Student Guide Contains Useful Information for You As a Student at Konstfack
Welcome as a student to Konstfack!
We are very happy that you have chosen to join our MFA Programme in Design. We are committed to offering you training of the highest quality on artistic grounds in order to give you a solid professional basis to help build your future career.
This Student Guide contains useful information for you as a student at Konstfack. Once you are here, please use Konstfack’s intranet, web site and read your student e-mail to keep updated.
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Uppdated 2018-06-18 Master Programme in Design...... 4 MFA-Design Programme Overview ...... 4 Programme Specialisations ...... 4 Individual Study Plan in Design (DIS) ...... 4 Spatial Design (SpD) ...... 4 Programme Syllabus ...... 4 Programme Schedule ...... 4 Courses and Modules ...... 5 (1) Introduction and broadening of perspective, 30 credits ...... 6 (2) In-depth studies in the subject and environment, 30 credits ...... 6 (3) In-depth reflection, 15 credits, weeks 36-44 ...... 6 (4) Degree project, 33 credits, weeks 45-13 ...... 6 (5) Summary and projection, 12 credits, weeks 14-23 ...... 6 School-wide and Cross-Programme Activities ...... 7 Research Week, week 5 2019 ...... 7 Electives ...... 7 Free-standing / Professional Courses ...... 7 Programme Literature...... 7 ATLAS, Individual Study Plan and Examinations ...... 7 ATLAS ...... 7 Individual Study Plan ...... 8 Examinations and Reviews ...... 8 General information ...... 9 Access & tags ...... 9 Address & phone number ...... 9 Alcohol & smoking ...... 9 Cleaning ...... 9 Contact information ...... 10 Course evaluations ...... 10 Fire alarm ...... 10 Grades ...... 10 IT at Konstfack ...... 11 Library ...... 12 Lockers ...... 12 Lunch/eating ...... 12 Parties ...... 12 Printing/copying ...... 13 Reception/Front desk ...... 13 Registration...... 13 Schedule...... 13 Student Office ...... 13 Student Union ...... 13 Summer closure of Konstfack ...... 14 Support for students with disabilities ...... 14 Workshops ...... 14 Workshops ...... 14 Access ...... 15 Driver’s license’ Certification ...... 15 Hours ...... 15 Inpass Tag Lock ...... 15 Security/Fire Doors ...... 15 Materials ...... 15 Payment for Materials Spatial Design ...... 15 Material Fee for Individual Study Plan in Design 550 SEK/semester ...... 16 Workshop Ethics ...... 16 Cleaning and Refuse ...... 16 Loaning Tools ...... 16 Safety ...... 16 Personal Safety Equipment ...... 17 Machine Safety ...... 17 Safe Materials ...... 17 Fire Prevention ...... 18 Administration at DIV ...... 18 MFA Design Faculty ...... 19 Design MFA Programme Student Guide 2018/2019
The Master's programme in Design is intended to augment your capacity to work experimentally and reflectively as well as formulate and approach problems in a critical and artistic way. You will be trained, for instance, to make creative decisions based on aesthetic as well as personal, social and environmental aspects, while gaining experience of different approaches, methods and design areas.
The programme is based on artistic exploration and experimentation. Explorations that develop your thought processes and enhance your capacity to comprehend. The combination of the two, encourages the transgression of disciplinary boundaries, systems of thought and practices, all based on the programme's keywords – change, new tools, links and diversity.
Our ambition is to use cooperation and fervent individual commitment to influence the world so that we, with the help of what we create, which will to varying degrees invite engagement and signal change, will increase people's possibilities of exerting influence. Society needs different kinds of thinking and expertise.
To meet these needs, we offer you the possibilities of individual specialisation for both your own personal development and a more explicit positioning in a widening and changing field.
