Danmarks Designskole
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| Established | 1875 |
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| Dean | Anne-Louise Sommer |
| Students | 650 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Holmen |
| Website | http://www.dkds.dk |
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as The Danish Design School (Danish: Danmarks Designskole. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a five-year design education consisting of a three-year Bachelor programme and a two-year Master in design as well as conducting research within the fields of arts, crafts and design.
History
The Danish Design School traces its roots back to the foundation of the Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen in 1875. Upon a merger in 1930, the school changed its name to Kunsthåndværkerskolen (English: The School of Arts and Crafts) and after several further mergers with other schools it received its current name in 1991[1] and moved into the former main building of the Finsen Institute at Strandboulevarden.
In 2011 the school was merged with the School of Architecture and the School of Conservation, both part of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and officially changed its name to The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design. Due to this merge the Design School also moved to a new campus on Holmen in Copenhagen.
Location
In 2011 the The Danish Design School moved from its old campus at the Finsens Institute in Østerbro to Philip de Langes Allé on Holmen in central Copenhagen, where it was intergrated in the creative campus there, alongside educational instituations such as the Danish Film School and the School of Architecture.
Education
The educational programme spans 5 years, divided into a 3-year bachelor programme and a 2-year master programme. Specializations currently on offer include fashion design, digital interaction, industrial design, ceramics and glass design, furniture and spatial design, production design, textile design, and visual communication [1]. The school carries out both basic as well as practice based and applied research, and is a member of the Danish national Center for Design Research [2].
In 2010 the school merged with the Glass and Ceramic School on The Island of Bornholm, and is now offering a three-year programme in ceramic and glass.
The school traces its roots to the late 19th Century. In 1990 various institutions, the oldest founded in 1875 (The School of Drawing and Art Industry) and others from the 1930s (The School of Interior Design and The School of Arts and Crafts), were merged under the new name of Danmarks Designskole. It has since changed from being an independent institution to functioning under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture [3]. Danmarks Designskole is one of two Danish design schools organized under the ministry of Culture, the other being Designskolen Kolding in Kolding. A majority of professional Danish designers have graduated from one of these two schools.
In 2007 - 2009, it hosted the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, a postgraduate school and consultancy which focuses on the area of Interaction Design.
Alumni
- Poul Kjærholm
- Ole Wanscher
- Børge Mogensen
- Hans Wegner
- Nanna Ditzel
- Jacob Jensen
- Kasper Salto
- Louise Campbell
- Cecilie Manz
- Jonas Hecksher
- Baum und Pferdgarten
- Mads Kjøller Damkjær
External links
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References
- ^ "Om Danmarks Designskole". Danmarks Designskole. Retrieved 2009-10-14. [dead link]
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