LYNfabrikken, Aarhus Denmark Lecture/interview

Stefan Sagmeister lecture at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:03:18 +0100

In this lecture held at We Love Graphic Design 2011 in Copenhagen, graphic design guru Stefan Sagmeister sets out from the fact, that Danes according to international surveys is one of the happiest peoples in the World. Sagmeister himself is working on a documentary about happiness, and at WLGD he zoomed in on the parameters of what makes humans happy, spiced with his own experiences, practices and opinions on the subject. He also attempts an answers his own question: “ Can you pursue happiness as a designer?”.

The We Love Graphic Design seminar about contemporary graphic design was held in Copenhagen on october 1. 2011, arranged by HK Grafisk Kommunikation, Visuelt Forum (DJ) and LYNfabrikken. The speakers on this inspirational saturday were All the Way to Paris, TwoPoints.net, Paul Wilson of Yellow1 and Stefan Sagmeister.

Stefan Sagmeister, interview at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:02:38 +0100

Interview with graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister at We Love Graphic Design 2011, a seminar about contemporary graphic design held in Copenhagen on october 1. 2011. It was arranged by HK Grafisk Kommunikation, Visuelt Forum (DJ) and LYNfabrikken. The speakers on this inspirational saturday were All the Way to Paris, TwoPoints.net, Paul Wilson of Yellow1 and Stefan Sagmeister.

Produced for LYNfabrikken by IDOART (Matias Falk-Albæk & Rikke Luna).

Paul Wilson of Yellow1 lecture at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:01:57 +0100

Copenhagenbased Brit Paul Wilson is a graphic designer with a lot of great movie posters, album covers and music videos on his conscience. In this lecture he gives a hands on presentation of his work process, and gives off some tricks of the trade and reveals hidden messages as he shows a selection og his beautiful work.

TwoPoints.net lecture at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:01:09 +0100

TwoPoints.net is a Spanish/German design studio based in Barcelona. In this lecture graphic designers Lupi Assensio and Martin Lorenz describe their work creating visual identities utilizing materials and ideas in creative ways. They show how they often let their designs work, change and develop. They also tell the story about their non-profit fanzine series “One Weekend”, which started as a creative exercise of challenging themselves by not useing computers and other experimental parameters, and eventually have lead to an exihibition as well as a book.

TwoPoints.net, interview at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:59:56 +0100

Interview with design duo Two Points Net at We Love Graphic Design 2011, a seminar about contemporary graphic design held in Copenhagen on october 1. 2011. It was arranged by HK Grafisk Kommunikation, Visuelt Forum (DJ) and LYNfabrikken. The speakers on this inspirational saturday were All the Way to Paris, TwoPoints.net, Paul Wilson of Yellow1 and Stefan Sagmeister.

Produced for LYNfabrikken by IDOART (Matias Falk-Albæk & Rikke Luna).

All the Way to Paris lecture at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:00:20 +0100

The title of All the Way to Paris’ lecture is “YES!” as this word characterizes the Copenhagen-based design studio well. It represents their approach to their work, creatively as well as businesswise. The lecture revolves around their experiences with forming a small design bureau, the dynamic of a learning-by-doing proces and working as a team. A list of the studios inspirational work is presented, along with considerations about dialogues with critical clients as fuel for creativity, personal investment and growth.

All the Way to Paris, interview at WLGD 2011

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:57:44 +0100

Interview with designstudio All the Way to Paris at We Love Graphic Design 2011, a seminar about contemporary graphic design held in Copenhagen on october 1. 2011. It was arranged by HK Grafisk Kommunikation, Visuelt Forum (DJ) and LYNfabrikken. The speakers on this inspirational saturday were All the Way to Paris, TwoPoints.net, Paul Wilson of Yellow1 and Stefan Sagmeister.

Video produced for LYNfabrikken by IDOART (Matias Falk-Albæk & Rikke Luna).

Roel Wouters - lecture at DAC

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:08:40 +0100

About Roel Wouters
Trained as graphic designer, Roel works as an independent conditional designer / director in the field of interaction, media design and film.

His work often reflects on the systems or technology we use in our daily lives. Sometimes by deconstructing or changing fundamental parts of existing systems, sometimes by designing new ones to see what happens when people are using them. He applies this approach to all kinds of media: dynamic media (web, tools, animation and video) but also to print, installations and performances.

Together with Luna Maurer, Jonathan Puckey and Edo Paulus he has authored the Conditional Design Manifesto, a manifesto that promotes the idea of designing conditions rather than end results.

For the past few years he has been teaching interactive and graphic design courses at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, the Sandberg Institute, Yale University School of Art and the Piet Zwart Institute. His work has been exhibited and screened all over the world e.g. at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich, Britsh Film Institute, Sundance Film Festival. Roel likes to collaborate. Roel won several national, and international awards.