The specialisation Individual Study Plan offers you the opportunity to specialise in design through your own further study and personal development. You can focus on a professional career designing products or services or choose a hybrid and extension of these professions. Focus on social or ecological challenges, and work with design driving propositions. You can also prepare yourself for a doctoral programme.
The specialisation Spatial Design offers individual specialisation and personal development in this sphere as well as the possibility of positioning yourself in a widening field undergoing change - architecture and spatial design. The track offers preparation for both professional careers and research.
PDF-file at the bottom of page: https://www.konstfack.se/en/Education/Masters-Degree- Programmes/Design/
Detailed schedules will be in Course Descriptions, provided at the start of each course. A general schedule of the programme will be found on the intranet.
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The MFA-Design Programme is 120 credits/ECTS. Credits are earned through courses, which are divided into smaller modules. Course Plans and Module Descriptions will be uploaded in advance on the Intranet. There are 5 compulsory courses over 4 semesters (2 years):
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The first course includes an introduction to the programme, the subject and all its constituent parts, as well as a broadening of the perspectives on the subject and the profession. The goal is to further develop critical, analytical and artistic approaches. The semester course includes studies of terminology, methods, processes, standpoints, approaches and contexts. The course is divided into these modules: • Orientations 12 credits; • Explorations I 9 credits; • Explorations II 9 credits;
During the second semester, students can develop their abilities via design assignments organised in project form. This may be elective or compulsory depending on the specialisation the student has chosen. The semester course consists of two modules, which offer in-depth studies in the subject and a third, which offers in-depth studies in the environment with which the student cooperates. In the first module is a Research Week (week 5) with preparatory and follow-up work. In the second module, there are school-wide Electives. In the third module, student’s projects can take place in vocational activities, industry or other activities depending on the student's specialisation. The course is divided into these modules:
• Re-Orientations 5 credits, Includes school-wide Research Week, • Explorations III 8 credits, • Explorations IV 8 credits
• Outlooks 9 credits,
In the third semester, the student is afforded the opportunity for in-depth reflection via parallel and integrated design and text work.
During the third and fourth semesters, the degree project deepens the student's knowledge within a specific area of the field of design, and the subject is chosen based on the student's specialisation. The degree project work is divided into 2 stages: 15 credits and 18 credits.
This course follows the degree project in the fourth semester, focusing on developing a summary and future projections.
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There are several activities that are conducted for all Master’s programmes at Konstfack. These are important and unique opportunities to meet teachers and students in other programmes, as well as important learning opportunities in areas that define Konstfack. These activities do not have credits directly attached – student participation and grade in these are assessed within the MFA-Design Programme courses and modules.
There is a Konstfack Research Week each year, highlighting ongoing research projects and strategic research themes at the school as well as issues in artistic and design research in Sweden and internationally. The week combines varied formats for engaging Master’s and PhD students, researchers and faculty, and the public. Each year, a key issue in research is highlighted. The Research Week is compulsory for Year 1 MFA students, students in Year 2 can choose how to join in.
Weeks 10-11, 2018 Each spring, 1- or 2-week-long Electives are offered by departments at Konstfack for first-year Master’s students from all programmes. More information about the topics and selection procedure will be available during the autumn on the Intranet. MFA Design students must select their Electives in consultation with their teachers and according to their Study Plan.
There are a few freestanding courses offered by departments at Konstfack, aimed at professionals but also of relevance to enrolled students. These courses have their own application deadlines, admissions requirements and award credits. Interested MFA Design students may discuss with their teachers. https://www.konstfack.se/Utbildning/Fristaende-kurser/
Literature will be assigned within Courses and Modules. Some core literature may be shared and integrated into the programme in Year 2.
The pedagogical approach of the MFA-Design Programme is to support students in developing their own projects, body of work and future vision of the field. The programme provides structures in the form of courses and modules – within these, students have much flexibility to develop themselves and their work, in dialogue with their teachers.
