Textiles & Space

PRESS RELEASE FROM

School of Design and Crafts at University of Gothenburg and The Swedish School Textiles (THS) University College of Borås

TEXTILES & SPACE
Some of the latest and most significant Swedish Master Degree works and research within textiles and space will be presented at Salone Satellite, furniture Fair in Milan 2008. Behind it all you’ll find students from THS and HDK, Design schools of Sweden.

Five design students from two different Swedish schools join forces to present their work within a context called “Textile & Space”. By showing the two dimensional textiles and three dimensional furniture designs together, the two professions are highlighted. The works will be shown16-21 April at pavilion 28, Salone Satellite, Furniture Fair in Milan.

Elin Larsson
explores the combination of different textile techniques; printing, knitting, pleating and heat shaping, in order to create three dimensional screening surfaces.
Delia Dumitrescu's project Knitted light investigates the emotional and functional potential of the combination of light and textiles in order to raise the user's interaction with the built environment.

Lena Berglin
will present Textile Radiator, a textile heating concept for interior use that offers an alternative to the conventional radiators. This can be used as a curtain or room divider or integrated in other textiles for example a carpet or furniture.

Fredrik Färg’s
products show how construction can be playful and how beautiful the world can seem when slightly tilted. Even basic rules and laws of nature, can become visible when challenged. A familiar object on an unexpected scale, or a steady object of unsteady material, can, hopefully, open our eyes.

Daniel Rybakken
will show his project "subconscious effect of daylight". The theory behind the "subconscious effect of daylight" is that indoor daylight gives us information of something "outside". This gives a sensation of increased perceived space
The students represent two schools from the western part of Sweden: the Swedish School Textiles (THS) University College of Boras and HDK - The School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg.

The Swedish School of Textiles (THS), University College of Borås, hosts a broad range of textile activities which form a good foundation for interdisciplinary and artistic development work in the areas of technology, engineering and design. The unique machine park available at the THS presents a challenge to both scientists and students as they collaborate with technicians in experiments to create materials with entirely new characteristics.

HDK, The School of Design and Crafts, is a part of University of Gothenburg, one of the major Universities in Europe. HDK has educational programmes at bachelor-, master and PhD level. The HDK master programme in Design is unique in the Nordic countries with its open structure, making it possible for different competences and cultures to co-operate. At HDK future designers, craftsmen, artists and teachers in Visual Arts, all gather in the same building as researchers and PhD. students.

FOR PRESS PICTURES OF THE PRODUCTS, PLEASE CLICK:
http://www.hdk.gu.se/milan08

FOR DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Fredrik Färg, +46 (0)705 50 91 81 or fredrik.farg@gmail.com , www.fredrikfarg.com
/>Daniel Rybakken (+47) 911 45 600 or me@danielrybakken.com , www.danielrybakken.com
/>Elin Larsson, +46 (0)733 97 97 08, mail@elinlarsson.se  
Delia Dumitrescu +46(0)731518336 or deliadumitrescu@hotmail.com
Lena Berglin +46(0) 737 52 23 24 or lena.berglin@hb.se

FOR CONTACT WITH THE RESPONSIBLE PROFESSORS, PLEASE CONTACT:
at HDK - the School of Design and Crafts:
Kristina Sahlqvist, Professor in spatial design with specialisation sustainable development, +46 (0)733 52 81 64 or kristina.sahlqvist@hdk.gu.se
at The Swedish School of Textiles (THS):
Ulla Eson Bodin, Professor in Textile Design +46 (0) 706 22 41 66 or Ulla.Bodin@hb.se

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOLS:
School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg: http://www.hdk.gu.se
Swedish School of Textiles (THS), University College of Borås: http://www.hb.se

Best regards

Jessica Glanzelius
In Charge of Information
School of Design and Crafts
Tel +46- 31- 786 48 83
Mobile +46- 708- 59 16 62
jessica.glanzelius@hdk.gu.se, www.hdk.gu.se
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