Selected Design Stories 2010

Kolding School of Design

Selected Design Stories 2010


SelectedDesignStories2010

04 FOREWORD 06 INTRODUCTION 08 1.0 DESIGN UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH INSTITUTION

10 2.0 RESEARCH RAMP UP 12 2.1 CORPORATE DESIGN AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY 2.2 USER-DRIVEN INNOVATION AND COMMUNICATION OF TEXTILE QUALITIES 13 2.3 RESPONSIBILITIES IN DESIGN – PROCEEDINGS FROM THE NORDCODE CONFERENCE

16 3.0 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AFFAIRS 17 3.1 KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD 18 3.2 TURNING DESIGN UPSIDE DOWN IN CHINA 24 3.3 LESSONS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST 25 3.4 COMMUNICATING WITH CHILE’S CHILDREN 28 3.5 EXPLORING JAPANESE FASHION AND TEXTILE DESIGN 30 3.6 DESIGNCAMP 2010 – NEW WAYS OF TRANSPORTATION 32 3.7 HOSTING INTERNATIONAL GUESTS

34 4.0 GRADUATION EXHIBITION 2010

38 5.0 DESIGN AND SOCIAL INCLUSION 5.1 LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION 5.2 DEMENTIA IN THE HOME – A DESIGN APPROACH ON WELFARE TECHNOLOGY 40 5.3 IMPROVING HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS

44 6.0 DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY 45 6.1 LABORATORY FOR DESIGN, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 46 6.2 ETRANS RELEASES ELECTRIC CARS FROM THEIR CAGES 48 6.3 DESIGNING FOR THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY 51 6.4 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON HYBRID FIBRE LIGHTING

52 7.0 ROYAL VISIT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

54 8.0 KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN FASHION SHOW 2010 56 9.0 YOUTH VIOLENCE – A DESIGN MATTER

58 10.0 AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2010

60 11.0 LOOKING AHEAD: OBJECTIVES FOR 2011

62 ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT 63 STAFF GUEST TEACHERS 64 KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN WISHES TO THANK

Responsible: Rector Elsebeth Gerner NielsenEditors: Marianne Baggesen Hilger and Line Willemoes JørgensenProofreading: Anette Flinck and Mette Fersløv SchultzLayout: Poul AllanPhotos: Kolding Schol of DesignPrint: From OffsetPaper: Ecobright FSC 150 gr /300 gr Type: Charter ITC, GTISBN: 978-87-90775-23-0Editing completed December 2010Kolding School of DesignAagade 10, DK-6000 Koldingwww.designskolenkolding.dkCopyright: Kolding School of DesignAll rights reserved

Offhand, the term “responsibility” may seem to have an old-fashioned and somewhat dull appeal. Nevertheless, Kolding School of Design believes that responsibility is rapidly becoming increasingly important in society. That is, responsibility towards our fellow human beings and responsibility towards the footprint we leave behind. Responsibility matches the role of the designer; a role that often entails early involvement in decisions regarding material choices, which strategy to apply when building e.g. an airport terminal or how to design a better and more sustainable infrastructure in a growing city. Responsibility is also part of the three strategic focus areas of Kolding School of Design: sustainability, social inclusion and cultural diversity. Sustainability and social inclusion are both large fields but share the fact that one uses design as a tool for creating behavioural change in order to gain a societal advantage that will benefit us all. Design may not change the world, but it can prove to be a significant contributing factor. And even though we may appear to be a small player on the global map, we have confidence that the butterfly effect and not least our decision to take a stand as an educational institution can make a difference in relation to the designers of future generations. Being a relatively small institution we are also conscious of creating partnerships in the form of collaborating relations. In 2010, a significant effort has been put into this area. 2010 was also the year when Kolding School of Design was accredited with excellent benchmarks and can now refer to itself as university. This completes a long journey from arts and crafts school to design university; a tremendous effort and naturally one that gives us pride. Thank you all for a challenging, stimulating and entertaining 2010!

Mads NipperExecutive Vice President, LEGOChairman of the Board, Kolding School of Design

ForewordMads Nipper Executive Vice President, LEGOChairman of the Board

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2010 – what a fantastic year! 2010 has been a landmark year in the history of Kolding School of Design. 2010 was the year when:

Big events create big changes. Great recognition creates the foundation for great influence. Kolding School of Design is aware of the school’s societal responsibilities. The school is focused on being a pioneer institution when it comes to education, research, sustainable and socially inclusive design. Now, the school becomes even better at fulfilling its responsibilities thanks to a successful accreditation and an improved basic economy. Thank you to all the sponsors and collaborating partners for sharing knowledge and other resources during the past year. Also thank you to Sydbank and Arjowiggins Graphic/Dalum Papir for making this annual report financially possible. Thank you to the Kolding School of Design staff who has helped achieve the accreditation and research assessment. Thank you families for enduring.I look forward to all that we can and will do in the years to come. Just wait and see! Now, sit back and enjoy the selected design stories anno 2010.

Elsebeth Gerner NielsenRector, Kolding School of Design

IntroductionElsebeth Gerner Nielsen Rector

-theschoolproudlywelcomedHerMajestyQueenMargretheIIofDenmark.-theschoolwasaccreditedresearchinstitution;theresultofatoughprocessduringwhichtheteaching,thedesignprofessionaldevelopmentworkandtheresearchoftheschoolwereexternallyassessedandpassedwithflyingcolours.KoldingSchoolofDesignisnowa“university”.Feelthatword.-finally,thetwodesigneducationsundertheDanishMinistryofCultureweregivenequaleconomicterms.KoldingSchoolofDesignwasgrantedmorethan10millionDKKextrainthenextfouryears.From2014,thegrantwillincreasebymorethan10%.However,costsgoupaswell.Thenewemploymentstructureisexpensive,justastheschoolhashadtopostponemattersthatithasnotbeenabletoafford.-theschoolincreaseditsexternalfundingto27%thankstomanygreatcollaboratingpartnersandprojectswithe.g.DONGEnergy,TRE-FOR,Peugeot,FalckEmergencyServices,Vestas,Ecco,TRIN,BjertInvest,FredericiaMunicipalityandmanymore.

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Design University and Research InstitutionKolding School of Design has achieved status as design university and research institution with outstanding benchmarks

Over the past year, all aspects of Kolding School of Design’s education have been quality checked in an accreditation process. At the same time, the school’s research has been the subject of close investigation by an international panel of experts. Now, both assessments have been processed, and the results are positive. For the accreditation the school was assessed based on 13 criteria, all of which are met.

The positive assessments mean that the school is recognised as a research institution equal to the universities. This means the school can rightly use the titles of bachelor and master and can employ its own research staff, e.g. PhD students, assistant professors and associate professors. The school has had researchers on the staff for quite some time and has successfully collaborated with Aarhus School of Architecture regarding the employment structure.

why become a university? By achieving university status Kolding School of Design accepts responsibility for and responds to the ever increasing demands placed by both society and industry on designers; designers who should be able to understand, engage in and adapt to the increasingly complex interrelationships between technology, production and global society.

An important task for Kolding School of Design is to develop ways to embrace these new demands whilst maintaining the central values of its present education. The school aims to educate innovative and artistically capable designers who with a deep theoretical knowledge of their profession and an analytical and experimental approach to their design tasks can contribute to the development of design as an overall profession. The school rests on three pillars: design professional development work, research and practice.