To guide the process, the programme uses two pedagogical tools: the student ‘ATLAS’ and ‘Individual Study Plan’. These tools are created, discussed and updated throughout the two years of study, and supported by teachers in courses, modules and interest groups. The ‘Individual Study Plan’ together with the ‘ATLAS’ collects plans as well as documentation – thus, they are a kind of ‘orienteering’ tool for students during their 2 years of study.
The ATLAS is a form of ‘annotated portfolio’; a space for reflecting and commenting on your projects as well as positioning them in relation to relevant references and areas of interest. The ATLAS should include visual representations. It may be physical, haptic, visual, digital, and in many shapes, sizes and materials – this is up to the student. However, the ATLAS must be captured in a digital format for
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teachers to be able to review periodically. There are dedicated moments throughout the programme for students to discuss, create and update their ATLAS, in an iterative way.
Documentation of design work from courses and other relevant activities during their studies demonstrate how the Individual Study Plan is explored and achieved. These can include reflections in various forms (visual or written journals, essays, mind-maps, etc.). Course- and project-work should be connected to reflections, in order to show connections between action and reflection, as well as ‘red threads’ through the student’s work. The ATLAS should demonstrate and communicate the student’s progress and growth throughout their MFA.
This is a basic guide for an ATLAS - how you choose to shape this to have relevance for your work can be discussed with your teachers during tutoring.
The Individual Study Plan (ISP) is the student’s tool for expressing what kind of design they would like to practice, connecting this concretely to courses in the programme and activities at the school, as well as the design field. The Individual Study Plan outlines the student’s view of their present and future design practice, short- and long-term learning goals and skills to be developed. These should be connected to a plan for their work within courses and modules, as well as School-wide activities such as Skillshops and Electives. Extracurricular study trips, internships and other relevant activities can be included. The Individual Study Plan is always a work-in-progress, to be discussed periodically within the student’s teachers and Examiners.
In MFA-Design Programme, teachers and students will explore various ways of discussing, reviewing and critiquing course work, individually and in groups. Over time, and especially in Year 2, students should gain skills and initiatives to support and give advice to one another. Our goal is to together create a constructive and creative culture of critique. There are several moments of formal Review and Examination in Year 1 and Year 2. More information, including preparation, procedures and assessment criteria will be provided.
• Examiner for MFA Design ‘Individual Study Plan in Design (InD)’: Martin Avila • Examiner for MFA Design ‘Spatial Design (SpD)’: Ulrika Karlsson
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Tags for access to Konstfack are given at the beginning of your studies and give you access around the clock during the semester. With tag: Mon-Fri 08: 00-17: 00. At other times please use tag + code. If you lose your tag, please report this immediately to the reception or to [email protected]. Ext. 4381. It costs 100: - to get a new one. Entry tags are also used for printers. See Printing.
Konstfack is unfortunately unable to help students find housing. More information on our website: http://www.konstfack.se/en/Education/Being-a-student-at-Konstfack/Accommodation/
Vasakronan student housing near Telefonplan mediated by the City of Stockholm's Housing Service, see www.bostad.stockholm.se
For more information about student accommodation by the Foundation for Student Residences, see www.sssb.se
Academic quarter is a secondary relay for students who started by SSCO - Stockholm Federation of Student Unions, see www.akademiskkvart.se
Students under 30 years may apply for a shared apartment through KompisBo of Botkyrkabyggen, see www.botkyrkabyggen.se
HousingAnywhere is a student-to-student housing platform: www.housinganywhere.com
Visiting address: Postal address: LM Ericssons väg 14 Konstfack Hägersten Box 3601 Underground: Telefonplan SE-126 27 Stockholm Switchboard: 08 – 450 4100 (Konstfack has four digit internal short numbers) During school year the switchboard is open: 08:30-16:30
At Konstfack, smoking is not allowed. Alcohol is only allowed at approved parties and after your application has been approved.
