Three years ago, the Industrial Design programme at Konstfack was transformed to place a greater focus on design for sustainable development, which included aspects such as circular design, global climate goals, sustainable materials and sustainable production. This year, we are exhibiting the degree projects from the first class to study in this new programme.
With creativity, curiousness and genuine knowledge, the students shed light on current challenges and explore how their proposals can function in different contexts and situations. An important part of the design process involves ideas about how and where the products should be manufactured, which materials they should be made of, how they can be stored and how they can be reused or recycled. With consideration to nature, animals and people, the students make prototypes, conduct user studies, and experiment together with others. Designers can develop solutions to problems by experimenting, designing and materialising proposals, but also by advancing ideas on how we can relate to our environment in different and sometimes unexpected ways.
This year’s degree projects address a range of different topics: how furniture and products can be produced more sustainably, exercise equipment that fits better into the home, how exercise itself can be more fun, how we can get a feeling of the forest in our bedrooms, a better home speaker experience that speaks to multiple senses, improved healthcare products for children and older adults, increased ability for empathy towards abiotic things, nature-inspired cutlery, water purification, inclusive design, algae cultivation in the home, and furniture for cats.
Like a green thread throughout all of this run thoughts, ideas, solutions and proposals aimed at bringing us closer to a more sustainable society. By twisting and turning questions and problems, the students test different perspectives in dynamic and inspiring ways. Their approaches to exploring issues flexibly and openly are important both now and for the future.
We are proud to welcome you to discover the Industrial Design degree projects and meet the students who worked on them.
The teachers at the bachelor’s programme Industrial Design
Three years ago, the Industrial Design programme at Konstfack was transformed to place a greater focus on design for sustainable development, which included aspects such as circular design, global climate goals, sustainable materials and sustainable production. This year, we are exhibiting the degree projects from the first class to study in this new programme.
With creativity, curiousness and genuine knowledge, the students shed light on current challenges and explore how their proposals can function in different contexts and situations. An important part of the design process involves ideas about how and where the products should be manufactured, which materials they should be made of, how they can be stored and how they can be reused or recycled. With consideration to nature, animals and people, the students make prototypes, conduct user studies, and experiment together with others. Designers can develop solutions to problems by experimenting, designing and materialising proposals, but also by advancing ideas on how we can relate to our environment in different and sometimes unexpected ways.
This year’s degree projects address a range of different topics: how furniture and products can be produced more sustainably, exercise equipment that fits better into the home, how exercise itself can be more fun, how we can get a feeling of the forest in our bedrooms, a better home speaker experience that speaks to multiple senses, improved healthcare products for children and older adults, increased ability for empathy towards abiotic things, nature-inspired cutlery, water purification, inclusive design, algae cultivation in the home, and furniture for cats.
Like a green thread throughout all of this run thoughts, ideas, solutions and proposals aimed at bringing us closer to a more sustainable society. By twisting and turning questions and problems, the students test different perspectives in dynamic and inspiring ways. Their approaches to exploring issues flexibly and openly are important both now and for the future.
We are proud to welcome you to discover the Industrial Design degree projects and meet the students who worked on them.
The teachers at the bachelor’s programme Industrial Design
