Seminar
4 September, at 1-3 pm, S5, Konstfack
This research seminar will introduce an event held this spring in a skyddsrum (shelter) where Åbäke and participants attempted to live for 28 hours as a method to both prepare for and test conditions, in order to annotate and share responses to the ubiquitous yellow and black booklet.
Workshop
1-6 September, Oulu University, Finland
The network "Mná le chéile: Women together" gathers and Miriam von Schantz, Senior Lecturer at Konstfack, participates with a workshop on 3 September focusing on birch root craft and "minor epistemologies".
Exhibition
22 August - 12 September, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
Undying revolves around how art can attempt to give form to that which is difficult to define, verify, or explain through rational means.
Exhibition
12 September - 1 November, Steneby Konsthall, Dals Långed
The exhibition explores the entanglements of toxicity, disrupted environments, and bodies within a more-than-human world. The title – a portmanteau of toxic and invisibilities-abilities invites reflection on how harmful substances and systems can simultaneously destroy and transform, often operating unnoticed while actively shaping new realities, relationships, and futures.
Panel discussion
17 September, at 6-7 pm, Svarta havet, Konstfack
Two guests from different fields of knowledge meet in a dialogue exploring how we can address the challenges of the future; Pia Sandvik, CEO of Technology Industries of Sweden and chair of The Swedish government’s STEM delegation, and Bettina Schwalm, PhD Scholar at Konstfack, and designer and Centre Director for the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship.
Dissertation
28 September, at 1-5 pm, Hägerstens medborgarhus, Stockholm
"Internal Singing, Sounding Through Vocalbody Disorientation" is an articulation, through multimodal forms, of a voice-body method that Cara Tolmie developed called "Internal Singing".
Before the Right to Repair Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1799) took full effect on 31 July 2026, the conference Care and Repair Day was organized with a focus on circular business models. Ernesto Garcia was one of many panelists talking about how care and repair is moving from a sustainability initiative to a cultural and commercial transformation.
Konstfack doctoral student in Visual Communication, Bitte Andersson, has been awarded RFSL Stockholm’s Community Hero 2026 distinction. The award recognises her longstanding work to create space for queer stories, forms of expression and communities through art and culture.
Congratulations to Dimitra Konstantinidi, a recent graduate from the CRAFT! – Textiles master's programme.
Former Design Ecologies student Sebastian Fältström receives 90,000 kronor from the Marianne and Sigvard Bernadotte Foundation's Artist Fund for the project "Macro fibers".
Konstfack is among the higher education institutions affected by the May 2026 data breach in the Canvas learning platform, where an unauthorized actor accessed personal data linked to user accounts dating back to 2018. Although the data is reported to have been deleted, affected individuals are urged to remain vigilant due to the potential risk of phishing attempts and identity misuse.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the architect Ivar Tengbom's proud Concert Hall in Stockholm, a milestone being celebrated in many different ways. One of these is a competition created through a unique collaboration.
Exhibition
30 March - 31 December, Tekniska museet, Stockholm
Through the lens of contemporary jewellery, these works explore where the physical body begins and ends in a digitally driven society, and how the future might renegotiate the boundaries and power dynamics between human and machine.
Konstfack AlumniKonstfack Alumni is a network including approximately 1800 artists, designers, pedagogues and curators, all of them with a degree from Konstfack.
Updated: 2 September 2026
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