What
Global Summer StudiesWhere
When
Summer 2019
Course Dates: Jun 11, 2019 — Jul 2, 2019
This course located in the heart of Copenhagen is a three week immersion in the world of New Nordic design with a focus on Denmark. Denmark is at the forefront of design and sustainability.
Course Dates: Jun 11, 2019 — Jul 2, 2019
Includes tuition, accommodation, field trips, bicycle, group dinners + some meals, museum entrances, health and travel insurance.
This course located in the heart of Copenhagen is a three week immersion in the world of New Nordic design with a focus on Denmark. Denmark is at the forefront of design and sustainability. Through this course, students will explore the historical and current influences that helped create a culture of integrating design and sustainability into daily life.
Class time includes seminars and workshops with prominent Scandinavian designers. There will be multiple design projects and field trips to manufacturers - PP Møbler, Fritz Hansen and Ilomio - in addition to design studio visits to Hay, Normann and others. We will also visit IKEA’s headquarters in Sweden where we meet the in-house design team and see the IKEA shops and facilities.
Though the focus will be on furniture, there will be discussions and field trips that explore the influence of Danish design upon architecture, city planning, lighting, ceramics and textiles. Local explorations include recent architectural works and city sites such as Bjarke Ingles + BIG, Henning Larsen, Lungaard & Tranberg and more. Additional cultural visits include the Danish Design Museum, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and historical sites.
GSS19 Denmark: Design Seminar and Workshop; Group with Mountain Dwellings Building
GSS19 Denmark: Design Seminar and Workshop; Critique on group house project; Photo: Ayumi Trubschneck 20 MFA FD
Group House Project; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Design Museum Denmark; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Muuto Design Showroom Visit; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Muuto Design Showroom Visit; Photo: Isa Li 21 ID
Ferry from Sweden; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
GSS19 Denmark: Design Seminar and Workshop | Open Air Museum; Photo: Ayumi Trubschneck 20 MFA FD
Biking in Superkilen; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Strand Hvass Studio Visit; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Strand Hvass Studio Visit; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Final Lighting Project; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Fritz Hansen Chair Process; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Fritz Hansen Studio Visit; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Group with architect Bjarke Ingels, BIG
Embrodiery by Nidhi Nimodia, MITID Bachelors of Design
Cooking with folk highschool Suhrs Hojskole; Photo: Julian O Donnell 22 ID
Hans Wegner Studio Visit; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
Louis Poulsen Lamps; Photo: Kelsey Roebelen 21 TX
My trip with RISD Global to Copenhagen, Denmark provided me with an entirely new understanding of sustainability in design. This knowledge renewed my hopes and ambitions of designing for a cleaner, more efficient world in which nothing is wasted.
Julian O’Donnell (ID 22) GSS19 DENMARK: Design Seminar + Workshop
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