Roel Wouters exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:39:47 +0100

Trained as graphic designer, Roel works as an independent conditional designer / director in the field of interaction, media design and film.

Together with Luna Maurer, Jonathan Puckey and Edo Paulus he has authored the Conditional Design Manifesto, a manifesto that promotes the idea of designing conditions rather than end results.

Troika

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:24:20 +0100

About Troika:
Troika is a London collective founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are widely known for their experimental practise, sculptures, installations and projects that provoke and employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.

They met while studying at the Royal College of Art and subsequently started their studio in 2003.

Often merging technology with their artistic practice as a point of departure but also to actify the installations, Troika's work explores the intersection of scientific thought, observation and human experience in a rational and rationalized world, and describes how logic and reason live in the presence of the metaphysical and surreal.

While their work is often filled with polarities — solitude and interaction, transition and permanence, the artificial and the natural — their interest lies within man's resolve to synthesize these opposites.

In a spirit of optimism, they draw connections between radically different situations and look at our surroundings from a different perspective while setting the scene with scenarios and experiences that are notable in their formal simplicity and often touch upon our innate memories of sound, sight and movement.

Since establishing the studio in 2003 Troika's work has been exhibited, amongst others, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain and MoMA New York. In 2010 Troika were selected to create three art installations for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai. Troika's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.

Troika has authored two books to date: Digital by Design, Thames and Hudson, 2008; Moscow Style, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2005, and, in 2009, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil for their digital sculpture 'Cloud' in London Heathrow Terminal 5 and their kinetic installation ‘Palindrome’ for the V&A in 2011.

contact:

Railway Arch 355
Laburnum Street
London E2 8BB

0207 729 3255
troika@troika.uk.com

Raw-Edges Design Studio exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:10:46 +0100

About Raw-Edges Design Studio
This official collaboration between Yael Mer & Shay Alkalay started after many years of sharing life, thoughts, ideas and everything in-between. Yael’s main focus includes turning two-dimensional sheet materials into curvaceous functional forms, whereas Shay is fascinated by how things move, function and react.

Since their graduation show at the Royal College of Art in 2006, they have received several highly respected awards including The British Council Talented Award, iF Gold Award, Dutch Design Award, Wallpaper* Design Award 2009 and the Elle Decoration International Design Award for best furniture of 2008_09 and just recently the Designer of the Future Award for 2009 from Design Miami/ Basel.

Their works have been exhibited at Johnson Trading Gallery in New York, FAT Galerie in Paris, Scope Art Fair in Basel and Rossana Orlandi Milan. Their designs can be found within the permanent collection of the MoMA New-York and The Design Museum London, and in production with Cappellini, Established & Sons and Arco. In addition, Yael & Shay produce unique and limited-edition designs within their own studio in London. Their work has been featured in many major design publications and newspapers worldwide.

Katrin Olina exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:08:38 +0200

About:
Born in Iceland, Katrin Olina studied Industrial Design at the E.S.D.I. in Paris before working in the European design studios of Philippe Starck (Paris) and Ross Lovegrove (London). Since then, she has worked predominantly as a graphic artist and illustrator in the fields of industrial design, fashion, interiors, print and animation. Her work has also been featured in several prominent museum and gallery exhibitions around the world.

Olina has developed a rich visual language that builds on research, experimentation and intuitive creative drawing processes that combine the use of technology with the hand drawn. Her imagery and graphics are often centered around natural elements and the imaginary. As her work has evolved, Olina has created a personal world where sense of wonder, new experiences and questions about the nature of things abound.

Olina has also collaborated with high tech companies such as materials producers Dupont Corian and 3M. Her clients have included porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal and furniture manufacturer Swedese. In addition, she has worked as a consultant and visualizer in the field of creative development for organizations such as Clear Village Foundation.

In 2008, she created Eulespiegel, an animation featuring otherworldly landscapes and imaginary creatures. Another recent project has been Cristal Bar in Hong Kong where her dream-like drawings cover every interior surface, enabling a new level of interactivity in three-dimensional space. Cristal Bar has won numerous international awards, including the Forum Aid Award in Stockholm, the SEGD Merit Prize in San Diego and the DV Culture Prize in Iceland in 2009. Olina is currently working on the natural history of the characters that populate her growing world and developing narratives around them.

AWARDS:
FIT, Iceland. - Grand Prix, Graphic design 2008 /for SKIN
FORUM AID, Sweden. - BEST INTERIOR 2009/for Cristal Bar
SEGD, San Diego, US.- Merit Prize 2009/for Cristal Bar
DV Culture Prize Iceland. - Design 2009

Bredo Hjøllund exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:54:41 +0200

About
Bredo Hjøllund born 1975
Employed at Merrild Photography 1998-2008.