Konstfack employs cleaning staff, but everyone needs to pull together to keep clean and take care of their garbage. Cleaning utensils are available to borrow from the cleaners if needed. Sometimes the floors are machine cleaned. Students will then be asked to pick up everything from the floor so that the cleaning machines can get past between tables. A joint cleaning for all students is done before Christmas and at the end of the school year. At the end of the spring semester, all students’ rooms are emptied. Student work and materials are removed to allow cleaning, repair and preparing workplaces for the autumn. All students must take care of their things at a joint clearing. Larger objects to be thrown away must be put in a container or waste bin. Things left behind are discarded.
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Vice Chancellor [email protected] Maria Lantz Student Health Care www.studenthalsanistockholm.se 08-674 77 00 Student Office [email protected] 08-450 41 77 Student Union [email protected] 08-450 42 77 Helpdesk [email protected] 08-450 43 99 Coordinator for [email protected] 08-450 41 77 students with disabilities Library [email protected] 08-450 41 24 International unit [email protected] 08-450 41 15 08-450 41 16
At the end of each course or module, students make a course evaluation. It’s an opportunity to anonymously assess the course. The primary purpose of course evaluations is to promote quality development of Konstfack courses and programmes.
University students are protected by law against discrimination on grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability and sexual orientation. More information: https://www.konstfack.se/sv/Intranet/Min-utbildning/Student-pa-Konstfack/Likabehandling-av- studenter/
Premises for exhibitions are booked by teachers in the booking system Kronox. Read more on the intranet: https://www.konstfack.se/sv/Intranet/Service-och-support/Lokaler-och- lokalbokning/Utstallningsguide/Bokning-av-utstallningslokal/
Don’t forget to always email the opening hours to [email protected] so that the door is kept open for visitors. Also, please inform Konstfack’s reception of your exhibition at [email protected] Avoid sending bulk emails to teachers and students. Instead promote for the exhibition on Konstfack’s intranet/web by creating a calendar event: https://www.konstfack.se/sv/Aktuellt/Kalender/Skapa-kalenderhandelse/
If there is a fire alarm the building must be evacuated at once. Please leave the building via the nearest emergency exit. The point of assembly is outside the main entrance.
Grades are reported into LADOK, our study documentation system within three weeks after the course is completed. The responsible teacher informs students if they have passed or not. Students who have failed a course or not been assessed have the right to know what needs to be done to pass the course.
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Sick register with the education administrator/teacher.
www.studenthalsanistockholm.se Student Health is completely free of charge. Tel. 08-674 77 00, Studentpalatset, Norrtullsgatan 2. (T: Odenplan) Counseling student doctor by telephone 08-674 77 07, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 8: 30–9: 00 Student Nurses: 08-674 77 03 or 08-677 77 04.
Phone: 08-674 76 99, Mon-Wed-Fri 9: 00-10: 00, Tue 13: 00-14: 00, Thu 16: 00-17: 00 Psychological open reception: Mon-Fri 13: 00-15: 00 at Stockholm University and Mon-Thu 15: 00-16: 00, the Student Palace, Norrtullsgatan 2.
Contact Vårdguiden around the clock for information and advice about what to do in case of emergency or sudden illness. http://www.1177.se
Address: Sergels torg 12, tel. 08-20 20 25 Hours: Monday-Friday 8: 00-18: 00, Sat-Sun 9: 00-15: 00
Telefonvägen 30, Tel. 08-726 55 50, www.telefonplansvardcentral.se
Pharmacy Orren is located at Telefonplan. Tel: 0771-76 07 60. Opening hours weekdays: 9: 00-19: 00
Pharmacy Hjärtat at Krukmakargatan 13 (Subway Mariatorget, exit Torkel Knutssonsgatan) open daily 8:00 -22: 00 tel: 0771-405 405
Police, ambulance and fire services: dial 112. Defibrillators are available at Konstfack’s reception.
