A beautiful piece of furniture and a sense of home
The Scarcity Table is the telling name of Hector Grundtdal Grønborg’s 2021 Bachelor project. Now he has reached the 2022 Danish Design Award finals in the category Feel Good - Furniture. Scarcity means shortage, and is a table produced with waste materials and designed to allow for flexible production. No piece of the wooden structure is longer than 65 cm. It makes the purchasing process easier and facilitates production in a time of scarcity of materials.
The jury says:
- This is a very compassionate, beautiful, and direct way to reuse materials – both new waste, old waste, and off-cut materials. The dining table balances the right amount of simplicity yet with a variety of details. It’s a fascinating and innovative piece of furniture that makes you feel good. Additionally, it earns high marks for addressing the global and urgent need to reuse existing resources.
Congratulations to Hector!
As we plan to colonize Mars and send people to the moon, how can we build habitats for survival and homes for human beings? With Space Sencescapes, Maria Anna Jedryszek has researched narratives by people living in extreme environments or in strict quarantine and developed a personal ‘memory capsule’ that brings that comforting feeling, sense or memory of home. This project is a speculative design piece aiming to provoke a discussion of the importance of emotional wellbeing while working on future space exploration missions. Maria Anna Jedryszek graduated from Design School Kolding in 2021 specialising in Industrial Design and Design for People.
The jury says:
- The space sense scapes concept raises the question of how to build homes for survival on other planets. It opens the ability to imagine alternative ways of living by raising awareness around the risks all humans face. The project pulls us back and reminds us that we are humans with senses.
Congratulations Maria Anna!
Integration by needle and thread
We also want to congratulate former Design School Kolding student Solveig Søndergaard who has successfully established SHEWORKS ATELIER in collaboration with Kolding Municipality. Sheworks is a Circular Design Studio creating jobs for immigrant and refugee women within the circular textile services. The goal is to redirect the road from waste to new designs for the Danish textile industry.
SHEWORKS is nominated in the Visonary Concepts category, and the jury states:
- A stellar example of how a business creates value beyond measures. This initiative is crucial in so many ways. It is a vital step toward integrating refugees into society by enabling them to work, earn their own money, and learn new skills. A truly dignifying way to bring these women into the Danish workforce. Furthermore, the jury agrees that the solution should also be commended for meeting the circular agenda of the textile and furniture industries and for helping to preserve a traditional craft from extinction.
The winners will be announced at the Danish Design Award ceremony on June 9, 2022.