Launched Bredo Fotografi in 2008, where I specializes in different photographic areas, including fashion, advertising, classical and experimental portraits.

Inga Sempé

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:46:02 +0200

From 2000 till 2001 she was scholarship holder at the Villa Medici, Académie de France in Rome and opened her own studio in Paris in 2000. In the beginning, she collaborated with the Italian companies Cappellini and Edra. Now Sempé works among others for French companies such as Ligne Roset, Moustache, Domestic, Baccarat; Italian enterprises like LucePlan as well as scandinavian companies such as David Design, Hjelle, Almedahl’s, and the american company Artecnica. She was awarded Grand Prix de la Création en design de la ville de Paris in 2003. Solo exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs of Paris in 2003. She lives and works in Paris.

Arabeschi di Latte

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:46:26 +0200

Founded by Francesca Sarti in 2001, Arabeschi di Latte is a group of italian women designers with a passion for conviviality. The group's mission is to experiment with new design concepts that relate to food and focuses on its fascinating power to create situations and relationships. Arabeschi di Latte is based on the idea of creating a "daily sense of happiness" that is pursued through various strategies of participation and interaction that respond to basic and pleasurable needs in our social life. Food becomes an experience. The Mediterranean conviviality is a key factor in this research and comes from Italian culture. Food is seen as a tool that leads to opportunities for getting together to share a simple meal. In the last 10 years, Arabeschi di Latte has created and exhibited a variety of food-related projects and events. These include objects, images and performances within different contexts. Arabeschi di Latte Studio creates food concepts and bespoke events for companies, museums, associations, agencies, galleries and privates. Clients can also choose from a variety of format that can be adapted to different situations and always have a site specific component. Each format is designed with attention to sustainability, to quality and to the revival of culinary traditions to enhance the culinary culture of the context through a unique and special aesthetic. When creating its food concept, Arabeschi di Latte collaborates with the best local manufacturers and suppliers. Arabeschi di Latte also offers a creative consultancy service ranging from visual communication, styling, design setting, exhibition design and interior design projects, giving each time a sensible interpretation of the client's brief. Amongst the clients: Pitti Immagine, Altaroma, Bally, Furla, John Galliano, Tomorrowland, Woolrich, Alberta Ferretti Junior, Gas, Hello Kitty, Le Fooding, FlyBaboo, Millefili, San Pellegrino, Case da Abitare, Buttero, Miss Sixty, Ter et Bantine, ‘Gusto, Lee, Luisa via Roma and many others

Martin Allais

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:21:09 +0200

Martin Allais (Venezuela) is a graphic designer, illustrator, animator and VJ. He represents the new wave in graphic design, called Latino Grafico.

Karolina Kling exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:14:21 +0200

KLING by KLING is a label created by London based Swede Karolina Kling. Since establishing the brand in 2006 the label has acclaimed international attention for its distinct prints and playful designs and has been described as Viktor & Rolf on acid. For the last two years she has reached a growing audience with her fourth collection, distributing worldwide. With a background in Graphic Design, Karolina Kling has a unique take on fashion, both highly personal and yet commercial. The concept for each collection always consists of several layers; the patterns are always beautiful, but with more to them than what meet the eye. KLING by KLING is a world of dreams and the clothes are there to immerse the viewer with fantasies. Because of her base in the graphic world, KLING sees herself as a graphic and product designer, rather than a fashion designer. Looking at fashion as if the fabric is just another substitute of a 3D medium with patterns and illustrations, rather than flat just images. KLING has also worked applying her graphics on garments through other labels, such as H&M, Cheap Monday, Reebok, Nudie Jeans, Monki, Cheapo and Libero. KLING has always worked with her graphics in a 3D way, her experiences in the past Includes designing conceptual engagement rings, shoes, bathroom collections, duvet covers and wallpapers. OUTSIDE HER OWN LABEL Besides working with her own label, Karolina Kling has experience In working with some of the most interesting film makers in Sweden, doing scenography and costume design in both film and music videos. During two years (2005-2007) she was one of three designers behind the exhibition and event organization Fashion Deluxe, focusing on showing the works of young, upcoming fashion designers in various exhibitions. The latest exhibition was hold at the Ginza Gallery In Tokyo, Japan.