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”Withgoodreasonthelevelcanbeseentomeetinternationalstandardsofdesignresearchconductedatinstitutionsofdesigneducationworldwide(…)Wethusfindtheachievementsoftheschool,intermsofitsresearchresultsanditsestablishmentofadesignresearchactivityandenvironment,verygood,withexcellenceincertainareas–particularlyinviewoftheshorthistoryoftheresearchattheschoolandthesmallvolumeoftheactivity.”Excerpt from the summary of the research assessment

”Thisisamilestoneforourschool.Wefinallyreceiverecognitionfortheprofes-sionallevelthatwehavebeenbuildingforthepasttenyears.Itisadefinitesealofapproval.Internationally,itwillbetoouradvantagebecausenowwearepartofaninternationaleducationalsystem,whichmakesiteasierforustoattractinternationalstudentsandforourownstudentstostudyabroad.”Lone Dalsgaard André, Head of Education, Kolding School of Design

“KoldingSchoolofDesignisnowinternationallyrecognisedforitsoutstandingcapabilityinknowledgeproductionanddissemination.Wewillexpandonthisrecognitionandintensifyourinternationalcollaborationinresearchandresearcheducation.Theaimistogainahighrankstatusintheinternationalrankingsystemfordesignschools”.Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

Want to know more?Lone Dalsgaard André, Head of Education, Kolding School of Design and Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

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In 2010, Kolding School of Design was granted status as university level research institution and received a most positive assessment report when the school’s research activities were thoroughly evaluated by an international panel of experts.

productive researchersThe number of research publications has expanded during 2010 to include two PhD dissertations and a number of international journal publications. Outline and summary of research publications can be found on www.re-ad.dk (READ is a joint database for Research in Architecture and Design). A number of researchers have also presented conference papers, and several have appeared as key note speakers and chair persons at Danish and international conferences. Finally, Kolding School of Design researchers have worked as reviewers and in assessment committees.

development-driven research projectsProject-based research collaboration is a core concept in Kolding School of Design’s research, and a number of strategic, development-driven research projects have been established. This means that the design collaboration initiatives drive the research efforts: On 1 January, the research project “Corporate Design and Cultural Diversity” was commenced. The project is conducted in collaboration with Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University.In 2010, Kolding School of Design became a member of the research project

“LARM”, which aims to develop an interactive infrastructure for the audio archives of cultural history. The project is funded by The Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication and is headed by the University of Copenhagen. Both of the above projects have a PhD student affiliated.Moreover, the school welcomed two industrial PhD students in collaboration with DONG Energy and Rambøll Management/Attractor. In 2010, two PhDs graduated from Kolding School of Design. (See selected projects pages 12-13)

international collaboration

The school has started collaboration with Weatherhead School of Managament, Case Western Reserve University. An international PhD seminar on design management will be carried out in spring 2011 and, being the first seminar of its kind, expects the participation of students from a number of international universities. A letter of intent has been signed with College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai. The aim is to promote joint research in design for sustainability through exchange of researchers and joint research.The newly appointed international advisory board has been called to a board meeting in March 2011 to discuss the school’s research strategy and action plans. To learn more about current design research at Kolding School of Design please refer to “Design Research 08/09 – Design in Transition” published this year.

Research Ramp UpKolding School of Design is pleased that the research at the school has received a seal of approval and is proud to be one of the few research based design institutions in the world

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“WeareproudofthisinternationalrecognitionofthewaywegeneratenewknowledgeatKoldingSchoolofDesign.Itismarkedbyauniqueblendofexperimentalandanalyticalwaysofknowledgecreation,anditisdrivenbythefutureorientedneedsenvisagedbyourexternalstakeholdersinsociety”.Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

PHDSMATRICULATED2010:

LouiseBuch,IndustrialPhD,“TheSustainableUser–andTheEnergyCompany”,DONGEnergyCarlEmilCarlsen,“SeetheSound–VisualRepresentationofDigitalAudioArchives”TineEbdrup,IndustrialPhD,“AestheticKnowledgeandLearningEnvironments–IntegratingAestheticsinKnowledgeandLearningEnvironmentsbasedonUser-involvement”,RambøllManagement/AttractorNevenaJensen,“ManagementofDesignProcessesinaMulticulturalSetting”PiaPedersen,“VisualisationofStatisticalData”

PHDSGRADUATED2010:

TrineBrunPetersen,“TheStatePrisonofEastJutlandasSocialTechnology–ADiscussionoftheIdeologicalandBeaviourRegulatingEffectsofDesign”ThomasMarkussen,“ConceptualBlendsinInteractionalDesign”

Want to know more?Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

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CORPORATE DESIGN AND CULTURAL DIVERSITYIn today’s competitive environment, creative designing of products, organisational structure and processes gain more and more attention. However, good designs most often do not emerge by accident but as the result of a managed process. Moreover, the management of designing processes is increasingly complicated by increasing globalisation. In this regard, the resulting cultural diversification is often mentioned as both beneficial and detrimental. The research project is positioned in the interface between the fields of management theory, anthropology and design research. The focus is on knowledge sharing and social capital as facilitators of creative designing. Management tools dealing with the above mentioned processes are developed in collaboration with the private companies LEGO, Vestas, Danfoss, KMD, Prime Cargo and Gabriel. The research project was commenced in 2010 and is co-funded by The Danish Council for Strategic Research under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. It is conducted in collaboration with Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University.

USER-DRIVEN INNOVATION AND COMMUNICATION OF TEXTILE QUALITIESThis project supports the school’s dialogue with industry and the public sector. Over the past year, the field studies have been analysed, and some of the challenges and possibilities of the project related to textile product and services innovation within the health sector have been disseminated. The future challenge for designers and companies is to contribute to the development of new products, services and/or systems that on one hand consider the unaltered requirements to hospital hygiene, efficiency and flexibility and on the other hand integrate the functional needs with economic aspects and the wish for more health improving surroundings based on user needs including emotional aspects.

Some of the defined design challenges were addressed in spring 2010 during a three-week educational programme with second-year students at the Department of Product Design. The result: a number of conceptual proposals for improving present conditions along with ideas for the hospitals of tomorrow.The concepts were presented at Kolding School of Design with the participation of Vejle Hospital and Kolding Hospital, the Welfare Innovation Unit in the Region of Southern Denmark and interested stakeholders from industry. Dialogue with the business community and the textile industry was carried on by the Danish Research Centre for Intelligent Textiles that invited Vibeke Riisberg, Associate Professor at Kolding School of Design, to give a talk during a network seminar at TEKO in Herning.

RESPONSIBILITIES IN DESIGN – PROCEEDINGS FROM THE NORDCODE CONFERENCEIn May 2009, Kolding School of Design hosted the international NORDCODE seminar and workshop. The thematic headline was “Design responsibility”; a term encompassing topics such as sustainability, ethics and design critique. 18 papers were accepted in the peer review process, and the best of these will now be published in ”NORDCODE Proceedings 2009”. The editorial work is almost completed, and the book is expected to be ready for publication by the end of 2010. The selection of papers and key notes reveal the paradoxes and complexities that occur when you decide to put design responsibility on the agenda.

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Want to know more?Poul Rind Christensen, Project Manager and Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

Want to know more?Malene Leerberg, Phd Student, and Lene Wul, Research Secretary, Kolding School of Design

Want to know more?Vibeke Riisberg, Associate Professor, Kolding School of Design

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”With good reason the level can be seen to meet international standards of design research conducted at institutions of design education worldwide (…) We thus find the achievements of the school, in terms of its research results and its establishment of a design research activity and environment, very good, with excellence in certain areas – particularly in view of the short history of the research at the school and the small volume of the activity.”

Excerpt from the summary of the research assessment

International Design AffairsCultural diversity strengthens design and innovation

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KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDKolding School of Design has appointed an international advisory board with participants from renowned research and development institutions affiliated with design research to inspire Kolding School of Design’s research profile and strategy.Participation in international research activities is a key source of knowledge building and a guarantee that Kolding School of Design’s research agenda is on par with cutting-edge international advances in design research. The depth of knowledge that can be gained from such collaboration is however, closely associated with reciprocity in knowledge sharing and, not least, with continuity of the established relations. Kolding School of Design also draws on the board members’ expertise within the individual design domains, and, in accordance with prior arrangements, the members agree to be available to contribute keynote speeches and master classes as well as provide individual supervision and act as co-authors with junior researchers.Meetings are scheduled to be held every two years.

Kolding School of Design strives to produce designers that can answer to the transparent needs in companies and institutions for bringing international and global outlooks into the design processes and to bring practice oriented learning for the students. In 2010, this objective was in part achieved by successfully collaborating on participatory design with the Kolding School of Design international network of design universities in China, Syria and Chile and design companies in Japan. In November, Kolding School of Design organised and hosted the annual DesignCamp with design students from collaborating design universities. Present, once again, was IDEO – one of the world’s leading design companies. Furthermore, 2010 was the year when Kolding School of Design established an advisory board with international experts to strengthen Kolding School of Design network and structure collaboration activities.Kolding School of Design will continue to strive to establish best of class international faculty and sourcing of international students. Achieving status as design university and research institution with outstanding benchmarks gives Kolding School of Design a solid professional foundation to further internationalise its activities and establish further collaboration with institutions and industry.

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board members are:RichardBuchanan,Professor,HeadoftheResearchCentreofManagebyDesignatWeatherheadSchoolofManagement,CaseWesternReserveUniversity,USA/EllenDissanayake,AffiliateProfessor,AuthorandLecturer,SchoolofMusic,UniversityofWashington,USA/WilliamB.Gartner,Professor,ClemsonUniversity,USA/JanetMcDonnell,Professor,ResearchDirector,CentralSaintMartinsCollegeofArtandDesign,UniversityoftheArts,London/JohanRedström,DesignDirectorandSeniorResearcher,InteractiveInstitute,Sweden/SarasSarasvathy,AssociateProfessor,DardenSchoolofBusiness,UniversityofVirginia,USA/SusannVihma,Professor,DepartmentofVisualCulture,AaltoUniversity,SchoolofArtandDesign,Finland/MartinWoolley,Professor,AssociateDean-Appliedresearch,CoventryUniversity,UnitedKingdom/LouYongqi,Professor,DeputyHead,TheCollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,TongjiUniversity,China.

