ABOUT

 
Emdal colorknit is a digital knitted brand by the danish textiledesigner & artist:
Signe Emdal. Emdal colorknit presents wearable knitted ONE ITEMS & knitted art projects.
All the knitted fabrics are designed and produced in the Emdal colorknit factory in Copenhagen-DK.
Yarns are always high quality with origins of italy and portugal. Merino wool & cotton.
Feel free to contact Emdal colorknit for more information, questions, requests, etc.
info(add)emdalcolorknit.dk
  
 
 

CV: Signe Emdal

 

 

 

 

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EDUCATION & WORK-EXPERIENCE/UDDANNELSE og arbejdserfaring

2009 Brede værk. Museum officer. www.nationalmuseet.dk

2007- forever… Emdal colorknit.

2002-2007 Designskolen Kolding DK. Textile department. BA + MA. www.dskd.dk

2007 Graduation. Specialized in flatbed-knitted materials & concept-development. 

2005-2009  Strange collection. www.strangecollection.dk

2006 Freelance at Henrik Vibskov. Creation of knitted materials A/W 07/08. www.henrikvibskov.com

2001 The danish handcraft seminar/Håndarbejdets Fremme Seminarium DK. Screenprint department.

2000 Den Skandinaviske Designhøjskole DK. Textile department.

2000 TIVOLI. Copenhagen. Amusement responsable summer & Christmas.

1998-2000 Switzerland. Service employee in skiresorts.

 

EXHIBITIONS/UDSTILLINGER

 

2010  A TREE TALE -chapter 1

A knitted experiment. Grønbechsgaard-Bornholm DK www.groenbechsgaard.dk 27.03.10-16.06.10.

2008-2009 DK:Knit

Retrospective knit- & group-exhibition. Designskolen Kolding DK  www.dskd.dk  26.11.08-27.02.09.  

The exibit travels to The Faroe Islands and Bruxelles. 18.05.09-01.12.09. 

2008 Frankfurt am Main

Knitted installation/experiment at Gallry DEVE: www.deve.dk

2008 Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879

The work “Phone” was awarded the bronze medal of honour and exhibited at the museum of Art & Design/ Kunstindustrimuseet DK  www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk 26.06.08-29.07.08.

2008 Fresh Soft Square

Charlottenborg Spring-exhibition 2008 DK. Censored exhibition.  Art / design /craftwork project  www.kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk 12.04.08-01.06.08.

2007 Mau

Knitted hoodie collection. Graduation-exhibition & fashion-show. Trapholt museum  DK  www.trapholt.dk

 

TRADESHOWS/MESSER

2009 Bread & Butter. Barcelona Streetwear tradeshow.

2009 CPHome. Interior tradeshow DK.

2008 Ideal showroom. Berlin fashionweek.

2007 Designers Nest Cph Vision. DK fashionweek. 

 

COLLABORATIONS/SAMARBEJDER

2009 Nikita. Collaboration with the Icelandic streetwear company. Knitted styles for AW 09/10. www.nikitaclothing.com

 

PUBLICATIONS/UDGIVELSER

2009 Color In Fashion. Emdal colorknit represented in a new Spanish fashion book www.maomaopublications.com

 

AWARDS & GRANDS/ PRISER & LEGATER

2010 Statens Kunstfond. Working grant. www.kunst.dk/kunsthaandvaerkdesign/omtilskud/hvemharfaaettilskud/2010/arbejdslegater2010/

2009 Statens Kunstfond. Working grant.

2008 Kunsthåndværker prisen 1879. Signe Emdal received the bronze medal of honour on May 14.

2008 Nationalbankens Jubilæums Fond 1968. Working grant.

2008 Otto Bruuns Fonde. Working grant.

2007 Gudrun og Erik Kauffeldts Fond. Graduation travel grant.