2017

#konstnärligfrihet – Enough is enough!
Tuesday 5 December 2017

Konstfack's Vice-Chancellor Maria Lantz on the latest #metoo related appeal #konstnärligfrihet – with witness testimonies from individuals active...

Konstfack has a new logotype
Wednesday 1 November 2017

Konstfack's new logo is drawn by hand with a font that is unique to Konstfack. It is created by Carolina Laudon, typeface designer and graphic...

Lena Séraphin, new guest postdoctoral researcher
Monday 18 September 2017

This autumn, the Department of Fine Art at Konstfack has the joy to host a guest postdoctoral researcher, Lena Séraphin.

Martin Avila: lecture in Paris and PhD translated into Spanish
Monday 18 September 2017

Martin Avila, Senior Lecturer at Konstfack, presents a project from his postdoctoral work in Paris. And his PhD dissertation titled "Devices. On...

"I have no words for how good it was!"
Monday 4 September 2017

Christina Schaffer, teacher at the Konstfack course "Design for Sustainable Co-Creation" about the course:

The new students are here!
Monday 28 August 2017

Today is the first of three introduction days for new students at Konstfack.

"Craft enables artists to speak about many things"
Thursday 18 May 2017

Hybrid artist, curator and historian Matt Smith is our new professor of crafts with a special focus on ceramics and glass.

Meet Loulou Cherinet, Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi Noori from Konstfack at the Venice Biennale
Monday 8 May 2017

Konstfack c/o Venice Biennale 2017 with Loulou Cherinet, Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi Noori.

Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2017 – urgent issues sparking lively and critical dialogue
Wednesday 3 May 2017

With its 195 students from 28 nations, Konstfack's Degree Exhibition 2017 is the largest in the school's 173-year history. Consequently, this year...

The book "Färg&Ljus för människan – i rummet" is published in English
Saturday 29 April 2017

The book "Färg&Ljus för människan – i rummet" is published in English by the publishing house Routledge on 17 May 2017. The book's English title is...

Martin Avila’s postdoctoral project "Symbiotic tactics" is completed
Thursday 27 April 2017

The research was mainly structured through three projects in Argentina. Each of these being developed to enact responses that dealt with everyday...

Gunilla Muhr new Head of Department at Konstfack
Tuesday 18 April 2017

Gunilla Muhr is the new Head of the Department of Fine Art where she succeeds Olof Glemme who is retiring. Gunilla comes from CFF, the Centre for...

Concerns about restrictions in academic freedom in Hungary
Wednesday 12 April 2017

The Swedish section of Scholars at Risk, which Konstfack is part of, is deeply concerned about the change in Hungarian legislation that will limit...

Memorial ceremony in Vita Havet 10 April at 12:00 pm
Sunday 9 April 2017

Konstfack participates on Monday 10 April at the national memorial ceremony with a minute of silence in Vita Havet at 12:00 pm for anyone who wants...

Jenny Richards and Erik Sandelin new doctoral students at the KTD programme
Wednesday 22 February 2017

The doctoral programme that Konstfack and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) started together in 2014 has two new doctoral students: Jenny...

Research Week 2017 video documentation
Friday 17 February 2017

A selection of lectures and presentations from Konstfack Research Week 29 January - 3 February 2017.

Significantly increased number of applicants to Konstfacks's master's programmes - 34 percent increase!
Wednesday 15 February 2017

This year's application statistics for Konstfack's master's programmes shows that the number of complete applications is 34 percent higher than las...

Minna Sakaria designs the Degree Exhibition 2017
Tuesday 7 February 2017

The visual concept, created by Minna Sakaria, reflects a feeling of distorted reality combined with a celebration on the red carpet. The Konstfack...

The trip to Bahia: visiting different places
Tuesday 31 January 2017

Images of visits to Lina Bo Bardi's Gregorio de Mattos Theatre and the abandoned Coaty restaurant.

Work-in-progress in Bahia. Countdown to the opening.
Wednesday 25 January 2017

During two weeks in January, nine students along with our graduate student Luis Berríos-Negrón are visiting the Brazilian city of Salvador in the...

Konstfack in Salvador, Brazil
Tuesday 24 January 2017

Stemming from the semester-long research focus group taught by our doctoral candidate Luis Berríos-Negrón, eight students from our fine arts and...