Please find information about what to do when there is an accident/or near accident on the Intranet: https://www.konstfack.se/sv/Intranet/Min-utbildning/Student-pa-Konstfack/Arbetsmiljo--Work- environment/Rutin-for-anmalan-av-arbetsskada-och-tillbud-/
For questions/problems please contact: [email protected] or 08-450 4399 before 14: 00
Login All students receive their username and password during the introduction day. Activate your account by logging in on any PC at Konstfack.
E-mail & intranet You are responsible for keeping updated. Updated course information is posted on the intranet. Personal messages will be sent to your Konstfack email. It is important to log on to the intranet and
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read the emails daily! Report immediately if the email is not working to 08-405 4399 (ext. number 4399) or [email protected]
Eduroam - wireless internet Students can connect their personal laptops to the Internet via the network Eduroam. Log in with your Konstfack e-mail address and password.
Computer lab Konstfack has several computer rooms open to students. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 09: 00-17: 00, other times the computer room must be alerted if no one is there. On leaving the computer lab last, to put on the alarm by pressing # and then show their tag in the card reader. An alarm will sound for 3 minutes to avoid someone unknowingly becoming "locked in". Also, see the instructions at the computer lab.
Konstfack boasts one of Sweden's most comprehensive art, craft and design libraries. The library is open to the public. https://www.konstfack.se/en/Library/
The loan office is available through Konstfack’s intranet.
Lockers are available below “Entresol” (mezzanine). Each student can borrow a locker at the start of the semester and lock with your own lock during the study period. Do not store any valuables in the lockers as thefts unfortunately occur.
Each programme has their own students’ kitchen with a micro wave oven, fridge and dishwasher, where you can eat your own food. All students using the kitchen are responsible for cleaning. You can also by lunch, coffee et cetera in the restaurant by Vita Havet.
There is a separate party room on the ground floor at the back of Konstfack that can be booked at the reception. Permission from the Student Union and signature of teacher is required. The form is available at the reception. Internal celebrations at the department may take place in the student kitchen. Apply to the head of department.
Spring Party At the end of the academic year, Konstfack organizes a joint party for students and staff where students in each subject area arrange food according to these routines: 1) Teacher Assistant contacts the class representatives 2) class representatives meet to go through the budget, which will cover food, dessert and table setting for all, including staff. Then they collect the appropriate amount from each participant, for example 120 SEK. 3) Year K1 arranges the food, year K2 is responsible for setting and decorations while year M1 arranges dessert. After eating, everyone helps clear the table and throw garbage.
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To admit that Konstfack may publish personal information about you on their sites (external website, intranet, etc.), you must submit your approval. Download the form at https://www.konstfack.se/sv/Intranet/Min-utbildning/Student-pa-Konstfack/Personuppgiftslagen-PuL-- The-Swedish-Personal-Act/ Please fill in the form and submit it to the reception
Students pay their own prints. The same tag that provides access to the premises is also used for printing/copying. All students receive a PUK code via the Konstfack student email, which is used to activate the printing account. Payment in advance. Please note that you need to pay with a card as cash is no longer accepted at the reception. Print Shop The Department of Art has a print shop, open to all students at Konstfack. Access to these printers requires training. Please contact Lars Ernholm if you have questions: [email protected]
At the front desk, you can refill your tag, buy paper and stationary, and course material et c. Please note that the front desk no longer accepts cash so you need to pay with a card.
At the beginning of each semester, all students register. This is necessary to participate in courses and for the school's student insurance to apply. Registration for exchange students is done at the International office during the introduction day.
Studies at Konstfack are full-time. Scheduled teaching is mandatory. The Education Administrator publishes schedules on the Intranet under "My education". Late schedule changes can be e-mailed.
