2019

Totally Stockholm: "Konstfack Celebrates 175 Years With New Book"
Friday 20 December 2019

Konstfack's Vice-Chancellor Maria Lantz has been interviewed about the 175 year book by the Stockholm guide "Totally Stockholm".

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.

Konstfack student participates in the Global Grad Show in Dubai
Thursday 7 November 2019

Malin Björklund, master's student from the Individual Study Plan in Design programme, participates in the 5th edition of the exhibition taking plac...

Video documentation from Michael Rakowitz and James Richards artist talks
Wednesday 23 October 2019

The video documentation from the two Artist Talks by Michael Rakowitz and James Richards is now published on the Konstfack website.

Bully goes fishing in new book about design and nature
Wednesday 9 October 2019

Erik Sandelin, PhD student at Konstfack, contributes with a chapter, titled "Bully Goes Fishing" to the new anthology "Design and Nature: A...

Sharing diverse realities, conditions and strategies – 19 international artists explore artistic research
Monday 23 September 2019

The extensive exhibition of CrossSections with 19 participating artists is the first international exhibition taking place at Konstfack. This is a...

Andrea Peach curates an Being Human Festival exhibition
Monday 23 September 2019

As part of the Being Human Festival Professor Andrea Peach (Konstfack, Stockholm) and Professor Sarah Pedersen (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)...

Andrea Peach new professor of craft specialising in craft history and theory
Tuesday 17 September 2019

Andrea Peach has over twenty years of experience teaching contextual and critical studies in UK art schools.

Martin Avila's work with scorpions in Argentina published as book chapter by MIT
Friday 6 September 2019

From the press release: "The global discourse around urban ecology tends to homogenize and universalize, relying on such terms as "smart cities,"...

Mara Lee Gerdén new professor of fine arts specialising in art theory and art history
Thursday 29 August 2019

Mara Lee Gerdén has an international artistic practice that stretches from poetry to performance lectures and essays. She has a PhD in literary...

Konstfack on a list of women rocking the scandinavian art arena
Friday 16 August 2019

Two Konstfack employees are among "19 Women Rocking The Scandinavian Art Arena", according to the news magazine The Art Gorgeous.

Introduction days for new students
Wednesday 19 June 2019

2, 3 and 9 September are introduction days for new students.

KTH offers a post-doc position in Art, Technology and Design
Monday 10 June 2019

The position is placed at the research centre NAVET where Konstfack is a hub partner. Application deadline is 31 July 2019.

Catherine Anyango Grünewald wins 2nd edition of The Navigator Art on Paper Prize
Wednesday 29 May 2019

The jury's motivation: "One of the core themes in Catherine Anyango Grünewald’s work is public space and its sensitivity to traumatic events,...

Konstfack granted Erasmus+ mobility in partnership with Palestinian university
Thursday 23 May 2019

We are proud to announce that Konstfack has been granted an Erasmus+ mobility grant in partnership with Birzeit University in Palestine (2019-2021)...

Konstfack student awarded with the Global Swede Diploma
Tuesday 21 May 2019

Hsiao Yuan Huang, student at the master's programme in Design - Individual Study Plan in Design, was one of 26 international university students fr...

Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2019 – 175 years of education, social impact, conflicts and opportunities
Tuesday 7 May 2019

Konstfack Degree Exhibition 2019 is curated by Emily Fahlén and Asrin Haidari. The visual concept is created by Jennifer Bergkvist and Moa Sundkvist

Konstfack at Milan Design Week 2019
Tuesday 9 April 2019

Students at Konstfack, in their final year of the Bachelor's programme of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, present you "Outdoor Diversit...

Available doctoral student positions
Friday 5 April 2019

Four doctoral students wanted for the doctoral (third-cycle) programme Art, Technology and Design. Application deadline is 15 May 2019.

Konstfack second best in Sweden 2019
Thursday 21 March 2019

Konstfack is ranked as second best among artistic universities in Sweden by the international ranking company QS World University Rankings.

Konstfack staff and alumni participating in Momentum10
Friday 22 February 2019

Momentum – The Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art includes several staff and alumni of Konstfack in this year's edition opening 8 June 2019.

Curator Lab student Vasco Forconi at the Italian Institute of Culture
Wednesday 20 February 2019

During 2019, starting in the end of March at the Italian Institute of Culture in Stockholm, Vasco Forconi, student at Curator Lab, will curate a...

Video documentation from Konstfack Research Week 2019
Monday 18 February 2019

A selection of lectures and presentations from Konstfack Research Week on 28 January - 1 February 2019.

Degree exhibition 2019: Curators and designers
Friday 1 February 2019

This year's degree exhibition is curated by Emily Fahlén och Asrin Haidari, and the visual concept is created by Jennifer Bergkvist and Moa...

Four new PhD students within design, narrative processes, sloyd education & critical sound practice
Thursday 31 January 2019

Petra Lilja, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Miro Sazdic Löwstedt and Cara Tolmie will be joining the transdisciplinary PhD programme Art, Technology and...

Johanna Lewengard and Benedetta Crippa about the politics of design education
Wednesday 23 January 2019

A conversation with Johanna Lewengard, professor and head of the Master’s programme in Visual Communication at Konstfack, and Benedetta Crippa,...

Video documentation from "Ways of perceiving craft"
Thursday 3 January 2019

Documentation from a two-day seminar 28-29 November 2018 at Konstfack and Iaspis.