Astrid Krogh
Textile designer
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Industrial Design
/Coloplast
Public Commissions
/The Royal Danish Library
//Danish State Railways
///Maersk Data
////The Danish Parliament

/////Næstved Kulturhus
//////Bergen
///////Frederiksberg
////////Birkerød
/////////NRGI, Århus
//////////Kolding Kommune
///////////Birkerød Aktivitetscenter


 

Private Commissions
/Brocade
Competitions
/GN Store Nord
//Tangen Vidergående Skole, Kristianssand

 

Exhibitions
/The Danish Museum of Decorative Art
//Trapholt Museum
///Paustian
////Malmø Kunstmuseum
/////Ideal House, Cologne 2006
//////Danish Design Centre, 2006

         

 















Public Commissions

Mærsk Data A/S, Copenhagen, 2001
(Architects C.F. Møllers Tegnestue A/S)

Material: Woven stainless steel netting with
neon light behind it.

The neon light has two colour settings, and changes
every 15 minutes.

Dimensions: 4 x 14 metres

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The new Mærsk Data building is situated at one of
the busiest roads out of Copenhagen. The building is characterized by pure grey concrete lines and large
glass areas, and it is passed every day by thousands
of cars.

In the panopticon of the building Mærsk Data A/S
wanted a decoration. The wall rises vertically through
several storeys and is centrally placed in the building,
where many of the staff pass by every day, while at
the same time it can be seen clearly from the road.

The large woven steel wall covering of the decoration
has an acoustics-regulating effect and has been
executed as a living, constantly moving wall surface.

The effects of the decoration are very different
depending on the season, the time of day and the
weather.

During the day the decoration will often look almost
steel-grey against the surface with a slight effect
of interference in the weave of the steel netting.
Towards evening the colour from the neon tubes
begins to appear more clearly, and at night the
decoration stands as a shining wall hanging that
can be seen clearly from the road outside.