You apply for student aid at the Central Student Aid www.csn.se
The Student Office is responsible for admissions, degree certificates, support for students with disabilities, registrations. [email protected] tel: 08-450 4177 For phone hours: see http://www.konstfack.se/sv/Utbildning/Ansokan-och-antagning/Kontakta- Studentkansliet/
The Student Union is an organization governed by elected student representatives and is responsible for representing student interests and helping to contribute to a positive study and social climate at Konstfack. The Student Union is represented on Konstfack’s committees and boards: https://www.konstfack.se/en/Education/Being-a-student-at-Konstfack/The-Student-Union/
Autumn semester 2018: 3 September 2018 - 18 January 2019 (w. 36-03) Spring semester 2019: 21 January 2019 - 7 June 2019 (v. 04-23) Teaching free: week 52.
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The spring semester ends on 7 June 2019. After this date, students are no longer covered by insurance and are not allowed at the school premises.
Konstfack is striving to provide good support in the study situation for students with dyslexia, ADHD and other disabilities. Please contact Konstfack's coordinator for more information: [email protected]. Students with dyslexia can get help from the library to borrow for example audio books/course literature.
A transcript of records shows the student's courses and credits. A registration certificate shows that a student is registered at Konstfack. These certificates can be obtained from the Student Office or the education administrator.
Work environment includes both premises and psychosocial environment. Everyone at the school is responsible for creating a good working environment. The Head of department has the overall responsibility for work environment at the department. Noise/music Please consider those around you. Please use head phones when listening to music. Pregnant students/risk assessment If you become pregnant while studying at Konstfack, a specific risk assessment needs to be done, especially considering all the chemicals used in our courses. Please contact the Head of department.
Students need instructions and special permission for the use of the workshops for access when they are not occupied by compulsory courses. All students sign an agreement to follow the workshop’s rules. The screen and the graphics workshop have special agreements to sign for access. More information on IA and ID workshops on page 12. General information on Konstfack’s workshops: https://www.konstfack.se/en/About-Konstfack/Workshops/
General Metal Workshop Henrik Brandt: lecturer and workshop manager. Opening hours: see notice at the workshop Tel 08-450 43 21
General carpentry Jan Andersson: technician and workshop manager. Opening hours Mon 09: 00-11: 45, Tue-Thu 09: 00-11: 45, 12:45 -16: 00, Fri 09: 00-11: 45. Closed during courses. Tel. 08-450 41 95
There is probably no other art and design university college in Europe with such well-equipped workshops as Konstfack. These include Computer Labs, Wood and Metal Workshops, Screen- Printing and Textile-Printing facilities, a Weaving Room, Color Workshop, Graphics Workshop, photographic and TV studios, Glassworks, Ceramics Workshop and Sculpture and Painting Studios.
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The workshops allow crafts to be produced in many different materials and allow you to use experimental, and high-tech methods, to challenge existing boundaries. The workshops are orga- nized to facilitate the material, form and spatial experiments, production of prototypes and models. The machine layout is planned to carry out sequences of procedures. There are some courses in which teaching is conducted directly in the workshops, experimenting with theory-practice relations. Workshop staff have long-experience and excellent competence. MFA-Design students will primarily use the workshops of the Interior Architecture and Industrial Design departments.
A ‘driver’s license’ is earned by each student upon completion of an approved Workshop course and a signature of the Workshop rules. Then, the student is certified to use workshop equipment.
Machines should be turned off after 22:00. For the rules and for your own safety, avoid using machinery and equipment after hours.
Machines connect to an Inpass Tag-reader, which switches on electrical current to the machine. The electricity stays on for 90 minutes after log-in. Before it turns off, there is a sound and light alert. Students certified to run the machines at IA and ID can log in but there must be two people who log- in directly after one another. This is to diminish the risk that someone works alone with the machines. The rule is that there must be three persons present while working with the machines. If a student is logged-in, they are responsible for the workshop. To leave before the electricity switches off after 90 minutes, the student must first log out by pressing the current switch near the Tag-reader. Certified have access to the entry door, storage space for work-in-progress, and tool storage.
