INDEX: in Copenhagen
2005.09.14
If you’re planning to visit Copenhagen in the next few weeks, or if you live in or close to the danish capital, maybe you should have a look at the upcoming world event for design in innovation, INDEX:. It takes place every four years in Copenhagen and will be officially launched September 23rd. This exhibition is more than an exhibition, since it features:
INDEX: is also an international network of designers, cooperations, organisations and design institutions that collaborate in disseminating and applying the latest knowledge within the field of design embraced by the INDEX: event.
INDEX: only features the kind of design that considerably improves life for large numbers of people. They call it “Design to Improve Life”. For instance: the designer Michael Rakowitz has designed a temporary shelter for the homeless in the form of an inflatable plastic igloo that utilizes surplus heat from the city’s air ventilation shafts to inflate the shelter and keep it warm… The awesomely designed Ice Hotel, located just outside Kiruna in Sweden, is erected every year when winter sets in and has succeeded in securing enough exciting workplaces in the region to discourage young people from migrating to bigger cities…
Visit INDEX: website
