One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure
Author: Monica Quevedo What happens when you put together waste materials, circular thinking, designers and a self-organized team? On May, Materiale Centralen had the wonderful opportunity to work closely with the TEDx design, pre-stage and LAB teams. We had a couple of exciting weeks of cooperation by providing sustainable consultancy, exclusive and unlimited access to …
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Tomorrow, 17th of June 9:30-15:00 Author: Pierce Morton Kicking off, 9:30 tomorrow at Lundehustorvet v. Strødamvej, Kbh Ø, there will be a collective sprouting of the green mind set as CirkuLær host a pop up event, that is sure to get you thinking about the environment and all things circular. Eva Wendelboe Kuczynski and Line …
Author: Nicolas Guilbert https://www.joindiaspora.com/posts/9443134 Original post: http://blog.ecolefrancodanoise.dk/hacking-a-ton Within the hacker communities, a so-called hackathon (the contraction of hacking and marathon) is a well-known concept which consists of meeting up and getting some intensive programming done, typically during a day or so. The hackaton or hackatonne (/hæk.ə.tʌn/) however is a less known concept (to be fair, actually a completely unknown concept at …
The creations of life are plenty at Thomas Dambo’s workshop. Author: Pierce Morton Photos: Federica Piazza In Copenhagen, lies a large complex of Nordhavnen warehouses, and within this complex lies a powerful piece of Denmark’s creative overflow. More and more creativity is arising from within the people of Denmark, and Thomas Dambo has shown us …
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An X Change of Ideas Author: Pierce Morton Photos: Monica Del Basso Last weekend Materiale Centralen contributed to the ‘Design X Change’, held at the Design Museum Danmark in the sunshine of the outdoor courtyards. The weekend long program consisted of varying workshops from varying industries involved with design, such as the Fablab centre and …
Photogenic food ready for the taking: Tomorrow May 12th Author: Pierce Morton The astounding photography of Federica Piazza will be at your full disposal this Friday the 12th of May, as she runs you through some techniques and methods behind the most impressive forms of food photography. Beginning at 14:00, the workshop will move through …
Materiale Centralen and Emergency Architecture & Human Rights: The beginning of a beautiful friendship. Author: Pierce Morton Our partnership with Emergency Architecture & Human Rights (EAHR), so far, has involved various exciting and important projects. And currently, we are embarking together on a new project in Sydhavn. We are also collaborating with them on their …
Yesterday was International Mother Earth Day and what better day to celebrate new life and sustainability. Author: Pierce Morton The Mord Jords Dag Festival was held yesterday at Verdens Kultur Centret in Copenhagen, and Materiale Centralen was among those who attended and contributed to the overall success of the day. Materiale Centralen provided materials for …
Author: Monica del Basso Sustainability is part of our daily agenda and we love to share actions that reduce our carbon footprint. It's very nice to have our identity info material printed to make people know about our activities during events and get in touch with Materiale Centralen but it's not really sustainable at the same …
Reinvigorating the body and other old materials. Author: Pierce Morton This Sunday, April 23rd, Materiale Centralen is collaborating with Cesar Rodriguez, in hosting an Ayurveda Massage Workshop. The idea arose from the opportunity to provide an activity where people could come and visit our headquarters and simultaneously enjoy a revitalizing afternoon (from 15:00-19:00). Materiale Centralen’s hopes …