All doors with Tag-readers must be closed before 8.00 and after 17.00 on weekdays and all week- ends and holidays. If not, a security company is automatically called and costs incurred. The doors are for fire safety and to prevent theft.
Many types of solid wood, common prefabricated board and foamboard are in the workshop stocks for sale. Clay is available in the ID Workshop, which must be purchased if used outside the workshop. For some board materials, not in our ordinary stocks, the IA and ID workshop staff can make the requisition for you upon pre-payment. Speak to the Workshop staff. For other materials, such as large pieces, veneer or special types, students make the purchase themselves. Left-over materials in the bins are available (and free).
Payment for materials is made at the school´s “Reception and Office Supply Sales”. Cost is calcu- lated according to price lists in the workshop when material is selected. Purchases and requisitions are made 09.00-12.00 and 13.00-16.00.
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Material to be used for educational purposes is exempt from VAT (moms/tax). VAT must be paid on material for other purposes. Students may not invoice Konstfack or use Konstfack on an in-voice for private purchases and for things intended for sale – student’s home address should be used on such invoices. Konstfack can be used as a delivery address only, and students are responsible for materials delivered for their private use.
Konstfack offers you material to cost price. The aim is to give you access to material in a convenient and favourable way. The offer is voluntary and after approving, you are entitled to the material that is covered by the agreement. It covers paper, cardboard, plaster, wood, etc. and copies and some costs during study trips. The cost for this is currently 550 SEK including VAT per semester.
Commit to keeping a good work environment and take part in the systematic work environment program (SAM) running at Konstfack. As a student, you actively contribute to making a health and safe work environment a priority, so that no one face risks in the short or long term.
Out of respect for your own work, health and safety, and that of others, take care of the work-shops and machines. Machines, benches and spaces should be kept in good order during work and must be cleaned directly after use. Each student must organize and clean for themselves. It is part of the education to develop and demonstrate professional conduct in the workshops! Sawdust and other dust should be removed with the central vacuum cleaner where available. The floors of the workshop are vacuumed each day by the cleaning staff, so students must remove work and rubbish from the floor.
Tools and machines must be returned to their proper places so that they are always ready for others. It is thus forbidden to borrow tools from the workshop without first talking to staff.
There are rules for using the workshops and machines safely - these are for your own protection and that of people nearby. The rules are designed with great care, based on experience of acci-dent- prevention and health consideration. Ventilation and other installations at Konstfack are designed for the materials and substances with-in these rules. It is therefore absolutely forbidden to use any other material, as this can cause fire and explosions. Faults in security doors, machines or other equipment, or lack of equipment, must be immediately reported to workshop staff. Faults can cause accidents.
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Each student must use this equipment: 1. Respiratory mask with dust- and gas filter 2. Particle filter 3. Protective gloves (as needed) 4. Protective goggles 5. Hearing protection 6. Appropriate clothing Personal safety equipment can be purchased from the school´s “Reception and Office Supply Sales” – students should put their name on their equipment! There may be spare common equipment available in the workshops as well.
Machines can only be used by ‘driver’s license’-certified students. Some equipment can only be used when the workshop staff are present. Instructions and rules at each machine must be followed. At all workshops at Konstfack, blue signs indicate both general rules and specific rules to each machine. Everyone has a responsibility to learn and follow the rules. Machine-specific rules and protection equipment must always be followed. Existing protection on the machines should under no circumstances be removed. Do not use protective gloves at machines that rotate, as the gloves can get caught. Three persons must be present when machine work is done, so they can take care of an injured person and call for help at the same time. It is important that machine work is done within school hours. Fatigue is a very common factor in accidents. Never work with machines when you have not had sufficient rest. Tools and hand machines are kept in cabinets or locked tool rooms, where they are stored. When you are the last to leave, you must check this. If you wish to take tools or machines outside the workshop, consult workshop staff.