Want to know more?Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research, Kolding School of Design

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TURNING DESIGN UPSIDE DOWN IN CHINAIn 2008, Tongji University, Shanghai invited Kolding School of Design to contribute to the creation of sustainable transport solutions for EXPO 2010 Shanghai and of course, Kolding School of Design accepted the invitation. In 2010, the collaboration continued with the joint educational programme “Transport Systems in Urban Environment”.

exhibiting at expo 2010Kolding School of Design believes in the power of the example, and the school’s presence at EXPO 2010 Shanghai was one powerful example! The school exhibited

“15 bikes”; bikes designed to make eco-friendliness the obvious choice.

The design project was a collaboration between students from Tongji University, China, Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany and Kolding School of Design and drove on sustainability. The bikes were manufactured in collaboration with China’s largest bicycle manufacturer Forever and designed in 2009, when a group of Kolding School of Design students and teachers spent one month in Shanghai working on reassessing bicycle transport and promoting positive attitudes towards city transport. An important aspect was overcoming the cultural and communicative barriers that occur when designing for a global audience. It was therefore fitting that the bikes were designed in a cross-cultural collaboration between Danish and Chinese design students.

TheEXPO2010themeofsustainableandharmoniousurbanliving–comprisedintheslogan“BetterCity,BetterLife”–wasaperfectmatchforKoldingSchoolofDesign’songoingstrategy:TomakeDanishdesignsustainableandsociallyinclusive.Already,DanishandScandinaviandesignisapowerfulbrandsignallingqualityanddemocracy–KoldingSchoolofDesignisonamissiontomakeitsustainableandsociallyinclusiveaswell.

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“IfDanishdesignersaretomanagethemselvesinaglobalisedworld,itisessentialthattheyunderstandthetermsofworkinginthe“PowerHouse”ofthe21stcentury:China.Withthisprojectwekilltwobirdswithonestone:Weaddresstheclimateissuesandweprovideourstudentswithuniqueinsightintowhatitmeanstoworkinternationally.Theygetalifetimeexperience.PartofthetaskismakingsurethatthebikessupportanunderstandingofhowpeopleareabletolowerCO2emissions.EXPOexpects600,000visitorsaday;ifwesucceedininfluencingonlyafewofthesetoseeingthebikeasamodern,interestingandsustainablemeansoftransport,wehavealreadymadeasignificantdifferencefortheclimateandtheenvironment”.Barnabas Wetton, Study Coordinator and Teacher, Kolding School of Design

Want to know more?Mathilde Aggebo, Head of Department of Product Design, Kolding School of Design

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transport systems in urban environment

The positive working relations with CAUP, Tongji University in Shanghai continues. In 2010, Kolding School of Design along with etrans commenced a joint educational programme under the headline “Transport Systems in Urban Environment” where Industrial Design and Interaction Design students worked with students from Tongji University on urban planning and charging of electric cars. The programme ended with an exhibition displaying examples of charging stations for electric cars, edutainment games for school children about the positive effects of driving electric cars and finally, a filmed happening about the consequences of having a big city filled with smog. The exhibition will open in Denmark in 2011.

Want to know more?Mette Mikkelsen, Project Manager of etrans

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LESSONS FROM THE MIDDLE EASTIn March 2010, students and teachers from the Department of Communication Design travelled to Syria to conduct a workshop at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University. By then, the collaboration between Kolding School of Design and Damascus University had been a long time coming but it was definitely worth the wait. The Danish and Syrian students explored the old centre of Damascus, and a narration containing pictures, collages, impressions, poems and interviews is currently being edited for publication.The Faculty of Fine Arts ranks as the second best faculty in the Arab world, which inhabits over 200 million people living in Jordan, Israel, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Omar, the United Emirates and Yemen.

COMMUNICATING WITH CHILE’S CHILDRENIn October, 14 design students from Department of Communication Design left for Chile to embark on an illustration design project with Chilean design students from Universidad de Santiago de Chile.The project was set up in collaboration with Anne Hansen who for the past 30 years has run two children’s libraries for the poorest children of Chile’s second largest city Valparaiso. Everyone working in the libraries is a volunteer and budgets are low. Therefore, Anne Hansen receives Nordic children’s books that are covered with labels with Spanish text, so the children are able to read them. The purpose of the collaboration between Danish and Chilean students was to produce original and unique 3D illustrations inspired by children’s poems that will enrich the library and stimulate the imagination of the children as they interact with them. The illustrations were created from cheap materials such as recycled jeans to show the children that creativity can come from anything. Anne Hansen participated in the closing presentation and was thrilled with and moved by the students’ prototypes.

blogging from damascus

Day9-Damascus,Thursday1AprilIt’sthebigday!Thepresentationoftheworkshopisatoneintheafternoon.Therumourthatwehadenteredsummertimecameonedaytosoon:Alotofusmetat8insteadof9inthemorning.Ofcourse,itgaveusonehourextratowork.Twolocalnewspapersappearedthismorningtodointerviewsabouttheworkshop,andSyriantelevisionshowedupaswell.Wearegoingnational!Theprogrammewillairnextweek.OnSaturday,wearegoingforanotherhourofrecordingandsomeextrainterviewswiththeteachersandsomeofthestudents.Thepresentationswentverywell,andwealmostmanagedtostartontime;everyoneworkinghardrightuptotheend.Welldone!

Want to know more?Rikke Hansen, Head of Department of Communication Design, Kolding School of Design


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“We’re happy to be part of the Kolding School of Design International Advisory Board. The school’s overall focus on sustainability and responsibility is core to our identity as well. Joining the board supports our aim of structuring and creating a more efficient strategic research collaboration with Kolding School of Design. In 2011, we specifically look forward to creating a joint PhD course under the headline Research on the convergence of Design and Management”

Professor Richard Buchanan, Head of Center for Manage by Design, Case Western Reserve University, USA

3.5 EXPLORING JAPANESE FASHION AND TEXTILE DESIGNIn October, third-year Fashion and Textile Design students went on a two-week study trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. The purpose of their trip was to gain knowledge of the international context of the fashion and textile profession and learn how to collect inspiration material for further processing.The students were on a tight schedule visiting companies, exhibitions and exploring the Japanese way of life. Among others, they visited Reiko Sudo, Textile Designer and co-founder of the internationally recognised NuNu Coorporation, and PLEATS PLEASE, which is a close collaborator of the fashion house KENZO. Also, the students managed to set up a meeting with The Design Association; the organiser of the annual Designers’ Week in Tokyo. Kolding School of Design is currently negotiating with The Design Association to exhibit the school’s “100% Polyester” project in 2011. The project is a collaboration with Teijin Limited; a Japanese company that specialises in recycling polyester.


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3.6 DESIGNCAMP 2010 – NEW WAYS OF TRANSPORTATIONBased on the theme “New Ways of Transportation”, DesignCamp 2010 presentedvisions and concept suggestions for how to change our approach to transportation.Once again, representatives of industry and institutions gathered withdesign students from Holland, India, New Zealand, China, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, USA and Syria at Kolding School of Design to inspire each other and to come up with solutions to this year’s design questions:

Present at DesignCamp 2010 and sharing their insight and knowledge throughtalks and workshops were among others Professor Michael Braungart, the manbehind the Cradle-to Cradle mindset, and one of the world’s leading design companies IDEO, represented by Cordy Swope.

-Howdoweensureflexibilityofpublictransportation?-Howdowecreateapublicformoftransportationthatattractsindividualists?-Canthehumanneedforsenseofcommunitybesatisfiedthroughpublictransportation?-Canwepresentmodernmanwithotherwaysofspendingtimealonethanofferedbytheprivatecar?-Canpublictransportationbesociallyinclusivemakingiteasierfore.g.peoplesufferingdementiatouseit?-Iscommon(public)transportationperceiveddifferentlyindifferentcultures?

