bonde Sørensen

Medarbejdere /Staff

Mathilde Aggebo Institutleder / Head of Department Lone Dalsgaard André Uddannelsesleder / Head of Education Anne Louise Bang Adjunkt / Assistant Professor Karsten Bech Projektleder / Project Manager Kirsten Bohl Kommunikationskonsulent / Communication Consultant Lene Bonde Institutsekretær / Department Secretary Bo Severin Bilde Bruun Værkstedsassistent / Workshop Assistant Poul Allan Bruun Grafisk designer, Underviser / Graphic Designer, Teacher Louise Buch Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Underviser, Morten Cramer Buch Studiekoordinator / Teacher, Study Coordinator Marieke Amalieh Bülow Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Poul Rind Christensen Professor, Centerleder / Professor, Head of Centre Anne-Mette Clausen Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Jack Collatz Pedelmedhjælper / Facility Manager’s Assistant Mette Strømgaard Dalby Udviklingschef / Head of Development Peter de Vroom Underviser / Teacher Betina Lund Drescher Værkstedsassistent / Workshop Assistant Hanne Due Regnskabschef / Accounts Manager Philip Kongsgaard Døssing Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Tine Ebdrup Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Conni Einfeldt Kok / Chef Gunilla Mandsfeldt Eriksen Projektleder / Project Manager Marianne Ernø Biblioteksassistent / Library Assistant Karen Feder Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Pernille Fisker Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Anette Flinck Projekt- og International koordinator / Project and International Coordinator Mette Thrane Frandsen Kantineleder / Canteen Silje Alberthe K. Friis Manager Lektor / Associate Professor Anne Katrine G. Gelting Lektor / Associate Professor Henrik Nyhuus Gill Systemadministrator / Systems Administrator Annette Grønbæk Institutsekretær / Department Secretary Kirsten Grønne Regnskabsassistent / Accounts Assistant Helle Graabæk Underviser, Studiekoordinator / Teacher, Study Coordinator Margrethe Ellegaard Hansen Akademisk medarbejder / Academic Employee Max Hansen Værkstedsassistent / Workshop Assistant Rikke Hansen Institutkoordinator / Department Coordinator Joyce Salachia Hansen Rengøringsassistent / Cleaning Assistant Hanne Hedegaard Institutsekretær / Department Secretary Marianne Baggesen Hilger Kommunikationsmedarbejder / Communicator Birgitte Bjerrum Hjerrild Studiechef / Head of Studies Rikke Hvid Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Søren Grønning Iversen Systemadministrator / Systems Administrator Ifrah Bile Jama Rengøringsassistent / Cleaning Assistant Eva G:dotter Jansson Analysekonsulent / Analysis Consultant Helene Jensen Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Nevena Jensen Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Søren Sønderstrup Jensen Kommunikationsmedarbejder / Communicator Jan Ulrik Saksø Juhl Akademisk medarbejder (barselsvikar) / Academic Employee (maternity cover) Sabine Junginger Visiting Professor / Visiting Professor Line Willemoes Jørgensen Rektorsekretær / Rector’s Secretary Tina Klemmensen Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Helle Knudsen Køkkenmedhjælper / Canteen Assistant Eva Knutz Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Peter Koraca Underviser / Teacher Marius Ranch Kristensen Bygningsforvalter / Facility Manager

