Tag Copenhagen, Denmark

28-11-2022

People need play to be creative

How do children play outside? And where? This was what Francis Alÿs wondered when, almost by chance, he started filming children playing all over the world, from Afghanistan to the Congo, from Hong Kong to Mexico. The result is a series of powerful, evocative videos, ‘Children’s Games 1999-2022’, screening at Copenhagen Contemporary: a reflection on play in public spaces, its creative power, and how it is slowly disappearing.

18-11-2022

The future is present at The Design Museum Denmark

Climate change, mass migration, pandemics, the frantic overconsumption of resources: will the world we live in have any future to speak of? The answer is here in the form of an exhibition by Pernille Stockmarr, curator of the Design Museum Denmark, centred around a series of open questions about how people have approached the future throughout history, along with a series of reflections arising from the complexity of the approaches and skills used by the designers and artists commissioned to create works for the Copenhagen-based show, entitled ‘The Future is Present’, open to visitors until 1 June 2023.

14-09-2022

Freeze Frame at AFFR - Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

Pre-sales are open for the 14th edition of AFFR, the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam set to take place from October 5 to 9. The Festival explores the world of architecture through film, this year under the "Freeze Frame" theme, in other words the need to pause for a moment to reflect. The Festival opens with the world premiere of Best in the World by documentary filmmaker and writer Hans Christian Post.

17-08-2022

Djernes & Bell: historic apartment transformation in Copenhagen

Djernes & Bell’s first project involves transformation of a nineteenth-century apartment in the historic centre of Copenhagen featuring communicating rooms and luxurious details well worth restoring. The architects see architecture as repair, because they believe that “what already exists is the most sustainable thing possible”.

23-06-2022

A pavilion with a focus on the circular economy by Henning Larsen

Created for the 3daysofdesign event in Copenhagen, the Fritz Hansen pavilion designed by Henning Larsen prides itself on a through and through sustainable design. Located in the garden of the Designmuseum Danmark, Grønnegården, the pavilion impresses with its focus on natural light and materials that allow it to be fully disassembled and make it circular economy-friendly.

06-06-2022

3daysofdesign returns to Copenhagen with Luca Nichetto

3daysofdesign is a festival that has been held in Copenhagen in June every year since 2014. As the name suggests, the goal of the event is to bring together design lovers and professionals alike for three days set against the vibrant backdrop of the Danish capital, all to showcase the latest innovations in the industry and facilitate networking. The 2022 edition will take place from 15 to 17 June in partnership with Luca Nichetto, the Italian designer responsible for crafting the event’s identity.

11-04-2022

Open House goes to Copenhagen, World Capital of Architecture for 2023

DAC, the Danish Architecture Center, in partnership with the City of Copenhagen and Bevica Fonden, have announced that in view of Copenhagen’s official designation as World Capital of Architecture for 2023, the city will be participating in the Open House event, offering an opportunity to discover little-known historical buildings in the Danish capital. Here is a sneak preview!

23-02-2022

A Space Saga exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre

An exhibition at DAC, the Danish Architecture Centre, looks at how we could not only survive but thrive in space. SAGA Space Architects conducted a test with their LUNARK project for almost 100 days in Greenland, an experiment they conducted in first person to see whether their model could effectively be used in actual practice. That model is now on view at DAC.

14-12-2021

ISLANDS

Islands have always exerted a strong fascination, stimulating our fantasies and feeding since the dawn the narrative of the poetic and imaginary world of literature. They have inspired myths and legends that, without losing seductiveness over the decades, have continued to tickle the curiosity of entire generations. Atlantis and its civilization, mysteriously disappeared, is an example of this charismatic longevity that from Plato has continued to survive in science fiction stories and films, until the most recent video games, never fading its alluring and magnetic appeal.