Lernet & Sander

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:27:33 +0200

Lernert & Sander are two dutch artists and friends who decided that working alone was getting boring and started collaborating on art related projects. Since their first video Chocolate Bunny they've been working on commercials, leaders, art movies, documentaries and installations. Their aim is to make simple and communicative works, that takes little note of the existing border between contemporary art and commercial projects. Their highly esthetic, humorous and dedicated works are often challenging the media and its viewer, in a simple but very effective way. Their work was selected for international festivals in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Oberhausen. Sander Plug (1969) works as a freelance graphic designer and artist. He graduated in 1993 as industrial designer at the technical university in Delft and finished his Masters in Art in 2004 at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. He has exhibited in several group exhibitions in Amsterdam, Berlin and Barcelona. He is a teacher in the graduation year of the Art Academy in Utrecht. Lernert Engelberts (1977) works as a director and writer. He made Driving Miss Palmen, a Dutch soap set in India. He was editor/writer for RE-magazine. He wrote a dramatised garden program with Arjan Ederveen which he also directed and collaborated with director Michiel van Erp in 2006 for the documentary Warm Stories. Lernert also finishing his first highly critically acclaimed book of short stories Real Bad People. He publicises in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant about art, was curator for Lost&Found, and is advisor for the Filmfund at research and development. Both Lernert and Sander are contributors for Butt Magazine and are currently living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Oddfischlein exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:44:23 +0200

The graphic ship, OddFischlein, was launched by the two visual mates Klaus Matthiesen and Gudjon Oddsson, who both trained at Kolding Design School under the Department of Visual Communication. Today the company is a strategic design agency working mainly with visual identities and concept-based system solutions for communications. We live by the principle that visual communication is shown, told and experienced. Hop aboard and enjoy graphic design - that stinks! More info: www.oddfischlein.com

Lecture with Tomás Alonso

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:57:16 +0200

About Tomás Alonso: There is a strong human influence in my work. I’m particularly interested in the relationship we have with objects and how these objects relate to us and other things that surround us. I enjoy experimenting with different materials and making the most of their properties. Materiality is a very important part of my work and is evident in the Stamp cutlery project. I’d like my designs to appear simple, natural and almost obvious, but with a quirkiness. I think there is an underlined sense of functionality and romanticism that runs through all my work. I try to arrive to the simplest element that then can be combined into more complex structures, to provide users with the building blocks to create their own environments. For me it’s important that what I design makes its way into people’s hands and people’s homes. I would like my objects to be used, lived with and enjoyed.

Lecture with Anders Gordon - RUMstation

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:36:30 +0200

RUM.station is a furniture gallery in the heart of Aarhus, where we give young designers the opportunity to experiment with expression and form. Based on classic Danish craft traditions we will give you furniture with humor and a twist. More info: rumstation.dk

Ruth Crone Foster BOX interview

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:41:24 +0100

Since 2004 I've helped numerous clients communicate their visions by designing fashion clothes, creating prints, making illustrations for fashion magazines, organizing store decorations and much more - and I attack every challenge with a personal quirkiness that is always professional and an experienced authority which is never boring. In the center of all my work is a rock solid understanding of my clients needs and the necessary creative talent to fulfill it. I take pride in being extremely loyal and dedicated to my clients, and I have a strong sense of how to balance commercial and artistic interests. If you are curious as to how I can help visualize your next project - please feel free to contact me. I provide solutions for ideas and budgets of all sizes, and you are always guaranteed my fullest attention and dedication.

Christien Meindertsma

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:03:48 +0100

Christien Meindertsma explores the life of products and raw materials. For her first book, Checked Baggage (2004), Christien purchased a container filled with a week's worth of objects confiscated at security checkpoints in Schiphol Airport after 9/11. She meticulously categorized all 3267 items and photographed them on a white seamless background. Christien’s second book, PIG 05049 (2007), is an extensive collection of photographic images that documents an astounding array of products that different parts of an anonymous pig called 05049 could support. With this book, Christien reveals lines that link raw materials with producers, products and consumers that have become so invisible in an increasingly globalized world. With her designs Christien Meindertsma aims to regain understanding of processes that have become so distant in industrialization. Her work has been exhibited in MOMA (New York), The V&A (London) and the Cooper Hewitt Design museum (New York). For her book PIG 05049 she won three Dutch Design Awards (2008) as well as an Index award (2009). Christien graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy in 2003.

Tomas Alonso BOX interview

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:52:39 +0100

His choice to move into product and furniture design via his understanding of the automotive industry results in an intelligent approach that uses simplicity of forms to communicate ideas and functions. Most of his work reflects on human ways of living – not so much interventions in the home, but rather natural evolutions. More info: www.lynfabrikken.dk

Daniel Rybakken

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:03:57 +0100

through a series of projects, rybakken has explored simulating the effects daylight using artificial light. The lecture was recorded at LYNfabrikken Aarhus Denmark 2010

Oddfischlein

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:54:44 +0200

OddFischlein is a design studio, founded in 2005. In Aarhus Denmark.