“IDEOhasbeencontinuallyinspiredthroughworkingcloselywiththeteachersandstaffatKoldingSchoolofDesignsincetheinceptionoftheMasterClass.Thisenormouseffort–tobringinstudentsfromallovertheworldtocollaborateontoday’smostrelevantchallenges–deeplyaffectsthestudents,theteachers,thesponsors,thelocalcommunityandourdesigners.Welookforwardtobeinginvolvedinthisprogrammeformanyyearstocome”.David Mallard, Mechanical Engineer and Client Lead, and Cordy Swope,Design Strategist, IDEO

ABOUTDESIGNCAMP2009

“EmilyCarrUniversityextendscomplimentsandappreciationforthegenerouslearningexperienceyourecentlyextendedtoourstudents...BothofthestudentsreturnedtoEmilyCarrwithfreshperspectiveondesignandagreaterconfidenceinthevalueoftheiroveralleducationalexperience.TheyhavebroughtmaterialtoclassestosharethehighqualityoftheKoldingExperiencewithboththeirpeersandtheirfaculty”.Bonne Zabolotney, Dean, Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media, Emily CarrUniversity of Art and Design, Vancouver

Want to know more?Mette Mikkelsen, Project Manager of etrans

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HOSTING INTERNATIONAL GUESTSVisibility and transparency are important elements of being a dynamic school.Therefore, Kolding School of Design welcomes visitors every single day in anattempt to build networks and collaborations and create student opportunities.In 2010, several prominent international guests decided to stop by Aagade 10 inKolding to see how the school approaches the design challenges of our time.

lithuanian invitation to strengthen ties

On 4 February, Rasa Kairiené, Lithauanian Ambassador to Denmark, and MartinDuus, Lithuanian Consul, visited Kolding School of Design and had a talk withRector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen about future collaboration opportunities between the school and Lithuania.In week 8, students from Fashion and Textile Design went on a study tour to Lithuania to visit the Academy and various companies that in advance had received designs by the students and produced prototypes from these. Thanks to Ambassador Rasa Kairiené this programme was extended to include a teacher’s visit to a design innovation centre in Vilnius to discuss any future collaborations and exhibitions.

discussing globalisation with the american ambassador

On 26 August, Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development at Kolding Schoolof Design, greeted Laurie S. Fulton, American Ambassador to Denmark, andgave a tour of the school accompanied by Jørn Pedersen, Mayor of Kolding, andrepresentatives of local industry. Apart from the tour, the guests were given athorough introduction to the school’s activities, and in particular the school’smany development projects with industry caught the attention of the ambassador.Also internationalisation and the global challenges facing not least designerswere discussed.

apple goes talent scouting at kolding school of design

On 15 September, computer giant Apple, not least known for their uniquedesigns, visited Kolding School of Design hoping to spot design talent for theirindustrial design department.

Moreover, Cheline Jaidar met with Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen and MathildeAggebo, Head of Department of Product Design at Kolding School of Design, whopresented the school and the education.

Applehasanuncompromisingapproachtoproductdesignwhereuserfriendlinessistheoverridingfactor.YouneverquestionwhetheryouareholdinganAppleproduct,andforthatsamereasonAppleisverymuchrespectedindesigncircles.Therefore,itwasadefinitesignofacknowledgementwhenAppledecidedtopayKoldingSchoolofDesignavisitastheydidthisyearwhenChelineJaidar,whoworkswithcreativetalentdevelopmentatApple,spentadayattheschool.ShemetwithaselectedgroupofformerandpresentindustrialdesignstudentswhohadtheopportunitytopresenttheirportfoliosandlearnmoreaboutwhatitisAppleisseeking.

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Graduation Exhibition 2010This year’s graduation exhibition was more diverse and versatile than ever before but still, its emphasis on responsibility was striking

4.0 Representing more than 50 projects, this year’s graduation exhibition pointed in many directions: It encompassed design that focused on aesthetics and sensuousness thus representing the ultimate within what is traditionally perceived as good design. At the same time, it encompassed designers taking on the responsibility of creating a better world by focusing on sustainability and design and on addressing society’s weakest. So saying, the exhibition became an indicator for the future work of the designer: The design of tomorrow will still be about beautiful colours and fascinating shapes, but just as much about dealing with the issues and various inadequate resources of the world.

SELECTED GRADUATION PROJECTSdepartment of communication design

Graphic Design – Marco de Mel PedersenInspired by the climate debate, Marco de Mel Pedersen has designed an information campaign focusing on the astoundingly large role of the beef cattle industry in the world community’s collective emission of greenhouse gas. With a share of 18%, the beef cattle industry is the largest sinner and is each year responsible for massive deforestations and questionable animal welfare. The information campaign is directed at the users of the New York subway andaims to create increased consumer awareness and debate and not least inspireconsumers to eat less beef.

Illustration Design – Signe Kjær PedersenSigne Kjær Pedersen has created a number of illustrations for Royal Copenhagen’s classic semi-blonde service inspired by the immortal literary classic ”Alice in Wonderland”. In particular, the universe surrounding “the mad tea party” has given food to thought about what it means to create a modern service that conveys a story.The classic porcelain gives connotations to tradition, history and continuity, while the modern illustrations offer themselves to the user. With this new interpretation, Signe Kjær Pedersen carries forward the renewed focus on classic service as well as porcelain as a material to be twisted and processed to represent new meaning.The service is designed in collaboration with Royal Copenhagen.

“Yourgraduationprojectsrevealageneralfocusonresponsibility;revealthatClassof2010isindeedconcernedwithothers...Youcanhelpdevelopanentirelynewwelfarestate...helpdevelopthebusinessindustrythusgivingusbetterdesign,morehumanismandincreasedgrowthbasedonethicallydefensiblegrounds”.Graduation speech 2010 by Rector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen

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Interaction Design – Philip Kongsgaard DøssingThe graduation project is an interactive television programme designed for the Danish children’s channel DR Ramasjang. With his project, Philip Kongsgaard Døssing attempts to distance himself from the one-way communication that characterises contemporary television programmes where the television works as a “speaking box”. Instead, he wants to create interaction between children and television. The television programme, which is designed to inspire play and enhance the individual child’s involvement in the programme, incorporates familiar characters from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and operates with complete interaction including activities before, during and after the programme.

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Industrial Design – Miriam Brostrøm & Mir Toftemark NielsenThe earthquake of Haiti, January 2010, sent shock waves across the world. Television broadcasts revealed a material and not least human catastrophe of outrageous dimensions. Brostrøm and Nielsen have taken their point of departure in this disaster and have come up with a suggestion for how to rethink the issue of lighting up earthquake-stricken areas. The existing Powermoon, that supplies diffuse and usable general lighting, is thoroughly considered to meet the design challenges regarding reduced energy consumption and reduced weight. Today, the lamp is fuelled by helium, which causes problems since gas cannot be transported by plane, and in addition, is costly to fill. The basis for the innovative thinking is LED light, which gives excellent colour representation and is significantly less power consuming.

Fashion Design – Linda Elisabeth GunnarsonThe graduation project investigates the emotional value of clothing. Why do some people buy secondhand clothes instead of new ones? What do buyers of vintage clothes feel lack in the market of new clothes? The project is entitled

“Inside Out”, and Linda Elisabeth Gunnarson indeed explores the inside of old, tailored clothes; the physical characteristics but also the emotional and narrative features. The explorations form a basis for rethinking the classic, tailored clothes with new shapes and new methods of construction in a line of women’s wear where the expression lies in a mix between convention, tradition, emotion and abstraction.

Textile Design – Ellen Reitan The point of departure for the graduation project is narration and storytelling translated into a textile collection entitled “Summer”. Ellen Reitan is inspired by her childhood summers at “Skutevik”, the family summer residence, which basically stands as it did when it was built in the 1920s. With headings such as

“summer sun”, “fishing trip” and “the badger”, Ellen Reitan processes her family history and uses it to inspire six textile designs. The project is an example of how a personal history can become general and relevant through textile processing.

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Design and Social InclusionDesign and ”design thinking” make a difference in the process of rethinking the health sector

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Social inclusion is a key focus area for Kolding School of Design, and in 2010, the school established the Laboratory for Social Inclusion, which has initiated e.g. the project “Dementia in the home”. Addressing welfare issues correlates with Kolding School of Design values, and this year, a project on improving hospital environments has successfully been implemented at Vejle Hospital.

LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSIONThe Laboratory for Social Inclusion works on a number of development projects all under the headline ”inclusive design”. The projects focus on groups that are not usually associated with the term (lifestyle) design: chronically ill patients, people diagnosed with mild dementia and the health sector in general in collaboration with the Region of Southern Denmark. The projects share a common user-centered approach in which field studies are part of the research phase preceding new product or service proposals. Thus, the point of departure is the user, whether the centre of attention is the patient or the health staff – in both instances, they hold the expert knowledge that designers need to create products that can be successfully applied in real life. It goes without saying that inclusive design is meaningful work. In spring, the laboratory organised a seminar on design methods and user-driven innovation for a health staff group of the Region of Southern Denmark. The seminar convinced the school that design and ”design thinking” indeed do make a difference in the process of rethinking the health sector.

