News and press releases
News and press releases from Konstfack.
Photo workshop for broadened recruitment
Tuesday 22 October 2024
In our continuous work to broaden the recruitment, the students Ailin Mirlashari (Fine Art master's year 1) and Heaven Feday (Fine Art bachelor's...
Konstfack student receives KUNO grant
Tuesday 1 October 2024
Kassandra Lora, a master's Design Ecologies student, was awarded a KUNO grant and participated in the course "About walking and being together" at...
Graphic Win!
Thursday 5 September 2024
For the next edition of the Deleuze & Guattari Studies Camp and Conference 2025 (DGS25), a competition to create the graphic identity was announced...
Amica Sundström has passed away
Wednesday 14 August 2024
On 23 July, Amica Sundström passed on after a period of illness. Between 2000 and 2018, she was a highly valued colleague and teacher/lecturer in...
Call for Workshop Scholarships 2024–2025
Thursday 11 April 2024
Graphic Design and Illustration (BA programme) and Visual Communication (MA programme) at Konstfack are announcing two workshop scholarships for...
Disarming the Hypermasculine
Friday 23 February 2024
Moa-Matilda Nilsson, student from the Master’s programme Craft! Textiles, works with toxic masculinity and exhibits at Liljevalch's Spring Salon.
Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2024
Wednesday 7 February 2024
For the first time since the pandemic, nearly all programmes will be together at Konstfack during the same time, 15-24 May.
Funds for the Perception Studio
Monday 20 November 2023
Konstfack's unique workshop where teaching and research around light, color, materials, visual perception and spatial experience takes place receiv...
Welcome to World in My Eyes
Monday 21 August 2023
World in My Eyes is a series of artist talks presenting pioneering practices in sound, performance, sculpture, and painting that transforms the fie...
Apply for SSES Biomimicry Bootcamp
Tuesday 14 March 2023
In this international bootcamp, participants will learn about innovation and sustainability in Tuscany, Italy through the medium of food. Applicati...
Martin Avila manages new research project
Wednesday 8 March 2023
The project "Material cultures for interspecies cohabitation" will through design proposals explore how humans can interact with other species....
Prestigious TDC elects Parasto Backman
Thursday 23 February 2023
Senior lecturer at Konstfack and graphic designer Parasto Backman is one of Type Directors Clubs 15 new advisory board members from 10 countries.
Clay-based Experience and Languageness
Monday 23 January 2023
Ceramist and Senior Lecturer at Konstfack Mårten Medbo's thesis "Lerbaserad erfarenhet och språklighet" from 2016 was the first in Sweden on the...
Konstfack accepts more Ukrainian students
Tuesday 30 August 2022
Konstfack expresses its support for all Ukrainian artists and cultural practitioners, as well as for the Ukrainian people. We help students who nee...
Biomimicry in food & entrepreneurship
Wednesday 6 April 2022
SSES invites all Konstfack students to participate in a highly interactive deep-dive into explore Tuscan food-systems during 4-11 June in...
A Celebration of Creative Energy
Monday 31 January 2022
Benedetta Crippa, who earned a master’s degree in Visual Communication from Konstfack in 2017, won the traditional competition for the graphic...
Biomimicry in entrepreneurship
Thursday 16 December 2021
The Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES) offers a workshop free of charge and open for all Konstfack students and alumni to apply to. The...
Jiri Novak awarded by Svensk Bokkonst 2020
Monday 1 November 2021
The book "Red Love: A reader on Alexandra Kollontai", designed by Jiri Novak, graphic designer and administrator at Konstfack, has been selected by...
Help us to become better!
Tuesday 26 October 2021
On 1-19 November we will need your help to make the study environment in the library better. Every Monday we will ask a new question on our...
"With Jewelry: Meeting Lions & Dragons"
Tuesday 31 August 2021
matt lambert, PhD student at Konstfack, talks about the power of jewelry, to relate to bodies, to tell our stories and share our histories, in this...
Behzad Khosravi Noori’s thesis approved
Wednesday 16 June 2021
We are delighted to announce that on 14th June 2021, Behzad Khosravi Noori successfully defended his doctoral thesis, "Three or Four Ir/relevant...
Runner-up award to Palle Torsson
Friday 30 April 2021
Palle Torsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Fine Art, has been given a runner-up award in the 2020 SAR RC Prize for Best Exposition for...
A Spring River Awakens a Sense of Longing
Friday 12 February 2021
Linda Hallstan, Sissela Jensen and Brit Pavelson, who graduated together from the Master's programme in Visual Communication in 2020, won the...
Konstfack part of Artist-Run Network Europe
Tuesday 5 January 2021
During two and a half years (October 2020 - April 2023) the project Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE) will focus on artist-run initiatives co-funded...