Katrin Olina

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:16:56 +0200

Born in Iceland, Katrin Olina studied Industrial Design at the E.S.D.I. in Paris before working in the European design studios of Philippe Starck (Paris) and Ross Lovegrove (London). Since then, she has worked predominantly as a graphic artist and illustrator in the fields of industrial design, fashion, interiors, print and animation. Her work has also been featured in several prominent museum and gallery exhibitions around the world. Olina has developed a rich visual language that builds on research, experimentation and intuitive creative drawing processes that combine the use of technology with the hand drawn. Her imagery and graphics are often centered around natural elements and the imaginary. As her work has evolved, Olina has created a personal world where sense of wonder, new experiences and questions about the nature of things abound. Olina has also collaborated with high tech companies such as materials producers Dupont Corian and 3M. Her clients have included porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal and furniture manufacturer Swedese. In addition, she has worked as a consultant and visualizer in the field of creative development for organizations such as Clear Village Foundation. In 2008, she created Eulespiegel, an animation featuring otherworldly landscapes and imaginary creatures. Another recent project has been Cristal Bar in Hong Kong where her dream-like drawings cover every interior surface, enabling a new level of interactivity in three-dimensional space. Cristal Bar has won numerous international awards, including the Forum Aid Award in Stockholm, the SEGD Merit Prize in San Diego and the DV Culture Prize in Iceland in 2009. Olina is currently working on the natural history of the characters that populate her growing world and developing narratives around them. AWARDS: FIT, Iceland. - Grand Prix, Graphic design 2008 /for SKIN FORUM AID, Sweden. - BEST INTERIOR 2009/for Cristal Bar SEGD, San Diego, US.- Merit Prize 2009/for Cristal Bar DV Culture Prize Iceland. - Design 2009

Richard Sweeney

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:36:15 +0200

Richard Sweeney was born in Huddersfield, England in 1984. He discovered a natural talent for sculpture at Batley School of Art and Design in 2002, which led him to the study of Three Dimensional Design at the Manchester Metropolitan University, where he concentrated on the hands-on manipulation of paper to create design models, which ultimately developed into sculptural pieces in their own right. Richard’s practice combines the disciplines of design, photography, craft and sculpture, resulting in a varied output of work including graphic design and public sculpture commissions. Combining hand-craft with computer aided design and CNC manufacturing techniques, Richard seeks to maintain an experimental, hand-on approach, utilising the unique properties of often mundane materials to discover unique sculptural forms. Richard is represented by Victor Felix Gallery in London. Statement by the designer: The Beta II installation for BOX comprises several metres of continuous, hand-pleated paper, which appear as writhing, fluid forms tracing the movement of line through space. Many hundreds of individual folds change the property of the paper, giving it rigidty, yet allowing it flex and bend within certain limits, giving the impression of smooth surfaces from what is in fact a compound curve achieved using only straight edges. Additionally, the piece features a specially designed carpet backdrop, which has been printed with a photograph depicting the deformation of a flat surface, onto which was projected a grid of parallel lines. The desired effect is to produce a three-dimensional effect, while also evoking the feeling of movement evident in the sculptural element.

Ilkka Suppanen

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:16:34 +0200

Studio Suppanen is a design studio working in graphics, three-dimensional design and architecture based in Helsinki. Our flexible approach and broad skill base means we can work across different media and on different scales, from graphics to product design and furniture, from interiors to architecture. Our research base also means that we are frequently asked to develop concepts for clients worldwide. For us design is based on several factors: human experience, social behaviors, global, economic and political issues, physical and mental interaction, form, vision, and a rigorous understanding and desire for contemporary culture. Manufacturing is based on another collective group of criteria: capital investment, market share, production ease, dissemination, growth, distribution, maintenance, service, performance, quality, ecological issues and sustainability. The combination of these factors shape our objects, inform our forms, our physical space, visual culture and our contemporary human experience. These quantitative constructs shape business, identity, brand and value. This is what we are doing. Something that is poetry of manufacturing and life; Design. Our commitment to tackling the challenges of today's living and working requirements means we constantly experiment with new ideas, materials and technologies, and encourages us to look beyond conventional forms and find new ways to support today's behaviour. More info: www.suppanen.com / www.lynfabrikken.dk

The Rumpus Room // Tomas Roope

Sun, 16 May 2010 21:32:07 +0200

They always aim to create work that maximizes the synergy between stories, personalized experiences and community participation. The Rumpus Room develops interactive communications. They produce non-linear work that fits comfortably across platform & across media. Their aim to create work that resonates between content, context and audience/communities. The Rumpus Room look at every project from a media neutral perspective, therefore they can create websites, mobile applications, interactive films, installations, events, digital branding, social media activation - whatever suits. They also forge collaborations whenever appropriate, whether they be film makers, creatives, designers, architects, photographers, musicians or artists, they bring in the right talent to realise our vision. Where possible The Rumpus Room works closely with their sister company The Sweet Shop with the aim to build the best of both worlds, combining the emotional communication of film craft with the inclusive and responsive possibilities of interactive/networked platforms. The Rumpus Room team have a number of international awards between them including D&ADs, a Gold Cyber Lion at Cannes and recognition at the One Show in New York.