DEMENTIA IN THE HOME – A DESIGN APPROACH ON WELFARE TECHNOLOGYDementia and design – two concepts that have no obvious relation. Nevertheless, the Laboratory for Social Inclusion is currently – and for the next couple of years – focused on the project ”Dementia in the home”. The intention is to apply a user-centered focus in developing technological solutions to welfare issues that prolong the period of time demented are able to stay safely in their own home. The project is developed in collaboration with the dementia consultants of the Southern Region of Denmark and the Danish Technological Institute. In an attempt to approach the dissemination of this complicated and sensitive issue from a different angle, the school invited Jørgen Leth, Danish filmmaker and writer, to give a talk about his project ”Dementia: The Other Frequency”. It would first appear that Jørgen Leth is entering unfamiliar ground with this

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project, but actually it makes good sense. Dementia is an unpleasant and tabooed illness, which slowly steals away one’s cognitive abilities: memory, recognition and the ability to feel at home in the world. Therefore, dementia affects the relatives of the demented a great deal, since the demented changes because he or she is primarily present in the moment. The project focuses on the non-demented and what is required from us when communicating with the demented based on the momentary situation and with no before and after to refer to. The philosophical approach gives us something to contemplate, and the challenge very much becomes ours. Communicating with children requires presence and an ability to be in the moment that resembles communicating with a demented person.

IMPROVING HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTSIn 2007, Kerstin Bro Egelund, textile designer, did a bachelor project entitled

“Outside-Indoor” on the creation of improved hospital environments. Using curtains, bed linens, light, decorations and projections Kerstin Bro Egelund managed to integrate nature by creating the illusion of a bright and green beech wood in a hospital ward. The main idea behind Kerstin Bro Egelund’s concept is that pleasant surroundings indeed have a healing effect. In 2010, the concept behind her project was finally implemented and now serves as dining room decoration at Vejle Hospital. The decoration is part of a large research project that aims to establish whether pleasant surroundings have a positive influence on the appetite of patients. Kerstin Bro Egelund received the Danish Association of Professional Technicians’ Talent Award for her bachelor project. For her 2009 graduation project, Kerstin Bro Egelund carried on her work to improve hospital environments and developed a concept for waiting room decorations. She now works as an innovative consultant with the Region of Southern Denmark on improving the hospital environments of the region.

BarryReisberg,Americanpsychiatrist,statesthat”thephasingoutofskillsinthedementedcorrespondstothedevelopmentofskillsinchildren”.ThepoetryofJørgenLethaddressesthisparticularfieldwhereforgetfulness,neworabsentmeaningsintertwineandmakeuscontemplatedementiadifferently–asanotherfrequencythatattheseminalwehavetocommunicateon.FollowingJørgenLeth’stalk,therewasameetingandpresentationsbythreecourageouspeoplewhoearlyonintheirliveswerediagnosedwithdementia.

Want to know more?Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development,Kolding School of Design

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“The world needs designers, scientists, engineers and dreamers who can conceive a better today … We don’t have to be afraid of having an impact. We should have a greater impact; and make it positive! Stop being less bad. Start designing GOOD! Start designing Quality. It will take hard work, ideas never thought of and a strong will to trust your instincts, but a world we are proud of is possible. This world has been waiting for your generation. Make us proud.”

Professor Michael Braungart, Inventor of Cradle-to-Cradle and keynote speaker at DesignCamp2010

Design and Sustainability“Stop being less bad. Start designing GOOD”

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6.0 6.1Sustainability should become an integral part of a designer’s mindset with focus

on effectiveness rather than efficiency – on doing the right things rather than doing things, even the wrong things, right. Design should focus on quality and beauty; it should speak joy rather than moralise and speak fear. Kolding School of Design recognises this and the importance of considering the complete life cycle of designer products – not just the materials these are made from. Thus, the Cradle-to-Cradle mindset introduced by Michael Braungart and William McDonough is an integral part of the sustainable teaching at the school. An example of this is the course “100 % Polyester” where textile and fashion students design sustainable fashion items and appertaining concepts that encourage consumers to return used items for recycling.

LABORATORY FOR DESIGN, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITYSince its start-up in 2008, the Laboratory for Design, Innovation and Sustainability has worked hard to promote sustainability through collaborations, conferences, seminars and publications focusing its activities around sustainable energy, transport and fashion. The laboratory explores how to ensure the dissemination of transportation based on renewable energy. The Fashion Zone – the fashion focus area of the laboratory – focuses on eco-friendly and ethical production of fashion and textiles and, not least, on how to teach and facilitate knowledge about these issues.

In 2010, the laboratory arranged several after hours seminars on as different topics as LED lighting, attraction and museum design, innovative and financially sustainable design and design for and with children. In 2010, activities also included the large-scale seminar “Sustainable Shoes – State of the Art” as well as the publications “Sustainable Fashion – Issues to be Addressed”, “Sustainability in the Design Process”, and “Design Method – in practice – at Kolding School of Design”.

Asthenameindicates,thelaboratoryisaspaceforexperiment.Incollaborationwithexternalpartnersnewteachingmethodsaredeveloped,andthereisroomforboldideasandalternativewaysofthinking.Theactivitiesareextensivelytransversalandtargetedatstudents,businessesandeducationalandculturalinstitutions.

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“SustainableShoes–StateoftheArt”hadstrongbackingfromthebusinesscommunity.Theseminarhadmorethan100participantsandkeynotespeakersfromselectleadinginternationalcompanies:RepresentingNikewasJaneSavage,HeadofNikeSustainableBusinessandMarketplace.FromTimberlandwasPeteLankford,CreativeDirectorandChiefDesignerandfromTerraPlanawasGalahadClark,FounderandDirector.Followingtheseminar,JaneSavageconductedamasterclassonNikewaysofincorporatingsustainabilityinitsfootwearcollections.Shewaspresentedwiththestudents’ownshoedesignscreatedincollaborationwithEccoandimpressedbytheirskills,sheinvitedthestudentstoapplyforinternshipsatthesportsweargiant:“Yourdesignsallexudegreatcreativity,insightandenergy”.JaneSavage,HeadofNikeSustainableBusiness

Want to know more?Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development, Kolding School of Design

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Industrialandcross-institutionalpartnershipsgivetheteachingacredible,applieddimensionandhelpthestudentsbuildnetworksforfuturejobopportunities.

6.2 ETRANS RELEASES ELECTRIC CARS FROM THEIR CAGESIn 2010, etrans – an innovation project aimed at making the electric car a commercial success – identified ”Nine great reasons for loving the electric car”. The reasons reveal a great deal about how etrans approaches the issues and challenges facing the project. The arguments are based on research, including etrans’ own large-scale anthropological user-study and quantitative investigation.The nine reasons are beautifully illustrated by design student Karina Bækkelund Andersen, who was a project intern, and the text represents the essence of the story of why the electric car will become a success among responsible drivers and politicians:

etrans is a three-year project funded by the EU, the Region of Southern Denmark, the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority and one of its partners DONG Energy. Moreover, DONG Energy and the project’s additional partners contribute knowledge on an ongoing basis just as several of the partners even now, in the middle of the project period, have received specific advice on developing new business areas. The partners have also been very enthusiastic to learn how to work with user-driven innovation and the various design processes applied in the project.

etrans activities and projectsetrans has participated in a number of international exhibitions as well as the Cumulus research conference in Shanghai. At the conference, Anne Flemmert, Head of Research and Analysis in etrans, gave a successful presentation of the project. Subsequently, she and Mette Mikkelsen, Project Manager of etrans, headed a joint educational programme with Danish and Chinese students. The trip to Shanghai was a success and provided new insight into Chinese use of electricity in traffic. A number of projects have been initiated and will continue in 2011. Some of them are: Collaboration with experienced municipalities who want to contribute to developing guidelines for municipalities, regions and large companies that want to get started on buying electric cars. A large-scale project on the development of innovation platforms with a view to creating business.etrans continues its efforts of identifying user-needs; this year, the main focal point has been the pragmatists, because they make up the largest group by far. etrans stays focused on the day when this group becomes convinced by the nine great reasons and ready to embrace the new technology.

