FRAME

The 2024 graduation exhibition at Kolding School of Design is titled FRAME. The exhibition invites curious minds to delve into the latest ideas, experiments, and solutions across Fashion Design, Textile Design, Communication Design, Industrial Design, and Accessory Design, as well as designs that address sustainability, play, and social issues.
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Graphic Design by Marek Kuzminski 

Welcome

Graduation Exhibition 2024

The 2024 graduation exhibition at Kolding School of Design is titled FRAME. The exhibition invites curious minds to delve into the latest ideas, experiments, and solutions across Fashion Design, Textile Design, Communication Design, Industrial Design, and Accessory Design, as well as designs that address sustainability, play, and social issues.

FRAME centres on the concept of "frames" as both physical structures and symbolic representations, encouraging visitors to explore the boundaries, perspectives, and narratives that frames can create or challenge.

The theme also ties into the opening of Kolding School of Design's transformed building at Ågade 10, which offers new spaces for creative expression, community, and collaboration with the outside world.

Opening hours
25 September - 17 October, every Wednesday and Thursday from 2 - 5 PM.

Special Open House event
On 4 October, 2 – 7 PM, we’re happy to be hosting an Open House event with guided tours of the transformed building and the Graduation Exhibition.

Book a group tour
Group tours can be booked during the exhibition period. Please contact the school by phone at +45 76 30 11 00 or send an inquiry to dk@designskolenkolding.dk

Location
Kolding School of Design, Ågade 10, 6000 Kolding.

We wish to thank Kolding Kommune, Augustinus Fonden, Tage Vanggaard og Hustrus Fond, Beckett Fonden and 15. juni Fonden for generously contributing to the realization of this year’s Graduation Exhibition.

Exhibition design: Allan Schmidt; Exhibition architecture: Tina Midtgaard; Graphic design: Marek Kuźmiński; Communications and PR: Charlotte Melin, Katrine Worsøe, Marianne Baggesen Hilger.

Beatriz Isca, MA / Design for Planet / Industrial Design

Beatriz Isca, MA / Design for Planet / Industrial Design 

Afgangsudstilling

Niels Bruun Djurhuus, BA / Industrial Design

Bachelor 2024

Bachelor – Graduation exhibition FRAME

Meet this years graduating Bachelors and explore their graduation projects. 

See graduation projects from every year
Student project

Wool rediscovered

The project "100x10x1000x100.000" explores how local Danish wool, often considered waste, can regain its value through a new materialist approach.

Afgangsudstilling

Niels Bruun Djurhuus, BA / Industrial Design

Student project

Light for better sleep

During a trip to Morocco, the designer was inspired by natural light forms and created a lamp that focuses on the interaction between the equinox and our biological circadian rhythm.

Student project

Visualising ILMA

Liv Stæhr Rødtnes has designed the visual profile for musician ILMA, creating a unique and cohesive visual identity that reflects her sonic universe and personal brand.

Student project

Sustainable behavioural change while shopping

The designer has developed a concept that combines system design and product development to promote sustainable consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Student project

It’s here that we meet

How can we bring soul and life to community centres in rural areas? Inspired by folk art, ornamentation, scenography, and street art, Emma Roelsgaard Torp has created a visual experience.

Student project

Future food labels

Lea Kjær Olesen has created a speculative design featuring a visual identity for a future plant-based food producer that addresses the impact of food production on nature and climate.

Student project

Broken Heart Syndrome

In an interdisciplinary project that connects clothing design and accessory design, the designers have created an artistic series that can be used as a tool to understand and process heartbreak and thereby promote mental health.

Student project

The sound of tradition and craftsmanship

Mille Ahrenkiel has created a songbook featuring five new weaving songs and weaving samples created by herself while singing.

Student project

Empathy visualized through stop motion

"Office Care" is a stop-motion short film that tells a story about empathy through a sequence of scenes and explains why it matters.

Student project

Expand Your Circle

How can friendships across cultures improve student life in Kolding? Nina Harboe Welle has created a campaign that promotes friendships between international and Danish students.

Student project

ATMOSPHERE – Textiles as a sensuous experience

The designer has crafted a unique textile installation for Engelsholm Højskole’s newly built Agerumslade, a space used for concerts, exhibitions, and lectures.

