(smow) blog compact Milan 2014 Special: Danish Dynamite by Alexander Muchenberger

“We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!”

So sang the Danes their national football team to victory at the 1992 UEFA Euro tournament.
Another example of “Danish Dynamite” is/was on display at Ventura Lambrate as part of the Design School Kolding’s Milan 2014 show.

If we were slick professionals we’d now say something along the lines of, and it isn’t red and white. But green!!!

Created by Interaction Designer Alexander Muchenberger and essentially nothing more technically advanced than three sticks and a piece of rope, the idea with Danish Dynamite is that you bind the sticks with the rope to form a tripod. The sticks have small spikes on top which you can use to fix a magazine, pile of cardboard – or in Milan a catalogue – and as if by magic you have a makeshift stool.

When you no longer need a stool you simply dispose of the seating element and pack up the sticks/rope.

Until you next need a seat.

As a system Danish Dynamite is, in our opinion, perfect for camping trips, bike/walking tours and of course festivals and similar events. One just needs to ensure that you can find always something stable enough to use as a seat. Which shouldn’t really pose too many problems.

In addition it is a wonderful space saving, resource light object that ably demonstrates that in product design new approaches and new concepts can always be found and developed. One just has to know where and how to look. And we really like they way Alexander has approached the project.

Following their 1992 success the Danish national football team’s star began to wane somewhat.

We hope that of Alexander Muchenberger’s Danish Dynamite is just beginning its ascendency and look forward to seeing how it develops.

A couple of impressions.

Danish Dynamite by Alexander Muchenberger, Design School Kolding @ Ventura Lambrate Milan 2014

Danish Dynamite by Alexander Muchenberger, Design School Kolding @ Ventura Lambrate Milan 2014

And from where it gets its name.......