Katrine Visselbjerg Kristensen Receptionist / Receptionist Thomas Zindorff Lagoni Underviser, Projektmedarbejder / Teacher, Project Assistant Helle Lauritsen Regnskabsassistent / Accounts Manager Mette Harrestrup Lauritzen Institutleder / Head of Department Kent Laursen Underviser, Studiekoordinator / Teacher, Study Coordinator Malene Leerberg Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Joan Mark Controller / Controller Thomas Markussen Lektor / Associate Professor Jette Klitgaard Martinussen Regnskabsassistent / Accounts Assistant Charlotte Haugaard Melin Journalist / Journalist Vibeke Meng Bibliotekar / Librarian Mette Mikkelsen Projektleder / Project Manager Maria Kirk Mikkelsen Underviser, Studiekoordinator / Teacher, Study Coordinator Heidi Møller Rengøringsassistent / Cleaning Assistant Jytte Susanne Møller Regnskabsassistent / Accounts Assistant Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Rektor / Rector Lene Nordby Nielsen Studievejleder / Student Counsellor Niels Christian Hye Nielsen Værkstedsassistent / Workshop Assistant Karin Panduro Institutsekretær / Department Secretary Anni Almind Patrzalek Lønassistent / Administrative Assistant Bo Borbye Pedersen Innovationskonsulent / Innovation Consultant Lena Roager Pedersen Køkkenmedhjælper / Canteen Assistant Palle Gulddahl Pedersen Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Pia Pedersen Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Han Ngoc Pham Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Henrik Bo Rasmussen Køkkenmedhjælper / Canteen Assistant Vibeke Riisberg Lektor / Associate Professor Mette Romme Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Lene Sørensen Rose Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Ulla Ræbild Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Allan Schmidt Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Hans Schmidt Pedelmedhjælper / Facility Manager’s Assistant Mette Fersløv Schultz Projektkoordinator / Project Coordinator Jannik Seidelin Underviser / Teacher Else Skjold Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Niels Peter Skou Forskningskonsulent / Research Consultant Hanne Skov Administrationschef / Head of Administration Carsten Hjerrild Sperling Systemadministrator / Systems Administrator Ole Stauning IT-koordinator / IT Coordinator Marianne Storgaard Post.doc. / Post.Doc. Frank Holmberg Sørensen Biblioteksmedhjælper / Library Assistant Henrik Pagh Sørensen Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Kirsten Bonde Sørensen Projektmedarbejder, ph.d. / Project Assistant, PhD Sisse Tanderup Ph.d.-studerende / PhD Fellow Mogens Thrane Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Flemming Bech Thøisen Kantinemedhjælper / Canteen Assistant Helle Rude Trolle Værkstedsleder / Workshop Manager Laila Grøn Truelsen Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant Alain Villa Monteiro IT-medarbejder / IT Assistant Arne Vollertsen Kommunikationschef / Head of Communication Helle Weihrauch Studiesekretær / Student Administrative Secretary Barnabas Wetton Underviser, Studiekoordinator / Teacher, Study Coordinator Lise Yde Forskningssekretær / Research Secretary Azadeh Zirak Rengøringsassistent / Cleaning Assistant Louise Aagaard Projektmedarbejder / Project Assistant

Gæsteundervisere – Institut for Kommunikationsdesign / Visiting Faculty – Department of Communication Design

Damion Bailey interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Mads Berg illustrator / illustrator Orit Bergman illustrator / illustrator Kenneth Bonde digital sætter og visual kunstner / digital compositor and visual artist Carl Emil Carlsen interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer René Christoffer grafisk designer / graphic designer Flemming Dupont illustrator / illustrator Frederik Drucker Ibfelt grafisk designer / graphic designer Sofie Engel grafisk designer / graphic designer Lernert Engelberts instruktør og forfatter / director and writer Patricia Forbert grafisk designer / graphic designer Michael Frederiksen industriel designer / industrial designer Mette Gadegaard grafisk designer / graphic designer Gitte Gammelgaard motion og grafisk designer / motion and graphic designer Martina Gobec interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Manar Hamadi kunstner / artist Per Krogh Hansen lektor / associate professor Ólafur Haraldsson interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Cato Thau Jensen illustrator / illustrator Camilla Jørgensen grafisk designer / graphic designer Åse Eg Jørgensen grafisk designer / graphic designer Søren Lyngsø Knudsen, producer, komponist, computer-programmør og visuel kunstner / producer, composer, computer programmer and visual artist Rasmus Koch, grafisk designer / graphic designer Léon Kranenburg grafisk designer / graphic designer Annemette Lichtenberg illustrator / illustrator Simona Maschi leder CIID / head of programme, CIID Brian Mogensen interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Remi Mosko grafisk designer / graphic designer Pernille Nielsen interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Henriette Nolsoe motion graphics / motion graphics Sander Plug grafisk designer og kunstner / graphic designer and artist Mads Quistgaard grafisk designer / graphic designer Till Rickert grafisk designer / graphic designer Trine Rask font-designer / font designer Merav Salomon illustrator / illustrator Leo Scherfig grafisk designer / graphic designer Mahmoud Shahin kunstner / artist Loes Sikkes grafisk designer / graphic designer Torben Simonsen producer og instruktør / producer and director Morten Skriver kunstner / artist Christian Smed grafisk designer / graphic designer Elias Stenalt Werner font-designer og grafisk designer / font and graphic designer Adi Stern grafisk designer / graphic designer Meir Tati kunstner / artist Bjarne Tveskov interaktionsdesigner / interaction designer Maria Uleskog motion graphics / motion graphics Ahmad Yazji grafisk designer / graphic designer Sausan Al Zoubi kunstner / artist