1) The electric car makes us less ill because it does not emit exhaust gasses into the environment 2) The electric car uses local energy 3) Without the electric car we will not be able to solve the CO2 issue4) The electric car can tap the surplus from the wind turbine energy and use the

electricity that is produced at night5) The electric car uses energy 3-4 times more efficiently than current

petrol/diesel cars6) The electric car is expensive to buy but cheap to drive7) The electric car does not make any noise 8) The electric car challenges us to think about cars in a new way9) The electric car is a realistic option for most people

“Responsibility and sustainability are key elements of DONG Energy’s vision to supply stable energy without CO2. Therefore, we appreciate our exciting project with Kolding School of Design on creating a more eco-friendly transport sector using green wind power. It is an important project because it centers and involves the end-user in the design process. DONG Energy depends on a partner like Kolding School of Design in order to achieve our goals and be able to reach our customers”. Anders Eldrup, CEO, DONG Energy

Want to know more?Mette Mikkelsen, Project Manager of etransVisit www.etrans.dk

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”WeverymuchappreciateourcollaborationwithKoldingSchoolofDesign.ThestudentshaveproducedinnovativedesignsbasedonVestasvaluesandmethods,andwecommendtheschoolforitsvisionaryapproachtoworkingwithwindenergy”.John Grevsen, Director, Vestas

DESIGNING FOR THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRYAs we become increasingly dependent on alternative sources of energy such as wind turbines, their impact on our presence becomes increasingly important. How do they fit with the landscape – and do they need to? Should a wind turbine be a sculpture – or should it just disappear into the sky? In collaboration with Vestas, Kolding School of Design has designed 12 “emotional wind turbines” once again proving the innovative power of design. Vestas is pleased with the project and anticipates using the student input and ideas when developing new types of wind turbines.

Second-year students from Industrial Design were presented with the challenge of designing innovative wind turbines in autumn of 2009. Vestas helped formulate the task and provide the necessary background knowledge for the students. An information course at Vestas and visits to a wind turbine gave the students knowledge of engineering, production engineering and the daily routines of working with the turbines. The students were challenged to develop wind turbines based on three standard blades with a focus on the design of the tower and turbine house and not least how to integrate the wind turbines in their given context. They could choose to work with urban, onshore or offshore wind turbines and focused on how design, concept, form, colour and material selection can make wind turbines more attractive and add value to the function, while making sure that their choices corresponded with Vestas’ values and production methods.

“IamconvincedthatDenmarkcanmaintainitspositionaspioneercountryinthefieldofwindturbines.Itrequirescontinuousimprovementoftechnicalsolutionsbutfirstandforemost,itrequiresourskillinintegratingwindturbinesinatotalenergysystemthatspeakstoourhearts–notjustourbrains.Wemustbecomeexpertsininvestigatingwhattheusersdreamofandapplyauser-centredfocuswhendesigningtheturbinesandwindsystems.WemustexperimentinfavouroftheCradle-to-Cradlemindset;experimentwithcolourandwithdesigning.Wemustcontemplatetheexperienceofthewindturbine;notonlyitstechnicallayout”.RectorElsebethGernerNielsenattheopeningoftheexhibitionatVestas


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6.4 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON HYBRID FIBRE LIGHTINGIn collaboration with engineers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and researchers from Roskilde University (RUC) a group of teachers and students from Kolding School of Design have spent the past year transforming sunlight into interior lighting using optical fibres. Kent Laursen, Industrial Designer and Teacher, has developed a light bulb which is able to apply the sunlight via optical fibres and also offer LED light if – and when – sunlight fails. The hybrid light bulb has a significantly different expression than a traditional bulb which is also reflected in the two fixtures that Kent Laursen has designed for the project. Helle Trolle, Textile Designer, Teacher and Workshop Assistant, has experimented with weaving the actual optical fibres. Her decorative contribution and the woven

”light panel” can, for instance, be used as guiding light in dark corridors adding an extra experience to the space.

The development project is part of Kolding School of Design’s venture into sustainable design and green energy. And indeed, researchers from RUC state that you can reduce energy costs by transforming sunlight into interior lighting. They conclude that in future, the technology of combining optical fibres and LED lighting can be developed and optimised to benefit the environment. Engineers from DTU have improved the passage of light through the optical fibres and have explored its potential using tests and measurements. The project has had access to two solar optical fibre systems; one of which was installed on the roof of Kolding School of Design. DTU has decided to hand over the system to Kolding School of Design so the work and the experiments with the new technology and new design can continue. The project will be on display at Kolding School of Design during spring 2011.

“CollaboratingwithKoldingSchoolofDesignhasbeenanexcitingexperienceandrewardingtotheproject.Thedesignersverymuchcomplementourtechnicalcompetences,andIhopeourtwoinstitutionswillworktogetherinthefuture”.Anders Bjarklev, Prorector, DTU

Want to know more?Vibeke Riisberg, Associate Professor; Kent Laursen, Industrial Designer and Teacher; Helle Trolle, Textile Designer, Teacher and Workshop Assistant, Kolding School of Design

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Royal Visit and AcknowledgementWhen Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited Kolding School of Design in early June she was greeted with a sustainable flower bouquet

7. 0Pernille Fisker, Designer and Workshop Assistant, had knitted peonies, poppies and daisies from yarn residue and yarn bought in secondhand shops guaranteeing the royal bouquet a long life. The bouquet bore witness to the fact that Kolding School of Design does not only preach sustainability; sustainability is part of the school’s general mindset and approach to design. Kolding School of Design works in the intersection between art and design – a field of great personal interest to Her Majesty. Therefore, the Queen herself initiated the visit to Kolding School of Design as part of the official programme during the royal couple’s visit to Kolding. At the school she was presented with selected projects, and the enthusiastic Queen took everyone by surprise when she decided to extend the scheduled programme with a visit to the school’s workshops catching young design students at work.The event was a great opportunity for Kolding School of Design to show and share its approach to design with the outside world, but was also a fantastic opportunity to create networks between students, school employees and collaborating partners.

KoldingSchoolofDesignparticipatedinthefestivitiesoftheroyalvisittoKoldingbyorganisingcreativeworkshopscentrallyattheschoolandatthelocalchildren’sculturehouse“Nicolaiforbørn”forpupilsfromprimaryandlowersecondaryschools.Thefinalresultwas800creativecrownscreatedbythechildrenofKoldingtobehungfromthetreetopsalongtheroyalcouple’sroutethroughthecity.

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Kolding School of Design Fashion Show 2010“The fashion designers from Kolding School of Design demonstrate an impressive ability to combine design, craftsmanship and finesse” – Ane Lynge-Jorlén

8.0The basic term of the fashion industry – elusiveness – was staged with white crayon on a black board before the models captured the catwalk at the Kolding School of Design Fashion Show at Copenhagen City Hall during Copenhagen Fashion Week in August. The collections were just as diverse as the inspiration that created them, and they all expressed something about the future direction of fashion. Through their cutting, colouring and designing the young designers communicated responsibility of material and theme, as in the case of one of the collections which was inspired by the threatened living conditions of the whale. Ane Lynge-Jorlén, PhD and Assistant Professor in Fashion History at Parsons School of Art and Design in Paris, was a jury member for the talent competition New Edition and watched all of the performances by the different design schools during Copenhagen Fashion Week: ”The fashion designers from Kolding School of Design demonstrate an impressive ability to combine design, craftsmanship and finesse. Their self-critique is evident and results in far more complete designs. They work hard, and it shows”.

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In 2010, students from the Department of Communication Design decided to take on the challenge of communicating to young people that violence is indeed a blind alley; that violence among young boys and girls is increasing and has to be stopped. The students established contact with SSP consultants (School, Social Services and Police) in Kolding, Esbjerg and Odense and researched socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in their efforts to come up with the right communication strategy. The research resulted in different projects all focusing on visibility and articulation. One of the projects addressed the issue by designing T-shirts for school children with written statements like “I’m having a lousy day” to encourage dialogue and conversation. Another project focused on the city environment – e.g. busses, trains, pedestrian crossings – and adding statements to what is already out there; for instance emergency hammers in busses for breaking the glass. One group of students created cootie boxes with questions about the way we interact. This project is primarily directed at young girls and is currently being implemented in Esbjerg Municipality.

Youth Violence – a Design MatterViolence doesn’t solve a thing! How do we get this message across?


