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1967— Design School Kolding —2017 50 Years 50 Voices of Design www.dskd.dk 50 Years 50 Voices of Design Editor: Mette Mikkelsen, Honorary Professor and Kirsten Bohl, Journalist Photo editor: Malene Sliphaber, OddFischlein and Katrine Worsøe Translation: Helle Raheem Proofreading: Anette Flinck Layout: OddFischlein Print: We Produce ISBN: 978-87-93416-11-6 Published by Design School Kolding, Aagade 10, 6000 Kolding, Denmark www.dskd.dk Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design P 3 Design School Kolding 50 Years 50 Voices of Design We greatly appreciate the support of Gudrun and Erik Kauffeldt’s Foundation and EWII Value Fund P 4 Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design P 5 Content Foreword p.7 — Introduction p.8 — Vision for Design School Kolding / We Design Imagination p.10 — Selection Criteria p.18 — Section 1, 2017 to 2008 p.20 — Section 2, 2007 to 1998 p.50 — Section 3, 1997 to 1988 p.94 — Section 4, 1987 to 1978 p.112 — Section 5, 1977 to 1967 p.118 — Design School Kolding, 50 year’s struggle for quality p.136. P 6 Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design P 7 Foreword This year Design School Kolding is celebrating its 50th anniversary from the school. You sense that these people – from the students – a huge achievement in a world characterised by rapid change, via the staff to the Rector’s Office – all share an ambition and a where many established institutions are struggling to remain passion for making a difference that transcends the immediate relevant, present and value-creating. There is a reason to be proud mandate of operating and developing a design school. that Design School Kolding continues to tower over mediocrity and that the school has managed to adapt to changes in a world I am convinced that Design School Kolding is heading for bright of digitisation and fast changing consumer behaviour. future. My belief is based on a combination of factors, among others that the school takes its heritage seriously and the fact Over five decades the school has left its distinctive mark on that the world, more than ever, is in need of design and designers Danish design, primarily because of the candidates who have who can make a difference when it comes to solving the complex graduated from the school with a high level of competence and a problems that companies as well as the international community willingness to go out and make a difference. The reader will meet will face in the future. a selection of these distinguished designers in this book. Equally important, however, are the countless collaborations with public Congratulations on your 50th anniversary! and private companies that Design School Kolding has established over the years. Let me for example mention that within the last few years more than 500 small and medium-sized enterprises have completed a design programme at the school, where they have learned to apply design as a lever for a more sustainable company that focuses not only on the “bottom line” but also on the environment and social responsibility. Per Hjuler Chairman of Design School Kolding It’s also a pleasure to witness how the school’s knowledge workers are gaining increased international recognition, whether for their Senior Vice President, Brand, Marketing & Digital, publications or for their conference participation. The fact that the The LEGO Group school will celebrate its anniversary with an international research conference under the auspices of the prestigious Cumulus organi- sation underscores the school’s standing in the design world. When you enter the school you immediately sense that this is a very special place. And here I refer not only to the hospitality that greets you. I also think of the more indefinable vibe that emanates P 8 Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design Introduction Felt they were Dipped in Gold at Design School Kolding It’s Klaus and Gudjon’s idea that the designers who are portrayed My hope is that this book will help to describe the development of in this book should be dipped in gold, graphically, because that a Danish cultural and educational institution, but hopefully – and was what they themselves felt they were, when they attended primarily – the book will also serve as a kind of user’s guide to Design School Kolding from 1999 to 2005, and afterwards how the design profession has evolved and what tasks designers established the collaboration that exists to this day as the com- can take on. It could also be an inspiration for private and public pany “OddFischlein.” enterprises that need designers in the future and also for future students who, through the diverse portraits, can gain ideas of how And then, of course, we’re celebrating the golden wedding anni- their own reality and the use of design can take shape. versary of the school and its very first students. It’s 50 years since they first started. We want to celebrate that – and we will, with a Thank you to all of you who have contributed to Design School series of special events. Kolding’s exceptionally favourable reputation at home and abroad. This book is one of them – comprising chapters about the school’s Last, but not least, thank you to the companies and public insti- history, visions for its future and portraits of 50 of the designers tutions which over the last few years have made it possible for who have graduated from the school – designers, who with their the school to continually give quality and ambition an extra push. talent have made significant contributions to the development of Let me just mention: ECCO, Kopenhagen Fur, Lillebælt Hospital, the profession. For in many ways design in the year 2017 is a far Kolding Municipality, The Region of Southern Denmark, The LEGO cry from the arts and crafts in the year 1967. Foundation and The LEGO Group. More than anything else the portraits show an immense diversi- A special thank you to Gudrun and Erik Kauffeldt’s Foundation ty. From Rasmus, who has thousands of daily followers on Snap- and to EWII Value Fund whose contributions have made this chat, via the potters, who create art and utilitarian objects of great publication possible. beauty; Claus Thorbjørn, who is working with videos with Madon- na, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna, to Ejnar, who defines ECCO and Gitte, the weaver, who became a set designer, a dramaturg and a director. As we explain in the Declaration, we recognise that history writing is Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen never timeless, and that the choice of the people we have decid- Rector ed to portray primarily reflects the image of the particular design that has the highest priority for the school today. In the selection process, the school’s Prorector, Lone Dalsgaard André, and former Prorector, Mette Mikkelsen, collaborated on the selection with colleagues, former employees and designers in Denmark and abroad. As expected, they did not include themselves on the list, but of course they have to be on it – that’s why I insisted that they be portrayed as no. 51 and 52, and therefore I was the one who justified their inclusion. Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design P 9 The anniversary celebrations include: The exhibition BEYOND ICONS, where we have asked guest cura- Design Week Kolding & Design Award – the recognised Danish tors to show inspiring, but not necessarily well-known, design at the Design Award, which celebrates companies and designers for the Ruin Hall at the old Koldinghus Castle. 2 June - 22 October, 2017. difference their solutions have made in industry and society – this year offers four new Danish Design Award categories, presented A big international design conference, the REDO Conference, jointly with Design Week Kolding and D2I (Design to innovate), an under the auspices of Cumulus, an association of the world’s affiliation of Design School Kolding. Week 22, 2017. most outstanding design, art and media educations. The topic of the conference is launching of initiatives to ensure more influence and impact for design when it comes to political decision-making in favour of sustainable development. 30 May - 2 June, 2017. P 10 Design School Kolding 50 Years, 50 Voices of Design Vision for Design School Kolding/ Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen We Design Imagination “The greatest gift the design world could give me is a user-driven Hence, from my perspective, there is a need for a design definition proposition for how to generate millions of value-creating jobs, that supports the designer in his or her effort to liberate the individ- especially for the world’s poorest, in a world of hyper automation.” ual’s own design skills; own creative forces; the human imagination. This was the reply from our former chairman and current Hon- John Heskett – the late British author, professor and lecturer in orary Professor Mads Nipper, CEO of Grundfos, when asked to the economic, political, cultural and human value of industrial describe what design challenge he would most like to see the design – has defined design as follows: “Design is the human ca- design world address. pacity to shape and make our environments in ways that satisfy our needs and give meaning to our lives.” Our definition here at It’s an immense and very relevant challenge that I must answer Design School Kolding is: “Design is meaningful solutions that with another question: “How do we structure a design school help people to release their full potential, in other words, use which can help society and communities find answers to such their imagination.” complex issues?” In the future we will be able to say it even more succinctly: At In other words – yes – it’s most likely that a design school will have Design School Kolding we design imagination.

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