Børnebobler/ Childrens bubbles

Around the world it bubbles with interesting initiatives in the area of children and design. Designskolen Kolding plays along with the children as target group of new design products and services but also as creative individuels who use and make design.

The city of Kolding is working on a mayor strategy to become the most significant design city in Denmark. This includes many areas, also schools and day care facilities. On wednesday September 15th Designskolen Kolding had focus on children as we hosted a seminar about design for children and design with children. 120 people attended the seminar to hear the many presentations.

For more information (in danish) and download of the presentations: designskolenkolding.dk

A tribute to colour and light!

We have now begun a new semester at Designskolen Kolding. And the students are as great as ever. As a tribute to colour and light we serve drinks and show studentwork.

Designskolen Kolding offers a bachelor and masterprogramme in several different deparments. For more information: http://www.designskolenkolding.dk/

Crafts Collection

The Jungle Wallpaper is now part of Crafts Collection no 14.

Jungle is a children’s wallpaper with prints that resemble the pictures in a colouring book. The motif is a pattern of plants and animals that the child can colour in. Children will be excited about creating their own jungle, so the wallpaper offers hours of activity and immersion. The children have the basic human experience of affecting their surroundings and taking over the space around them, as we have always done with cave paintings and graffiti.

Sustainability is not only about minimising pollution or transportation; it is equally important to create products with a long life cycle. By offering the user an opportunity to interact with the product, the wallpaper acquires an added layer of value. Because the child is a co-creator of the jungle, his or her sense of ownership is increased. The wall will appear as the child’s own creation rather than just a wallpapered surface. Jungle is made of unbleached paper coated with chalk with prints in a water-based photogravure dye that is free of organic solvents.

For more information: craftscollection.dk