Airside

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:23:30 +0200

Over the last 11 years, Airside has built a solid reputation in the design and advertising world, and is in the unique position of being a truly multidisciplinary agency, undertaking work in all media from graphics and illustration to digital and interactive, as well as moving image. Airside has a very strong environmental and sustainability ethos – the company was awarded a Green Mark for its internal practices and we are partners in Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest, an organisation devoted to promoting sustainability in the design community. Airside likes to tell stories, and in order to do this have created a lot of work that is very illustrative. Airside understand the need to connect with people emotionally and have fun finding ways to do this. Alex Maclean – Founding Director / Creative Director Alex trained and worked in commercial interior design before going on to study Architecture and Interior Design at the Royal College of Art. His work on the MA led to a research fellowship, where he worked on developing ‘Information Environments’. Alex then began work in the emerging world of the internet and after freelancing on a number of computer modelling and internet projects, he started Airside with Nat and Fred in 1998. Alex is creative director at Airside, running moving image projects. He will follow a project from the initial creative meeting to final delivery, coordinating the design team and liaising with Airside’s project managers, keeping creative control of the project. Anne Brassier – New Business Anne has been at Airside since 2001 and handles all new business matters. From meeting clients to receive the brief and talk about projects, through to handling press and marketing once a project is completed, Anne is the client’s point of contact before and after a project is undertaken by Airside. Anne is also mother to the Stitches – woolly creatures adopted to new homes via Airside’s online shop www.airsideshop.com She originally studied Computer Programming, particularly enjoying machine code. And now has a secondary career as a photographer specialising in weddings and performance photography (dance, theatre, film stills). www.airside.co.uk

2012 architecten

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:58:46 +0100

Jan Jongert, 2012Architecten, presents the Dutch firm’s pioneering work in re-use, research and adaptation. Their architecture has featured Audi 100 windscreens turned into a shoe-shop’s shelving, and mountains of washing machines recombined to produce a futuristic mobile studio. 2012Architecten consider ‘reuse’ to be an integral design strategy. 2012Architecten is a Rotterdam based architecture office that utilises the contextual potential for design. This specific potential is inherent in the existing environment, energy resources or various waste materials. By taking the existing characteristics of the waste material into account in the early stages of the design, innovative applications and surprising forms are created. The design process is not seen as linear but rather as one phase in a continuous cycle of creation and re-creation. In this lecture 2012Architects explain how they manage to find the "waste" materials using the harvest-map and how they intergrate their findings in the designs. Also inspiring projects will be shown. Duchi, the shoe-shop in the Hague made with reclaimed carglass windows and leftovers from a window frame factory. The Miele Space Station, the experiment with white-goods which ended up in Espressobar Sterk, the playground Wikado made out of windmillwings. And of course our latest realized project: Villa Welpeloo, the first example of a full-scale house made for 75% out of reclaimed materials.

Andreas Halsteen Lemche udstiller i BOX

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:41:00 +0100

Andreas stiller spørgsmålstegn ved hvorvidt Århus egentlig er en rimelig kandidat som europæisk kulturby, og med udstillingen ønsker han at sætte lidt gang i debatten. ÅRHUS SOM EUROPÆISK KULTURBY 2017? BOX intermezzo, 8.januar 2010 - 28.februar 2010. Det er efterhånden en kendt sag at Århus ansøger om at blive Europæisk Kulturby 2017. I den forbindelse er der sat en lang række initiativer og kortlægningsprocesser igang, et arbejde der skal resulterede med at Århus står stærkt placeret som potentiel kandidat til værtsskabet. Men er Århus egentlig en potentiel kandidat? Hvordan ser det ud med kulturlivet i Århus? Er det i fremgang eller tilbagegang? Nogen stiller spørgsmålet om hvorvidt Århus egentlig afvikler kulturen fremfor at udvikle kulturen? For at skabe lidt liv i kulturdebatten har Andreas Halsteen Lemche, kendt som manden bag kultursiden eventuelt.org, festkollektivet LOCO og den elektroniske klub Swingerklubben, skabt en række værker som sætter spørgsmålstegn ved ambitionerne om at blive Europæisk Kulturby.