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AchievementsAwards and Nominations 2010

10.0AWARDS 2010designers nest: Mille Marie Jensen: Graduation 2010 Fashion Design: First prize – FebruaryAnja Merete Larsen: Graduation 2010 Fashion Design: Third prize – August

copenhagen fashion week: new edition ss11:Anja Merete Larsen: Graduation 2010 Fashion Design: First prize (among Kolding School of Design graduates)

starlight competition: Joan Pedersen: Fourth-year student Industrial Design: First prizeMiriam Brostrøm and Mir Toftemark: Fifth-year students Industrial Design: Jury’s Honours

young creative circle awards:Christian Troels Hansen: Third-year student Industrial Design: First prizeIn collaboration with Nicolas Thomsen, Nørgård Mikkelsen, Odense.

young lions competition – cannes lions:Christian Troels Hansen: Third-year student Industrial Design: Third prizeIn collaboration with Nicolas Thomsen, Nørgaard Mikkelsen, Odense.

if international forum design:Allan Sejr Madsen: Third-year student Industrial Design and Lukasz Natkaniec: Guest student 2009: Winners in the category ”iF Concept Award”

design competition recycled couture:Line Rosenlund Jensen: Second-year student Fashion Design: First prizeAnja Merete Larsen: Graduation 2010 Fashion Design and Mark Kenley Domino Tan: First-year student Fashion Design: Second prizeSoffia Einardottir: Fourth-year student Interaction Design: Third prize

food design 6, torino chamber of commerce: Tatu Matias Vienamo, Finland & Francesco Tolin, Italy: Guest students in spring 2010: Third prize in the category ”Tasting Kit”

the golden fur pin 2010:Maria Rokkedahl Nørholm: Fourth-year student Textile Design: First prize in the category “Accessories”

live 2011 grandprix:Sophus Vinther Pedersen: Fourth-year student Illustration Design: First prizeDeveloped in collaboration with fellow students during DADIU educational programme

NOMINATIONS 2010DMY International Design Festival Berlin:Naija Nygaard: Second-year student Industrial DesignStine Lundgaard: Second-year student Industrial DesignJulie Damhus: Second-year student Industrial DesignChristina Hansen: Second-year student Industrial DesignSigne Mårbjerg Thomsen: Second-year student Industrial DesignChristoffer Hjorhöy Hjelm-Hansen: Second-year student Industrial Design

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Kolding School of Design is now successfully accredited and has received a positive research assessment. Moreover, the school’s economy will improve significantly in the next few years. This is an excellent starting point for the school’s transformation to design university.The objectives for the next few years are:

”Kolding has ambitions to profile itself in the field of design. Design should be Kolding’s brand. The starting point of this ambition is that Kolding holds unique resources and institutions within the field of design. A light house for this venture is Kolding School of Design, which radiates design knowledge to us as citizens and to the business community of the entire region – a knowledge that contributes growth and development. We want to strengthen this symbiosis between Kolding School of Design and Kolding Municipality to mutual advantage”. Jørn Pedersen, Mayor of Kolding

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Looking Ahead: Objectives for 2011Rector presents main action areas

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- More focus on internationalisation, including attracting more foreign students to the Master’s degree programme, more foreign guest teachers, more students going abroad; more international exchange of employees. - Further developing the laboratories. For the part of the Laboratory for Design, Innovation and Sustainability towards a Cradle-to-Cradle collaboration with Michael Braungart, among others. For the part of the Laboratory for Social Inclusion developing welfare design in collaboration with the health sector and various companies.

- Developing a new laboratory focusing on cultural diversity. The ambition is to strengthen ties with the Shanghai design environment and to establish a collaboration project in Ghana. The school wants to show that cultural diversity supports innovation and design. In this context, the school’s international design camp plays a key role. - Developing further educational activities for designers and employees who want to update their knowledge of design. - Developing more partnership agreements with the business community. We aim for at least three new agreements in 2011.- Developing Kolding School of Design to becoming an even better work place for employees and students. The 2010 job satisfaction survey along with graduate interviews show that the school has a really positive starting point but of course it can and must improve. The school must be capable of attracting and sustaining the world’s leading teachers, researchers and students.

ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENTThe Board of GovernorsKolding School of Design’s Board of Governors is elected among the members of the school’s Board of Representatives. The members hold professional competences from the design industry and business community.

external membersExecutive Vice President Mads Nipper, LEGO (Chairman) / Director Steinar Valade-Amland, Danish Designers (Vice Chairman) / Textile Designer Lene Nordfeldt Iversen / Director Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, KIRK Scantal A/S / Director Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen, City and Development Administration Kolding Municipality / Member of the Regional Council of Southern Denmark Bent Bechmann

internal representativesRector Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen / Head of Administration Hanne Skov / Head of Research Poul Rind Christensen / Head of Education Lone Dalsgaard André / Teacher Ulla Ræbild / Workshop Assistant Pernille Fisker / Student Brian V. Frandsen / Student Mathilde Plough Andreasen

the board of representativesKolding 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 comprises of members appointed by various professional fields of practice and institutions.

Appointed by Danish Designers:Industrial Designer MDD Jesper Sandholt / Director Steinar Valade-Amland, Danish Designers (Vice Chairman of the board of governors) / Architect/Industrial Designer MAA MDD Pia Bech Mathiesen / Industrial Designer MDD Anders Geert-Jensen, Chief International Officer Designit

Appointed by Danish Crafts:Weaver, Textile Designer Grethe Sørensen / Textile Designer Lene Nordfeldt Iversen (Member of the Board of Governors)

Appointed by the Danish Architects’ Association:/Architect MAA, Strategic Director Irene Lønne, Pleks / 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 / Director Søren Kjeldsen Andersen, KIRK Scantal A/S (Member of the Board of Governors) / Vice President Mads Pinnerup, Danfoss A/S

Appointed by the The Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises:Executive Vice President Peter Laursen, Ib Laursen Ribe A/S

Appointed by the Kolding Local Council: Director Stefan Birkebjerg Andersen, City and Development Administration Kolding Municipality (Member of the Board of Governors)

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 / Teacher Ulla Ræbild / Workshop Assistant Pernille Fisker / Student Brian V. Frandsen / Student Mathilde Plough Andreasen

Kolding School of Design is managed by rector who is employed by and refers to the Board of Governors. Rector manages the school in collaboration with the school rectorate. The Rectorate comprises of the head of administration, the head of education, the head of research and rector. managementElsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Rector / Hanne Skov, Head of Administration / Lone Dalsgaard André, Head of Education / Poul Rind Christensen, Head of Research / Mette Strømgaard Dalby, Head of Development / Rikke Hansen, Head of Department of Communication Design / Mathilde Aggebo, Head of Department of Product Design

STAFFMathilde AggeboHeadofDepartmentofProductDesign / Lone Dalsgaard André HeadofEducation/ Anne Louise BangIndustrialPhD / Kirsten BohlCommunicatoretrans / Lene BondeDepartmentSecretary/ Joy Boutrup AssociateProfessor / Poul Allan BruunTeacher

GraphicDesign/ Morten Cramer Buch Teacher,StudyCoordinator / Carl Emil Carlsen PhDstudent/ Poul Rind Christensen Headof

Research / Anne-Mette ClausenIndustrialDesigneretrans/ Jack Collatz FacilityManager’sAssistant/Mette Strømgaard Dalby Headof

Development/ Ken Denning TeacherIllustrationDesign /Peter De Vroom Teacher/ Hanne Due AccountsManager /Tine Ebdrup

IndustrialPhD / Fadumo Abdi Elmi CanteenAssistant /Marianne Ernø LibraryAssistant /Pernille Fisker WorkshopAssistant / Anette Flinck ProjectCoordinator,InternationalCoordinator /Mette FrandsenCanteenManager / Silje Alberte K. Friis AssociateProfessor / Anne Katrine G. Gelting AssociateProfessor/ Henrik Nyhuus Gill SystemAdministrator / Helle Graabæk StudyCoordinatorTextile

Design / Annette Grønbæk DepartmentSecretary/Joyce Salachia Hansen CleaningAssistant/ Rikke Hansen HeadofDepartmentof

CommunicationDesign /Max Hansen WorkshopAssistant/ Mette Harrestrup PhDstudent / Karen Marie Hasling ResearchAssistant /Hanne Hedegaard DepartmentSecretary / Marianne Baggesen Hilger Communicator,Translator / Birgitte Bjerrum Hjerrild Headof

Studies / Carsten HjerrildSystemAdministrator /Søren Grønning Iversen ITWorkshopAssistant / Ifrah Bile Jama CleaningAssistant/Eva G:dotter Jansson DesignAnthropologistetrans/ Anne Flemmert Jensen HeadofResearchandAnalysisetrans / Nevena Jensen PhD

student / Helene Jensen Teacher,WorkshopAssistant,Knit / Line Willemoes Jørgensen Rector’sSecretary/ Tina Klemmensen Teacher, WorkshopAssistant/Helle Knudsen CanteenAssistant / Eva Knutz PhDstudent / Marius Kristensen FacilityManager / Helle Lauritsen Assistant / Kent Laursen StudyCoordinatorIndustrialdesign/ Malene Leerberg PhDstudent / Jane Lund Madsen Assistant / Jette K. Martinussen AccountsAssistant / Vibeke Meng Librarian / Maria Kirk Mikkelsen Teacher / Mette Mikkelsen ProjectManageretrans/ Alain Villa Monteiro ITWorkshopAssistant,AVcontact / Heidi Møller CleaningAssistant / Jytte Susanne Møller AccountsAssistant / Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Rector/Lene Nordby Nielsen StudentCounsellor / Line Hangaard NielsenProjectManagerFashionZone / Niels C. Hye Nielsen WorkshopAssistant/ Kirsten Nissen PhDstudent/ Karin Panduro DepartmentSecretary / Anni Patrzalek Administrative

