About

Each winter participants at Vinterskolen test the waters of graphic design as well as autonomous work within the field of visual communication. Various formats for learning design, language, image and critical thinking are explored. Specific projects include — 1: An ongoing establishment of a printing press and book binder at ORBI. 2: Maintenance of the Greatest Hits Library.

10-20 participants from various international design and art schools can apply.

Dates for the 2026 edition are announced early autumn 2025.

Contact:

Vinterskolen is initiated by Line-Gry Hørup.

Please forward any requests, questions or ideas to: vinterskolen@orbivraa.dk

Readers:

Each edition of Vinterskolen produce an independant publication – a reader of sorts – either collecting the outcome of activities or combine prior research.

Upon request, the books can be accessed for reading at ORBI’s House of Collections at Dinesen Showroom in Jels, The Exhibition ‘House of ORBI’ at Dinesen Showroom in Copenhagen as well as project space stanza at Hyskenstræde 5 in Copenhagen. Scanned snippets available here:

2024: The Tangible Destination.

2025: The Fire at the Back of My Mouth.

The library consist on one hand of lists for potential books for a library (incl. preliminary categories), and on the other, donated books and facsimile editions made and chosen by participants of the programmes of ORBI. The intention of the library is to accumulate a reference catalogue for future participants. 

A facsimile, is a version of a book – a replica – but just how precisely identical the facsimile resembles to the original, is open for debate. A facsimile is made for safekeeping, method training, and is a term previously only used for rare, old special book collections at institutional / national / royal archives and libraries.

This library, explores the conditions for book making while presenting itself as a collection to use for making other work. It values the forms of knowledge that the book as object and as reference can represent, attempt to obtain, and perhaps help sustain.

Greatest Hits Library is installed at ORBI’s House of Collections and was initiated during Sommerskolen ‘200 Years Later’ in 2022.