
Each year Denmark’s quirkily named Agency for Culture and Palaces and the Danish Arts Foundation sponsor a showcase of Danish craftsmanship during Salone del Mobile in Milan. Called Mindcraft, it brings together both well-established and emerging talents across a wide field of crafts, from product design to textiles and from fashion to sound installation.
For the second year running, Mindcraft has been curated by the Danish-Italian design duo Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi of GamFratesi, who have an enviable track record for creating commercially successful but aesthetically uncompromising products. They have also designed a strikingly theatrical backdrop to the exhibition space of the Circolo Filologico Milanese, with many of the exhibits placed on revolving plinths. This year’s show – which is subtitled ‘In My Mind Craft’ – is typically diverse, and Wallpaper* was treated to some of the highlights recently in Copenhagen.
Pictured: ’Heavy Stack (Extrude)’, by Maria Bruun & Anne Dorthe Vester. Photography: Tuala Hjarno