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Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Name:
Karen Sofie Blincoe
Address:
Bregnevej 4
DK-3100 Hornbæk
+45 49 70 43 64
+45 49 70 43 03
+45 26 36 13 44
[email protected]
iciscenter.org
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Telephone (private):
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E-mail:
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Professional Org:
Fellow Royal Society of Arts, UK
Honorary Member Danish Designers, DK
Marital status:
Married to graphic designer Mervyn Kurlansky
CAREER
2010 - 2013
President, Danish Designers
The Association of Danish Designers was established in 1995 to further the
interests and competences of Danish Designers. Today it is a multidisciplinary
association which works to develop the competences, the knowledge and
understanding of design, engage internationally in design issues, further the
political design agenda nationally and internationally, promote and ensure that
Danish Design retains its high reputation of quality and universality.
2006 – 2008
Director, Schumacher College, Dartington Hall Trust, England
Schumacher College (www.schumachercollege.org.uk) is a private educational
institution, founded in England in 1991 under the corporate umbrella of The
Dartington Hall Trust. It offers courses in a wide range of sustainability-related
subjects (science, economics, politics, business, management, education,
anthropology, sociology, cosmopology, art, design, spirituality, cultural change,
permaculture, ecology, etc.). The institution also offers sustainability-related
further education programmes, including an MSc programme in holistic science,
master’s level courses and classes and a PhD programme. Think tanks and
seminars in various specialized areas such as economics, sociology, politics and
science are held every year, and the institution collaborates with universities and
other educational institutions in the UK and internationally. Schumacher College is
renowned worldwide for its educational programmes in sustainability, its Master
Programme in Holistic Science and is a leader in its field.
2002 – current
Founder/Director, ICIS Centre & Foundation
ICIS (the International centre for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability) was
set up as a further education platform for developing the professional
qualifications of designers and architects in sustainability through master classes,
workshops, seminars and new education programmes. ICIS has offered master
classes in a broad spectrum of business, technological and sustainability-related
topics (the environment, green accounts, cleaner technology, recycling, materials,
life-cycle analyses, CSR, management, leadership, personal sustainability,
creativity development, etc.). ICIS has organized seminars in sustainable and
ethical investment and customized sustainability seminars for the Danish business
sector. With the financial support of the European Social Fund and Danish
Designers, ICIS developed a one-year Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) programme for Danish designers, with classes of up to 36 participants.
ICIS worked with the University of Lund, Sweden, to create a masters
programme in sustainable design. Created DEEDS, a Leonardo project with
European collaborators: University of Brighton, University of Poznan, Poland,
SERI (Sustainable Europe Research Institute), BEDA (Bureau of European Design
Associations).
ICIS received the Danish Design Vision prize in 2004.
1991 – 1998
Head of Department for Visual Communication, Danish
Design School, Copenhagen (now The Academy of Art’s School of
Design)
The Danish Design School was an institution for higher education of designers
(BA, MA and PhD levels).
Programmes were offered in areas such as product design, interior design,
communication design, textile design, fashion, glass and ceramics.
Karen Blincoe developed the department and the 5-year course curriculum from
being purely an education in graphic design and illustration to becoming a
multidisciplinary department with courses in information design, graphic design,
computer graphics, photography, advertising, packaging design, illustration,
animation and interactive design. She was also part of the College leadership
team and played a part in creating the foundation for the College becoming
academic and research-based, which it is today.
1984 – 1991
Founder/Director of KB Design, London
KB Design was a graphic design consultancy with a national and international
clientbase. The consultancy specialized in branding, corporate identity, exhibition
design, identity design, publication design, packaging design, etc. Its client base
included companies such as Reuters plc, Body Shop plc, Marks & Spencer plc,
Safeways plc, Wimbledon Tennis Association, Oxford Consortium, Virago Press
as well as Den Danske Bank and DTU, the Technical University of Denmark.
KB Design won a number of design awards in the UK (see below).
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS, HONORARY POSITIONS, ETC.
2012
2011
2010
2004
2001
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current
2013
current
2005
2002 - 2004
1998 - 2002
Boardmember, Consortium, CAF, Mali, Africa
Coregroup Member, House of Futures, in100y-starting-now, CPH
President of the Association Danish Designers, CPH
Guest professor, University of Brighton, UK
Vice-President and Treasurer, Icograda (The International Council of Graphic
Design Associations), Canada
Director Education programme for designers (EU
project/Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority), Copenhagen
Chairman of the Danish Ministry of Culture’s Educational Council for Art,
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1994 - 1998
1995 - 1998
1992 - 1994
Architecture, Design and Conservation, CPH
Member of the Council of Representatives of the Danish Arts Foundation
Vice Chairman, Designfonden, DK
Chairman, Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund, The London Hospital, UK
EDUCATION
2010-2015
2004
2002-2004
1981
1976
1968
Phd, Faculty of Arts, University of Surrey/Brighton, UK (in progress)
Postgraduate Certificate, Design, Cornwall University College, UK
Integrated Masters Program (incomplete), Cornwall University College, UK
Three-year Graphic Design Diploma, Cornwall University College, UK
Marketing Diploma, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A-levels: Modern languages (French, English, German), Literature, History,
Mathematics Nyborg Gymnasium, Nyborg, DK
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL WORK
2012
2012
2012
2009 - 2008
2004 - 2006
2006 - 2009
2004 - 2006
2004 - 2006
1997
Reader, MA Sustainable Futures, Goldsmith UV, London
Lecturing7teaching MA students, Brighton UV. and Design Faculty,
Academy of Arts, Cph.
International Verifyer, Design Center College of Design, Johannesburg, SA
PhD examiner, Faculty of Design, University of London
External examiner and course supervisor, Goldsmiths University, London
Developing and managing research project on sustainable design programmes,
targeted at European design schools in association with the University of
Brighton, BEDA, SERI, Fine Art Academy Poznan (EU project/Sirius/Leonardo)
Member of the Research Group for Design Futures, Goldsmith University, London
Developing master’s programme in sustainable design in association with the
University of Lund, Helsingborg Campus (EU Project/Interreg II)
Researcher at UNEP-SPD at the University of Amsterdam, Holland
AWARDS/Grants
2009
2004
1992
1991
1990
1989
1989
1988
1988
1983
Working Grant, The Arts Council, DK
Danish Design Vision Award
Minerva Award, UK
Graphis, USA
Design exhibition, Covent Garden, London
New York Art Directors Club, USA
Immy award, (Marketing), USA
Communication Arts, USA
Trade mark II, USA
Design & Art Direction, London
TEACHING, LECTURES, SEMINARS, TALKS
In connection with international work, Karen Blincoe has lectured, taught and
organized workshops and seminars on sustainability, CSR, design and education
in numerous countries including a TED talk in NZ.
PERSONAL DETAILS
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Karen is married and lives with her designer husband in Hornbæk. She has 2
grown-up children. She spends her free time with family and keeping fit
physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
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