1. Per Mollerup is a Danish designer, academic, and author.
13 Facts About Per Mollerup
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Per Mollerup is known for his emphasis on simplicity in design and for his wayshowing design at airports in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, as well as the Copenhagen Metro.
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Per Mollerup is currently a Professor of Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology's School of Design.
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Per Mollerup was born in Nakskov, Denmark on 20 February 1942.
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Per Mollerup completed his MBA from Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University in 1968 and a Doctorate in Architecture from Lund University, in 1997.
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Per Mollerup was the editor and publisher of Mobilia Design Magazine from 1974 to 1984.
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Per Mollerup designed the visual profile and wayshowing for several public services and private companies.
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Per Mollerup designed visual profile and wayshowing for Copenhagen Airport in 1989 followed by design for Oslo Airport in 1996, Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1998, and Arlanda Express, airport train service in 1998.
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From 2003 Mollerup led changing groups of international experts preparing proposals for national design policies for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Per Mollerup published a revised and expanded version of his 1997 book Marks of Excellence: The Development and Taxonomy of Trademarks in 2013.
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In 2015 Per Mollerup published Simplicity: A Matter of Design, that introduces several concepts which allow designers to analyse, understand, and think about the most sought after design quality.
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In 2019 Per Mollerup published Pretense Design: Surface over Substance, in which he named and described design that appears to be something which it not is.
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Also in 2019, in Dansk Design: Ganske enkelt Per Mollerup described how simplicity have marked modern Danish design.