NEIGHBOURS
‘Neighbours’ investigates the nocturnal hidden world of wildlife in architectural environments.
This project seeks to connect graphic design and architecture by providing a perspective on the natural world that often goes unnoticed.
The design explores how our built environment can coexist harmoniously with the natural world, highlighting the balance of ecosystems that are vital for our future society.
Mette Salomonsen is a graphic designer based in Copenhagen. She works in both big-picture thinking for eco-campaigns and detailed work for art catalogs, providing creative solutions from magazine and book design to larger design concepts. Her form-giving explorations expand into the use of natural materials, including clay, natural fibers, indigo dye, and wool.
CV Mette Salomonsen
EDUCATION
The Graphic Arts College Graphic designer, graphic designer, graduated 1992
University of Copenhagen Studied 4 years in film and media studies
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Courses in Visual Communication in photo and video
DJE Newspaper design course with Koos Staal, Paris
DJE/UPDATE Journalistic craftsmanship, part 1
Research The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent and Sunday Times in London: study of Sunday magazines
RESEARCH
Japan, Indigo workshop Buaisou 2023
MagCulture Live London , magazine conference
Japan, own project: ‘From plant to sheet’. Workshops in Washi paper, indigo and Shibori.
Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and the Danish National Bank’s Anniversary Fund 2019
Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka), study trip supported by the Sasakawa Foundation
OFFF Barcelona, conference supported by the Danish Arts Foundation
Ars Electronica, conferences, Linz, Austria
COURSES
Nordic Master Class in Organic Japanese Indigo by Buaisou, Statens Værksteder, 2019
Ceramics courses: Uzumako Ceramic Art School, Tokyo, Japan. Yonobi, Copenhagen
Weaving course: A. Petersen
Drawing course: Neel Dich Abrahamsen
Photogravure: Stig Stasig
GRANTS / AWARDS
The Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee for Crafts and Design, the pool “Urgent support for communication, branding and digital dissemination of crafts and design” for “Homepage”. 2020
The Danish Arts Foundation’s Grant Committee for Crafts and Design: Work Grant 2020
The Danish National Bank’s Anniversary Fund: Travel Grant 2019
The Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee for Crafts and Design: Workshops in Washi paper making and indigo dyeing
Sasakawa Foundation, study trip 2019
The Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee for Crafts and Design, OFFF conference, Barcelona
Anders Bording’s Media Prize. Nominated in 2013 and 2014. Award recipient in 2015 for FOLK & KIRKE
Association for Book Crafts: Book of the Year 2014: COSMO, Book of the Year 2012: BOG NO 1
REVIEW
Interview in BRAIN Japanese magazine for the advertising industry