Only approved materials can be used on the premises. Materials or substances obtained privately must be approved by workshop staff before use. All substances used and stored must first be properly documented with product information leaf-lets kept in a special register at the workshop. Product information leaflets can be requested upon purchase or found on the Internet. In the IA painting room and spray box, use only approved water-based paints, lacquer, varnishes and certain waxes and oil-based products. In the ID painting room, spray-painting must be used in one of the Lacquer workshops. Only wa-ter- based paints can be used in the IA workshop. There is no paint-mixing system, students can only use spray cans from approved sources (registered in ‘Klara’), namely the Montana brand. Students buy their own spray paint.
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Harmful products containing organic dissolvent of the type aromatic carbon hydrates or for ex-ample acid-catalyzed lacquer and cured plastics are forbidden for use in any of the workshop premises, as well as thinner and turpentine, which can quickly cause dizziness, fatigue and head-ache, in the longer run chronic diseases and birth defects. Linseed oil-based products can only be used with the consent of and in cooperation with staff to prevent self-ignition. Self-ignition can happen when the oil is stored with rags or other porous materials. This is a common cause of fire. Paints, varnishes and solvents are highly flammable. Therefore, it is absolutely forbidden to smoke, light a match in the Workshop, it is highly dangerous. Paints, glues and chemicals must be stored in special designated places only. All custom paints and solvents must be stored in the Ventilated lockers. If such substances are stored elsewhere, the school has the right to confiscate them. Hot-forming of materials must take place in the workshop except for “car clay", “Indi-clay” and Vacuum-forming. From a safety, labor and environmental perspective, hot-forming should be used with the workshop equipment.
Fire doors must not be left open, or fires can spread. Evacuation paths must be kept free and un- blocked, as premises may fill with smoke during a fire and make it difficult to find the way out. The building is divided into fire zones and security/fire doors automatically close at fire alarm. Doors must never be blocked or kept open, for example with floor wedges.
Contact information to Konstfack staff is found on the Intranet.
Head of department Marie-Louise [email protected] Bowallius Administrator Ayda Lund [email protected] 08-450 42 80 Education Anna Andreasson [email protected] 08-450 41 79 administrator
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The programme involves competence from two departments:
Interior Architecture (IA) Faculty https://www.konstfack.se/en/About-Konstfack/Contact-us/Staff-and- students/Avd/?show=5553
Industrial Design (ID) Faculty https://www.konstfack.se/en/About-Konstfack/Contact-us/Staff-and- students/Avd/?show=5570
Tor Lindstrand Substitute professor, 08-450 41 04, IA Tor.lindstrand Martin Avila Professor, ID 073 151 7681 [email protected] Jenny Althoff Senior Lecturer, ID 08-450 41 98, 073-610 1218 [email protected] Einar Rodhe Senior Lecturer, IA 08-450 42 37 [email protected] Loove Broms Senior lecturer in 08-450 42 03 Design, spec. in [email protected] interactive design Katja Pettersson Senior lecturer in 08-450 42 03 design, focusing [email protected] design Inger Bengtsson Lecturer, Head IA 08-450 42 32 Wood Workshop [email protected] Gunnar Söder Lecturer, Head ID 08-450 42 22 Workshop [email protected] Cheryl Akner Koler Professor in Theore- 08-450 42 23, 070-279 83 76 tical and Practical [email protected] Aesthetics, ID Jonas Ahnmé Senior lecturer, ID 08-450 42 24 [email protected] Magnus Lindfors Senior lecturer, ID 08-450 42 25 [email protected] Sergio Montero Bravo Senior Lecturer, IA [email protected]
Jonas Osslund Senior Lecturer, 070-665 2529 Furniture and [email protected] Workshop courses Simon Anund Lecturer, IA 08-450 42 37 [email protected] Karin Landberg Adjunct, IA [email protected]
Liisa Widstrand Adjunct, ID 076-256 0112 [email protected]
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