Assistant / Pia Pedersen PhDstudent / Bo Borbye Pedersen IndustrialDesigneretrans /Palle Gulddahl Pedersen WorkshopAssistant,IT

supporter / Henrik RasmussenCanteenAssistant/ Vibeke RiisbergAssociateProfessor/ Ulla Ræbild StudyCoordinatorFashionDesign

/ Hans Schmidt FacilityManager’sAssistant / Mette Fersløv Schultz ProjectCoordinator/ Jannik Seidelin Teacher / Else Skjold PhD

student / Inger Merete Skotting StudyCoordinatorIllustrationDesign /Hanne Skov HeadofAdministration / Vibeke Specht Receptionist,

Treasurer/ Karin Strandby CanteenAssistant / Ole Stauning ITCoordinator,Webmaster / Søren Sønderstrup Communicator / Henrik Pagh Sørensen WorkshopAssistant / Kirsten Bonde Sørensen IndustrialPhDstudent/ Sisse TanderupPhDstudent/ Mogens Thrane Canteen

Assistant / Flemming Bech Thøisen ProjectAssistant / Helle Rude Trolle WorkshopAssistant / Helle Weihrauch StudentAdministrative

Secretary/ Barnabas Wetton Teacher,StudyCoordinator,InteractionDesign / Lene Wul ResearchSecretary / Azadeh ZirahCleaning

Assistant

GUEST TEACHERSdepartment of communication designMads Berg Illustrator / Claus Bjerre InteractionDesigner/ Kenneth Bonde VisualEffectsArtist/ Rasmus Bregnhøi Illustrator / René Christoffer Censor/ Flemming DupontIllustrator/ Gitte Gammelgaard GraphicDesigner/ Lars Haahr TeacherFinalCut/Ulla Heegaard GraphicDesigner / Rasmus Koch GraphicDesigner/ Iben KofoedVisualArtist / Leon Kranenburg GraphicDesigner/Kasper Kruse Anima-

tionDirector/ Thomas Zindorff Lagoni InteractionDesigner /Maria Lundén GraphicDesigner/ Klaus Matthiesen GraphicDesigner /Jes Mogensen VisualArtist/ Brian Mogensen InteractionDesigner/ Gudjon Oddsson GraphicDesigner/ Trine Rask FontDesigner / Anne Romme Architect /Mette-Ann Schepelern Director/ Loes Sikkes GraphicDesigner/ Torben Simonsen Director / Ludvig Storm Graphic

Designer / Nina Storm FontDesigner/ Oliver Streich Illustrator/ Ion Sørvin Architect / Elias Stenalt WernerArchitect/ Brian Toft GraphicDesigner / Mads Quistgaard Architect, GraphicDesigner / Ulla Østergaard Architect,IndustrialDesigner

department of product designAnnette Andresen TextileDesigner/ Karen Vibeke BaggeFashionDesigner/ Bettina Bakdal FashionDesigner,Costumier / Toke Barter InteractionDesigner/ Kåre Birk IndustrialDesigner /Denis Chapon Animation’sdirectorandTeacher / Flemming Christiansen Plastics

Engineer/Tommy FjordsideFashionDesigner / Berthe Forchhammer TextileDesigner,Loom/Michael Frederiksen IndustrialDesigner/ Kirsten Trojel Fribert TextileDesigner/ Chris Heape IndustrialDesigner,PhD / Kim Aagaard HolmIndustrialDesigner/ Helle Vibeke Jensen FashionDesignerandIllustrator / Marianne Britt Jørgensen Footwear,IndustrialDesigner / Eva Kappel FashionDesigner / Malene Kristiansen TextileDesigner/Mathias Lerche IndustrialDesigner/ Maria Mackinney-Valentin TrendResearcher,PhD / Hans Christian Madsen FashionandTextileDesigner / Andrew Nagel IndustrialDesigner / Hân Ngoc Pham IndustrialDesigner / Gunhild Bønløkke Pedersen TextileDesigner / Rikke Stetter Constructor/Cutting / Silvio Vujicic FashionDesigner/ Grethe Sørensen TextileDesigner,Loom / Trine Vestergård TextileDesigner,Knit

the faculty for education and researchToke Barter InteractionDesigner / Else Ploug Isaksen VisualArtist / Helle Vibeke Jensen Illustrator / Jobim Jochimsen Visual

Artist / Jesper Kongshaug LightDesigner/ Thea Mikkelsen MScinPsychology,MA/ Jes Mogensen VisualArtist / Rune Nørager MScin

Psychology/ Saras Sarasvathy AssociateProfessor/ Oliver StreichIllustrator

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KOLDING SCHOOL OF DESIGN WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS (listed alphabetically)

companies and trade organisations Aarstiderne /AJK Production / AJ Eriksen / APC by Schneider Electric / Arctic Paper / Arjowiggins Graphic, Dalum Papir / Bjert Busser / Billund Airport / Bizart / Bjert Invest /Cleantech Motors/ECTunes / Connect2Care / ChoosEV / Danfoss / Danish Designers /Danish Design Association / Dansk Industri (Confederation of Danish Industry) / Design City Vest /Design company 1508 / DONG Energy / DSB / Ecco / Falck Emergency Services /Fiberline Composites /Flexitrack / Forever China / Gabriel / Grafisk Finish / GreenDrive /HAVE Kommunikation / IDEO / JVM Bogbinderi / KMD / Kompan / Kopenhagen Fur / Kvadrat / LEGO / Lufthansa / Merrild / Middelfart Sparekasse / MV-TRYK / NIKE /Nykredit / Nova Design / Peugeot / Prime Cargo / Raadvad / SIXT / Rambøll Management/Attractor / Spinderihallerne / SPIRE / Statoil / Sydbank / Sydtrafik / TEIJIN Limited / The Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv) / THINK /Trevira Neckelmann / TRE-FOR / TRIAX, Danmark / Velfac / Vestas

education and research units in denmarkAalborg University (AAU) / Aarhus School of Architecture / Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University (ASB) / Alexandra Institute / Center for Information Technology and Architecture, CITA / Creative Encounters, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) / Danish Technological Institute / Risø / Robocluster Innovation Network / Roskilde University (RUC) / The Danish Design School (DKDS) / The Danish Doctoral Schools of Architecture and Design / The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research / The Technological University of Denmark (DTU) / University of Copenhagen / University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

international educational and research collaborationsAlto University, School of Art and Design, Finland / Case Western Reserve University, School of Management, USA / CAUP, Tongji University, China / Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, England / Clemson University, USA / Coventry University, United Kingdom / Damascus University, Syria / Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada / Interactive Institute, Sweden / Kingston University, London, England / London College of Fashion, England / Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany / Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India / Tekstilhögskolan Borås, Sweden / Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand / Universidad de Santiago de Chile / University of Reading, England / University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, USA / Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, Holland

ngo Dan Churchaid / Unicef

public and semi-public authorities and institutions Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) / Danish Centre for Culture aqnd Development (DCCD) /Danish Centre for Design Research (DCDR) / Danish Design Centre (DDC) / Danish Fashion Institute / Danish Fur / Danish Transport Authority / Dansk Fjernvarme (Danish District Heating Association) / Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art / EU / Fredericia Municipality /House of Design / IDEA House Kolding / Kolding Municipality / Koldinghus Museum / Lillebælt Regional Hospital / Region of Southern Denmark / Teknisk Landsforbund (The Danish Association of Professional Technicians) / TEKO / Trapholt / TRIN, The Triangle Region Denmark Innovation / Vækstforum, the Region of Southern Denmark

other danish educational institutionsHansenberg / Højer Design Efterskole / Municipal primary and lower secondary schools /The Scandinavian Design College / Upper secondary schools of Southern Denmark

scholarshipsDanmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond / Gudrun og Erik Kauffeldts Fond / HK-Privats ophavsretsfond / Sydbank Fonden / Tage Vangaard & Hustrus Fond / Teknisk Landsforbunds Legat

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