Garudio Studiage exhibits at LYNfabrikkens BOX

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:09:41 +0100

From their base in Peckham the creative collective with the strange name, pushes the boundaries of London’s creative scene, as they combine design, art and fashion in funny and ironic ways. The four members Chris Ratcliffe, Laura Cave, Anna Walsh and Hannah Havana are individually specialized in graphic design, painting and jewellery, and have experimented with design in many forms and shapes. But the philosophy of Garudio Studiage is all about collaborating and mixing disciplines, så together their mad minds and skilled hands create props, products, sets and displays for wonderfully bizarre events and exhibitions. We can’t wait to see, what they will create, and we are sure, that it will be something out of the ordinary! Come and join us, as we open the exhibition on Friday, Dec. 4th at 4pm, and say thank you for a great 2009! Learn more at: www.garudiostudiage.com

Jerszy Seymour

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:46:25 +0100

Having been born in Berlin and now working and living here again, Jerszy Seymour's Polish parents were ballet dancers so it might not be too difficult to get the balance right for him. The balance between being a contemporary and much sought after designer creating objects for established brands and institutions on the one hand, he is also a free-minded character who has spent years travelling the world working as a DJ, and does a lot of work that could easily be defined as art. He is surely a designer with a strong theoretical basis who in case of doubt always opts for the more challenging alternative. We met Jerszy in Berlin for an interview and he talks about current projects and eternal visions. Quotes from Jerszy Seymour:"What is interesting is not what is design and what is art, but what is the space between" "The feeling is very much, that we arrived at the late capitalism, which is offering satisfaction through a fetich desire off objects, so the design from its kind of grand modernist ideas of good products for the people, has come to an end, everybody can have what they want, and they can possible have as much off it as they want (...) so the new way is to say, ok design is about much more, its about how we affect living in our world and how that can be a part of life, but that doesnt mean it has to be about buying objects." More info: www.jerszyseymour.com

Mie Nygaard Thomsen

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:21 +0100

Mie Nygaard Thomsen exhibits at BOX Designer Mie Nygaard Thomsen has created a series of extraordinary, beautiful and sculpturel lamps, that will light up BOX and the street this November. Mie Nygaard Thomsen is a newly graduated texile designer from Kolding Designskole, but this November she will bring a new atmosphere to LYNfabrikken's BOX using lamps. Mie explains: "I'm professionally based in texile, but to me it's all about material and suface; tactility in a very wide sense. I see the field of textile spread out into all sorts of subjectreferences and all doors are open!" She is inspired by the idea that all artificial lighting is created as an effort to replace the only real source of light, day light, and conscious that day light effects the human state of mind.

Julien Valee

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:08:28 +0100

The striking creations of Canadian-born graphic designer Julien Vallée incorporate splendid handcraft and digital technology. For the cover art of Gestalten’s new book Tangible: High Tough Visuals, Vallée uses his multidisciplinary graphic-inspired approach and stages his design spatially by crafting three-dimensional objects and lettering. The result – a stunning almost palpable cover! Not limiting himself to print, he uses the stylistic means of graphic design to create art installations, motion graphics, animations and video designs. His playful graphics has gained him commissions and props from clients such as New York Times Magazine, MTV and Swatch to musicians like Kanye West. We met Julien, who’s recently moved to Berlin, while he was preparing his installation for his group exhibition here in the city. A Gestalten favourite, his work is also featured in a number of our books; Tactile, Fully Booked and Lemon Poppy Seed. More info: www.jvallee.com

LYNfabrikken exhibits at ARoS

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:40:05 +0100

ARoS, Århus' Museum of Modern Art will set the scene, as LYNfabrikken shows an exhibition in the museum's beautiful foyer this fall. And since we've been in love with Austrian design for many years, we looked to this small country beyond the Alpes for fantastic things to exhibit. Here we came upon the very unique design exhibition "Fresh Air", which is curated by PureAustrianDesign, and previously has been shown at among others Tokio, Hong Kong and Milan. The exhibition shows both graphic design as typography, illustrations and much more, and product design represented by innovative reinterpretations of the design icon: the chair. The very special thing about this exhibitions isn't just, that it shows works by some of the most exciting Austrian designers, but also the way in which it does so. Every piece of design is installed in a 2 meters high, inflateable bubble of PVC, and is to be experienced wearing 3D-glasses.

rAndom international

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:38:52 +0100

Working at the intersection of science, design and art, Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch are not just interested in designing unique design products, but inventing and creating interactive, experiential installations by marrying high-end digital and analog worlds. The trio founded their collective rAndom International in 2002, after receiving their Masters from the Royal College of Art. They have managed an impressive list of projects from PixelRoller, a paint roller that prints digital information in pixels to their recent AUDIENCE installation at the Royal Opera House in London, where they positioned digitally guided mirrors that engaged and followed the movements of the visitors. Experimentation and meticulous research are essential for rAndom International who has already won numerous awards and gained commissions by a diverse range clients and artists such as Philips Design, the BBC, MetaDesign, Studio von Klier, Olafur Eliasson, PearsonLloyd and Audi Design. Gestalten paid them a visit in their studio in London’s East End. More info: www.random-international.com

Christin Johansson exhibits in LYNfabrikken's BOX

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:36:56 +0100

where she challenges the traditional and her clinical but beautiful sculptures, vases etc. are inspired by hospital- and industrial environments. Christin is behind the window-gallery "Windom 107" on Istedgade in Copenhagen, but this October she will move in to LYNfabrikken's very own window-gallery BOX. Here she will install the exhibition "Sanitation with Identity", showing an alternative and thoughtprovokeing reinterpretation of objects and surroundings, that rarely get any attention.

