Strong designer duo to be the new curators for Danish Crafts' MINDCRAFT13 exhibition in Milan
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Danish Crafts has appointed Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard as curators for Danish Crafts’ upcoming exhibition in Milan. The exhibition is titled MINDCRAFT13 and will be presented at the major design event Fuori Salone this spring on 9-14 April 2013. MINDCRAFT13 is Danish Crafts’ sixth promotion campaign in Milan.
With the designer duo of Salto and Sigsgaard, Danish Crafts has put a strong new team in charge of selecting the participants for the sixth MINDCRAFT exhibition in Milan. MINDCRAFT combines the words MIND and CRAFT in reflection of the fact that the exhibited works represent both exquisite craftsmanship and a philosophical aspect in the form of a message or an opinion.
Salto & Sigsgaard are experienced MINDCRAFT participants with highly successful representations in two of Danish Crafts’ previous MINDCRAFT exhibitions. They know what it means to work with a manufacturer and get a product ready for launch. They took part in MINDCRAFT09 with the pendant lamp Wet Bell and in MINDCRAFT10 with the wall-mounted lamp Yellow Fin. Wet Bell is now in production by the Italian lamp manufacturer Nemo, owned by one of Italy’s leading furniture manufacturers, Cassina. Nemo Cassina spotted the lamp’s potential when the prototype was presented at the MINDCRAFT exhibition in 2009.
– "In MINDCRAFT13 we want to focus on the thoughts and influences that led to the works", say Salto and Sigsgaard. "We want to shed light on the process and convey the interesting stories behind the works. Giving the visitors insight into the creative process can be inspiring and make the exhibition a much greater experience".
In connection with all six MINDCRAFT exhibitions, Danish Crafts has worked with external curators. In previous years, the curators were, respectively, architect Karen Kjærgaard and designer Cecilie Manz.
Winners of prestigious competition on new furniture for the UN building in New York
In June 2011, Salto & Sigsgaard won the competition to design new furniture for the remodelling of the Trusteeship Council Chamber in the UN building in New York. The chamber was originally decorated by the Danish architect Finn Juhl and is currently undergoing extensive renovation. Salto & Sigsgaard designed a new secretariat chair, a secretariat table and a delegate table for the chamber, which reopens in 2013.
Kasper Salto (b. 1967) is a trained cabinetmaker and graduated as a designer from The Danish Design School in 1994. Kasper Salto is known in part for his many furniture designs for Fritz Hansen – including the chairs Ice and NAP. Thomas Sigsgaard (b. 1966) graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in 1995. He has worked for PLH Arkitekter and Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter and has also had his own architectural firm.
For additional information, please contact Dorthe Rud Michaelsen, press manager for Danish Crafts, michaelsen@danishcrafts.dk/ tel. +45 4171 2043, or Salto&Sigsgaard, salto@sigsgaard.com
Danish Crafts is a national information centre that aims to highlight, promote and increase turnover for Danish craft and design in Denmark and abroad. Danish Crafts is an institution under the Danish Ministry of Culture.
