PRESS: HENRIK VIBSKOV AT MINDCRAFT, MILAN 2015

A Milanese cloister has been covered with mirrors to form an exhibition of Danish design.

Winner of Milano Design Award – Special Mention
“For the extraordinary visual impact, generated from an essential but courageous project, that creates a dialogue in harmony with the unique and suggestive context. The project also underlines effectively the delicate relation between craft and industry.”

MINDCRAFT15 was exhibited 14 – 19 April 2015 at Chiostro Minore di San Simpliciano, via dei Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3, 20121 Milano

Exhibition design and curation by GamFratesi.

Umspiral by Henrik Vibskov
Fashion designer Henrik Vibskov was asked to make an umbrella for the show. Although his object has a similar shape to an umbrella, and is made from the same materials, its canopy has been deconstructed to form a red and white spiral that references the double helix of a strand of DNA.

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A COFFEE WITH HENRIK VIBSKOV ON 12HRS.NET

Henrik Vibskov, fashion designer from Copenhagen and prolific artist, has just opened Den Plettede Gris ('The Spotted Pig') in his hometown. The small café looks exactly like his beloved designs, with lots of colors, lines at weird angles and elaborate wood constructions on the walls. The menu is straightforward. Den Plettede Gris serves just coffee, soda, wine and beer, and the only available food item on the menu is ice cream. It's located right next to Vibskov's workshop, a bit off the city center on Papirøen (Paper island), a part of Christianshavn right behind Christiana.

Den Plettede Gris // Trangravsvej 5 // Copenhagen // Mon-Sun 9am-6pm 

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HENRIK VIBSKOV AT THE DESIGN MUSEUM FINLAND PHOTOS BY PAAVO LEHTONEN

Henrik Vibskov is having his biggest exhibition up to now in his career in which his fashion and art have been celebrated around the planet. If you are in Helsinki, this is not to be missed.
Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23 00130 Helsinki
www.designmuseum.fi

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PRESS: RUM DEC 2012

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HENRIK VIBSKOV | PARIS MENS FASHION WEEK AW13 BY DISTRICT MTV

Danish Designer Henrik Vibskov likes to do things a little differently, gaining a reputation for his mad hatter shows that mix fashion with art, usually in the form of a large-scale installation. Last season Vibskov wowed the audience with his weird and wonderful giant 'Transparent Tongue' - a huge pink inflated tube that lolled along the length of the catwalk.

For AW13 he decked out a Paris salon with upside down black flamingos that hung from the ceiling like jungle branches. And true to style, contrast played a heavy part in his designs, in the form of clashing colours, animal prints and Herringbone. Speaking to Henrik backstage after his show, he discussed the inspiration behind his AW13 collection and how music influences his designs.

District MTV: How has your aesthetic evolved from last season?

Henrik Vibskov: It's a little bit darker, we had a darker room and installation. Of course it's winter, so I try to put in some in seasonal pieces, but I'm a colourful guy, so even if it's a dark period, I cannot only do dark.

D: What inspired the installation for your AW13 collection?

HV: We've always been doing happy stuff, so we started looking into some really heavy subjects like death, and how certain cultures celebrate death in a happy way. In some they fly beautiful kites and for example in Mexico they celebrate Day of the Dead. We called it the 'Stiff Neck'. 'Stiff Neck' has a religious perspective in the Bible, there's the phrase 'Stiff Neck' in building construction - in the old days, the guys who had to carry the bricks, they were called the Stiff Neck - and sometimes it relates to being buried.

D: Last season many of your designs featured polka dots and Masai motifs. What's the idea behind the prints for AW13?

HV: The knitwear features art works and we tried to make the prints a little bit blurry, so we pixelated a lot of colours. And like the idea behind the show, the prints are also a celebration of something; New Year, maybe fireworks, but in a dark way.

D: When you're not designing you tour as a drummer for electronic musician Trentemøller. How does music influence your designs?

HV: I've been playing music since I was ten, that's actually how I got into fashion. It's a lot about social circles and how music integrates. I'm interested in the connection between music, identity and clothing.

Written by Marissa Cox, DISTRICT MTV

SAY HALLO TO INGRID

Meet Ingrid Brandseth, our new design intern in the Henrik Vibskov Studio, Copenhagen

Name: Ingrid Brandseth
Hometown: Voss

Astrological sign: pieces
Currently obsessed with: surviving
Book you are reading: non at the time
Tune of the day: lilac wine
Favorite place in Copenhagen: Vibskov studio

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Henrik Vibskov - 1/8 lamp
Henrik Vibskov - 'The panda people and other works' book
bag "N" noun - 'Large napsac'