Gæsteundervisere – Institut for Produktdesign / Visiting Faculty – Department of Product Design

MODE & TEKSTIL Kjetil Aas modedesigner / fashion designer Annette Andresen tekstildesigner / textile designer Karen Vibeke Bagge modedesigner / fashion designer Bettina Bakdal modedesigner / fagansvarlig Mode / fashion designer / study coordinator Fashion Joy Boutrup tekstilingeniør / lektor emeritus / textile engineer / associate professor emeritus Bente Elmer modedesigner / fashion designer Berthe Forchhammer væver / weaver Tommy Fjordside modedesigner / fashion designer Kirsten T. Fribert tekstildesigner / textile designer Marianne Britt Jørgensen skodesigner / shoe designer Lykke Bloch Kjær tekstildesigner / textile designer Malene Kristiansen tekstildesigner / textile designer Kristine Mandsberg mode- & tekstildesigner / fashion and textile designer Line Hangaard Nielsen modedesigner / fashion designer Rasmus Nordqvist modedesigner / fashion designer Gunhild Bønløkke Pedersen tekstildesigner / textile designer Julian Roberts modedesigner / fashion designer Rikke Stetter skrædder / tailor Silvio Vujicic modedesigner / fashion designer INDUSTRIELT DESIGN Kåre Birk industriel designer / industrial designer Marieke Amalieh Bülow industriel designer/ industrial designer Flemming Christiansen plastingeniør / plastics engineer Michael Frederiksen industriel designer/ industrial designer Chris Heape, ph.d. industriel designer / industrial designer Ulrik Jungersen guldsmed / goldsmith Jesper Kongshaug lysdesigner / light designer Martin Lauritsen industriel designer / industrial designer Mathias Lerche industriel designer / industrial designer Johan Løje advokat / lawyer Henriette Melchiorsen industriel designer/ industrial designer Claus Mølgaard ph.d., ingeniør / PhD, engineer Andrew Nagel industriel designer/ industrial designer Hân Pham industriel designer / industrial designer Birger Sevaldson lektor industriel design / associate professor industrial design Marianne Tuxen industriel designer / industrial designer Ulla Toft Østergaard industriel designer / industrial designer

Ansvarlig: Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Redaktør: Arne Vollertsen, Søren Sønderstrup og Marianne Baggesen Hilger Korrektur: Arne Vollertsen og Charlotte Melin Oversættelse: Marianne Baggesen Hilger Layout: Poul Allan Fotos: Designskolen Kolding Print: From-Grafisk Papir: RePrintDeLuxe FSC, Arjowiggins Sats: Pab SansSerif, Book / Bold / Italic ISBN: 978-87-90775-31-5 Redaktionen afsluttet januar 2012 Designskolen Kolding Ågade 10 DK-6000 Kolding www.designskolenkolding.dk Copyright: Designskolen Kolding Responsible: Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Editor: Arne Vollertsen, Søren Sønderstrup and Marianne Baggesen Hilger Proofreading: Arne Vollertsen and Marianne Baggesen Hilger Translation: Marianne Baggesen Hilger Layout: Poul Allan Photos: Kolding School of Design Print: From-Grafisk Paper: RePrintDeLuxe FSC, Arjowiggins Type: Pab SansSerif, Book / Bold / Italic ISBN: 978-87-90775-31-5 Editing completed January 2012 Kolding School of Design Aagade 10 DK-6000 Kolding www.designskolenkolding.dk Copyright: Kolding School of Design