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Book Editor: Lars Lundbye Graphic Design: Åse Eg Translation into English: Louise Cone Photos: Statens Museum for Kunst-photo front and back cover, page 12, 14, 52, 53, 64-74, Ole Grøndahl Hansen page 5, 8, 9, Yvonne Shashoua page 37, 38 Printing: Narayana Press Binding: Förlagshuset Nordens Grafiska AB Print on plastic: Papyro-Tex A/S
4 Plastic
Roland Barthes
6 The Paradox Of Plastics
Ole Grøndahl Hansen
Cover: Søren Dahlgaard and Lars Lundbye
11 Conservation and Innovation
© 2013 all contributors and Statens Museum for Kunst, Plastic taken from Mythologies by Roland Barthes, published by Vintage Books, 1957. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited
Jørgen Wadum and Lars Lundbye
16 A Trojan Horse
ISBN 978-87-92023-23-0
Jakob Fibiger Andreasen interviews Claus Carstensen
PRIMI Conceptual Design of PRIMI: Lars Lundbye & Louise Cone Core members Bjørn Poulsen, Artist Bodil Jerichau, Textile Designer Claus Carstensen, Artist Christian Flindt, Industrial designer Jørgen Wadum, Keeper of Conservation and Director of CATS, Statens Museum for Kunst Karen-Marie Andersen, R&D manager, Papyro-Tex A/S Lars Lundbye, Innovation consultant, Blå Himmel Louise Cone, Art Conservator, Statens Museum for Kunst Ole Grøndahl Hansen, General Manager, PVC Information Council Denmark Søren Dahlgaard, Artist Søren Hvilsted, Professor, DTU – Technical University of Denmark, Danish Polymer Center Yvonne Shashoua, Senior Research Scientist, National Museum of Denmark Partners Statens Museum for Kunst National Museum of Denmark PVC Information Council Denmark Plastics Europe Papyro-Tex A/S Technical University of Denmark Sponsor Center for Cultural and Experience Economy (CKO) Papyro-Tex A/S
Thanks to the partner companies and organizations for providing creative and logistical support throughout the project. Also thanks to SolVin–Solvay Plastics, Plasticarium, X-treme Creations, INEOS, Roskilde Festival The Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation (CATS), was made possible by a substantial donation by the Villum Foundation and the Velux Foundation, and is a collaborative venture between Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), the National Museum of Denmark and the School of Conservation at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation.
18-29 Christian Flindt and Bodil Jerichau: Two Design Projects Explained
30 Tracking Plastic
Carsten Thau speaking with Claus Carstensen
34 Making and Breaking Plastics
Yvonne Shashoua
40 Extreme User Innovation
Lars Lundbye
42-45 / 48-51 Claus Carstensen: Membran, 2012
52 Breathing Plastic
Louise Cone
54-57 / 60-63 Bjørn Poulsen: Longing for Space Travel
75 Who’s Who