Stine Mikkelsen is part of a new generation of designers, who work in the field between craft and design, innovation and tradition. Her designs are developed with focus on new ways of understanding and utilizing both materials and design processes. In that way she bridges the gap between several technical disciplines and genres with new typologies as result.
Education
2015 – 2017
MA Textiles
Kolding School of Design, Denmark
2014 – 2015
1st year, MA Contextual Design
Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013 – 2014
1st year, MA Knitted Textiles
Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010 – 2013
BA Textile Design
Kolding School of Design, Denmark
Awards & Grants
Awards
Finn Juhl Prisen 2023 (Winner)
Real Danish Design Award 2020 (Nominated)
Formex Nova 2020, Nordic Design Award (Nominated)
Bo Bedre Design Award, Årets Talent 2019(Winner)
Ein-und-zwanzig 2018 (Winner)
Grants
Danish Arts Foundation (Project grant)
Danish Arts Foundation (Working grant)
Danish Arts Foundation (Den Unge Kunstneriske Elite)
Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond
Gudrun og Erik Kauffeldts Fond
Knud Højgaards Fond
Oticon Fonden
Tage Vanggaard og Hustrus Fond
Lectures & Talks
2024
Guest teaching – Material experiments and manipulations
Learning various ways of manipulating both natural and synthetic textile fibers. Choosing a single method to develop and put it into a context of either body or space.
Den Skandinaviske Designhøjskole, Randers
2023
Guest teaching – Experimental product design
Learning how to develop a set of book ends in paper mache, based on abstract form experiments in various materials
Design course at Talentskolen, Næstved
2020
Guest teaching – Experimental product design
Learning how to develop experimental product design through abstract form experiments in various materials
Design course at Talentskolen, Næstved
2018
LESS : Designing to reduce
Panel debate with Caroline Till, Christien Meindertsma and Amber Jae Slooten
Dutch Invertuals, Dutch Design Week, NL
Design som materiale for udvikling
Panel debate with Pil Bredahl, Claus Mølgaard, Rasmus Bækkel Fex and Jens Dan
RE_FORM Design Biennale, Munkeruphus, DK
2017
Lecture in Design Methodology
Learning how to use theoretical knowledge in your design
Kolding School of Design
Coming exhibitions
2025
1st Feb. – 4th May
Generation WHY, Rian Designmuseum
Skepparesträtet 2, 311 74 Falkenberg, SE
18th – 20th June
3daysofdesign, Copenhagen, DK
Exhibitions
2024
The Mindcraft Project
3 days of design, NoDe, Copenhagen, DK
Generation WHY, Rundetårn, DK
2023
Generation WHY, Risør Kunstpark, NO
2022
It’s our f***ing backyard, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2021
Nuit Noire, Chapelle XIV, Paris, FR
Open & Closed, The Future Perfect, New York, US
The Mindcraft Project, Digital Exhibition
2020
London Design Fair, Adorno, Virtual Exhibition
Real Danish Design Awards, Copenhagen DK
3 days of design, Den Frie, Copenhagen, DK
Re/discover by Jotun, Copenhagen, DK
NOVA Award, Formex, Stockholms mässan, SE
Mexico and the Nordics, Adorno, Copenhagen, DK
2019
Crossovers, Adorno, London Design Fair, UK
Collectible Design Fair, Brussels, BE
Now Nordic, Adorno, Copenhagen, DK
The Art of Sitting, TOOLSGALERIE, Paris, FR
2018
SE2018, Thorvaldsens Museum, DK
Dutch Design Week, Dutch Invertuals, NL
London Design Festival, Mint Shop, London, UK
Paris Design Week, 1000 Vases, Paris, FR
Reform Design Biennale, Munkeruphus, DK
More Than Design, Øksnehallen, DK
PEJ Gruppen, Herning, DK
Milan Design Week, FuturDome, Milan, IT
Milan Design Week, Via Tortona 31, Milan, IT
2017
Dutch Design Week, Solo Exhibition, NL
Beyond Icons, Kolding, DK
2015
Kazerne, Eindhoven, NL
2014
SpinExpo, Shanghai, CH
SpinExpo, New York, USA
RCA Work in Progress Show, London, UK
2012
Skagen Odde Nature Centre, DK
Kolding School of Design, DK
2011
KNUST University, Kumasi, GH
Republic of Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, DK
Danish Design Week, Copenhagen, DK