Sunit Parekh-Gaihede

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:34 +0100

Sunit Parekh-Gaihede. Animator, and technical director on movies like Matrix:Reloaded, Hellboy, Darkness Falls, and also digitalartist, visual effects artists on Scooby Doo 2, Blade:Trinity, Island of Lost Souls.

AvantGarden exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:28:28 +0200

Theresa Himmer exhibit in LYNfabrikkens BOX

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:26:48 +0200

Theresa Himmer, danish architect and artist, have made an installation called SCENE ONE, THE FOREST (EXTERIOR) that we present the next month at our exhibitionplace BOX.

Marije Vogelsang

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:43:24 +0200

Marije Vogelzang (www.proefamsterdam.nl) Dutch eating designer, graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven, and now the owner of the designcompany Proof. Marije is a pioneer on eating design, and has for the last 1o years made the most fantastic projects. This talk was Marijes first talk in Denmark. For more info about LYNtalks, visit www.lynfabrikken.dk

karlssonwilker

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:01 +0200

karlssonwilker is a graphic design company based on manhatten/new york. Founded by jan wilker from germany and hjalti karlsson from island, after meeting each other at the studio of Stefan Sagmeister.

Kwangho Lee at LYNfabrikkens BOX

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:08:42 +0200

United Visual Artists. United Visual Artists. United Visual Artists. United Visual Artists

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:02:37 +0200

Specializing in interactive installations and captivating graphics make London collective visuels / music videos / installations etc. for different customers as U2, Massive Attack, Prada, Mtv, Oma, Warp Films.

Kenn Munk the see at LYNfabrikken BOX

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:53:28 +0200

More info: www.kennmunk.com

David OReilly

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:55:14 +0200

Irish-born David Oreilly is despite his young age (23 years), already a known name in animation. He later won the Gold Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his short film Please Say Something.

Ravi Naidoo

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:15:19 +0100

Lecture at LYNfabrikken Aarhus Denmark. Ravi Naidoo is the founder and Managing Director of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based marketing and media company. He is an MBA graduate of UCT and has focused on media and marketing subsequent to a detour from an academic career. Ravi founded the International Design Indaba in 1995. www.interactive.africa.com

Freitag Brothers

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:23:43 +0200

Daniel and Markus Freitag celebrates their 15.anniversary with a first-time-in-scandinavia lecture. Hear about their products, their holistic-design-theory and how a great brand has been developed.

Rune Tolsgaard (Angora) & Michael Noer. Rune Tolsgaard og Michael Noer. Rune Tolsgaard og Michael Noer

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:09:00 +0200

Med afsæt i Michael Noers dokumentarfilm - Bøjet i Neon - taler Rune Angora og Michael Noer åbenhjertigt om kreative processer og fordele og ulemper ved kreativt samarbejde.

designboost

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:31:00 +0200

Designboost is a knowledge company that helps companies and organisations to learn more about design in general and sustainable design in particular and how to use it as a competitive weapon and turn it into a business advantage.

Center for kreativitet

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:06:19 +0100

Thea Mikkelsen på LYNfabrikken

Adobe air tour with Mike Chamber

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:57:35 +0100

komplot design

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:50:06 +0200

Komplot Design drives og ejes af Poul Christiansen og Boris Berlin. Firmaet blev etableret i 1987. Komplot Design arbejder indenfor industriel-, møbel- og grafiskdesign.

Linkup live på LYNfabrikken

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:31:34 +0200

2 timers debat om politikkens indflydelse på uge arkitekters vilkår. oplægsholdere: Rikke Krogh, Marten de Jong, Kolja Nilsen. til slut debat i panelet og med publikum.

Wulffmorgenthaler - Copenhagen Bombay

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:00:00 +0200

Foredrag med Michael Wulff & Sarita Christensen

Rolf Hay foredrag på LYNfabrikken

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:00:00 +0200

Rolf Hay stiftede i 2003 selskabet Hay for med egne ord at "encourage Danish furniture design's return to the innovative greatness of the 1950's and 1960's but in a contemporary context".

Interview with Fidel from walking Chair

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0100

The designcompany Walking Chair from Vienna, Austria. We was introduced to the two founders Karl and Fidel when we visited Vienna for LYNfabrikkens first showcase at das möbel in may 2006, and got really inspired by both there products and there designphilosophy. Therefor we invited them to LYNfabrikken, Aarhus, and 1st of March, Fidel Peugeot enterede the scene wearing a chefs costume. We hope that you will enjoy the lecture/interview as much as we did/do.

Lecture with Fidel from walking chair - Vienna

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:00:00 +0100