News and press releases
News and press releases from Konstfack.
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...
Konstfack appeals: free Ahmadreza Djalali
Thursday 26 November 2020
As an independent, international art university, Konstfack strongly condemns the imprisonment and death sentence of the Swedish-Iranian scholar Dr....
Craftsight – podcast about craft
Friday 28 August 2020
Hannah-Molly Brown and Veronika Murarikova, students at the master's programme Craft!, are running a podcast where they share ideas from the positi...
How to Stage Urban Struggles
Wednesday 24 June 2020
A project initiated by Alba Folgado as part of CuratorLab 2019/20, in collaboration with the artists Pablo Echaurren and Elof Hellström. The projec...
Degree Exhibition 2020 – CHANGED PLANS!
Friday 17 April 2020
In the beginning of June, we will launch a digital catalogue with all the degree students' works. Until then, you can follow filmed presentations o...
A good example of transition
Friday 27 March 2020
Education and research at Konstfack is currently being carried on primarily in the form of distance education, and the school is closed to outside...
And the winner is... Marcus Badman!
Wednesday 18 December 2019
Acne Studios selected Konstfack master's student Marcus Badman to win the 1st prize in the "Together is Better" contest.
Research Lab goes royal
Monday 16 December 2019
Research Lab at Konstfack is once again focusing on a different aspect of craft. In 2020-21 the theme is Craft and the Royal Palace.