Master's programmes – starting autumn 2022
Application deadline 17 January 2022
Freestanding courses – starting autumn semester 2022
Deadline: 17 January 2022
6-9 December, Seminariegatan 1
We, IBISGY18, are exhibiting our work from the 10 week course Designfördjupning (Advanced design).
8 December, at 13-15 pm, Zoom
I will be presenting a part of my ongoing research project Nature-In, showing how this fascinating dialogue takes place in some outstanding case-studies. In addition, I will illuminate the integration of some biophilic design patterns into them.
13 December, at 3-4 pm, Svarta havet
Konstfack, in collaboration with the Octopus Programme, is hosting a presentation with artist Bochra Taboubi and palaeobilogist Dr. Mohamed Bazi.
14 December, at 9 am - 12 pm, Mandelgren
Fraser Muggeridge is known for his deft use of colour and type – particularly his elegantly undone letters, which gently bend the conventions of typography.
The alumni are Lasse Åberg, Lena Bergström, Lotta Kühlhorn, Matti Klenell, Oscar Guermouche and Sepidar Hosseini.
About living systems, relationships, ecological literacy and scorpions. Martín Ávila is a Professor of design and responsible for the master's programme for new students from the autumn of 2022 called Design Ecologies. Here he talks about the new content.
24-28 January, Konstfack
Konstfack Research Week 2022, Curiouser & Curiouser, explores interdisciplinary perspectives on tactile, social, psychological and perhaps even magical aspects from the areas of art, craft, design, interior architecture and furniture design, visual communication and teacher education.
The book "De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar", designed by Parasto Backman, Senior Lecturer at Konstfack, has been selected by Svensk Bokkonst (Swedish Book Art Association) as one of 25 "exemplary produced" books during 2020.
The book "Red Love: A reader on Alexandra Kollontai", designed by Jiri Novak, has been selected by Svensk Bokkonst (Swedish Book Art Association) as one of 25 "exemplary produced" books during 2020.
On 15 October, Maja Frögård successfully defended her doctoral thesis, "Negotiating Tensions – Designers' responsibilities in democratic entanglements". The opponent at the public defence was Erling Björgvinsson, Professor of design at HDK, University of Gothenburg.
The Polish pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022 will be co-curated by Joanna Warsza, CuratorLab course director at Konstfack, and Wojtek Szymanski featuring the work of Polish-Romani artist and activist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
Here is the latest information regarding the corona virus. You will also find answers to common questions.
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Due to all the news articles that have followed the one published in DN on 2021-02-01 with the headline "No, the Vita Havet exhibition at Konstfack has nothing to do with racism," we have put together a compilation below. It consists partly of some texts in which our Vice-Chancellor Maria Lantz comments on the events and partly of links to some of the articles, as well as TV and radio reportage. There is also a summary of the results of the work environment investigation that has been carried out, with a brief commentary from the Vice-Chancellor.
Konstfack AlumniKonstfack Alumni is a network including approximately 1800 artists, designers, pedagogues and curators, all of them with a degree from Konstfack.
Updated: 18 June 2021
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