Student project

The Good Gardener: Kids and Wild Bees

"Gartner God" (The Good Gardener) is a children's book about wild bees, designed for children aged 6-8 and their parents.

Student project

A materials study in sustainable construction

The project stems from an experience of missing tactile elements in modern architecture and therefore examines clay soil as a building material with a focus on surfaces and textures.

Student project

Weaving nature back into your life

The project explores how we can reconnect with nature through the tactile and sensory qualities of weaving.

Master 2024

Master – Graduation exhibition FRAME

Meet the next generation of designers and explore their graduation projects. 

See graduation projects from every year
Student project

Jewellery for adults with ADHD

Many adults with ADHD have an unmet need to stim or fidget. Traditional products on the market are often colourful and designed for children, which can feel embarrassing for adults to use. To address this need, the designer has made a small jewellery collection consisting of a bracelet and a ring, both with tactile surfaces and movable stone beads.

Student project

Use, Disassemble, Repair, Reassemble, Use Again

We eat more meat than ever, and leather from animals is buried instead of being used as a maintenance-free material. This project concretizes circular design strategies to help consumers distinguish between sustainability and greenwashing.

Student project

Sustainable flower material design: rebloom toolkit

The project is inspired by a rethinking of flowers as naturally beautiful yet ephemeral resources. In our daily lives, flowers are often used as a medium to express emotions during special occasions.

Student project

Children’s Play & Care

The project integrates play into children’s care pathways during hospital visits, focusing on young children experiencing fear or anxiety about facing their first X-ray.

Student project

Idea laundromat for design students

The designer has created an idea-generation tool for design students. The tool consists of a washing machine poster, which is used in the workshop "A Trip to the Idea Launderette”.

Student project

Rock ‘n Nest: a design for fostering playful engagement

From the collaboration with CPH VILLAGE (a Real-estate Company based In Copenhagen, specialized in innovative student housing solutions) Rock ‘n Nest was born, a transformable sitting spot designed to enhance community life.

Student project

A Living Will

The project explores themes of death and para-intelligence, including emotional intelligence, spirituality, and care, using augmented reality (AR).

Student project

Re-designing learning spaces

Designed for kindergarten children aged 3 to 5, these modular planks enhance creativity, autonomy, exploration, and collaboration in the classroom.

Student project

Sensory play for neurodiversity inclusion

We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with information designed to capture our attention. Yet, it can be disruptive to a conversation if someone sits restlessly — a common self-regulating behaviour known as stimming.

Student project

Designing inclusive and sustainable fashion together

How can users be creatively involved in the design process to achieve a more body-inclusive and sustainable fashion industry? This question is explored by the designer in her graduation project, where she has worked on making co-creation attractive to existing clothing brands in the fashion industry.

Student project

Belonging through design

The Youth Playground is designed to foster a strong sense of community among young people by creating inclusive public spaces.

Beatriz Isca, MA / Design for Planet / Industrial Design

Beatriz Isca, MA / Design for Planet / Industrial Design 

Student project

The potential of local wool

The project explores the new potential of local wool, emphasizing the connection between people, land, and animals. In the Netherlands, local wool often has low market value and no clear use.

Exhibition venue

Exhibition in our "new" school building

We are pleased— for the first time in many years— to present the exhibition in our "new" school building at Ågade 10.

The building underwent a comprehensive transformation in 2023-2024 to create the best conditions for students and staff. The technological developments demand future-proof workshop facilities, while the school's status as a university has greatly accelerated research, which also requires physical spaces for co-creation.

The A.P. Møller Support Foundation contributed DKK 24 million to the renovation, the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation contributed DKK 15 million, and the Augustinus Foundation contributed DKK 11 million. Kolding School of Design's own financing amounts to DKK 17.8 million.

The renovation took just over 1 1/2 years and was carried out by CUBO Architects, with Hansen & Knudsen A/S as the main contractor and Tegnestuen Mejeriet as the project management consultant.

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Photo by Palle Skov

Contact

Do you have any questions or would you like to know more?

Media Workshop

Allan Schmidt

Communications Designer and Event Designer, teaches cross-disciplinary subjects
Media Workshop, Rectorat

Charlotte Melin

Head of Communications
Media Workshop

Katrine Worsøe

Communications Specialist and Photographer
Media Workshop

Marianne Baggesen Hilger

Senior Communications Specialist