ABOUT EMDAL

EMDAL COLORKNIT 
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 & Egyptian cotton.
Emdal Colorknit work in a field of     ” Nature versus Digital “.
Feel free to contact Emdal colorknit for more information, questions, requests, etc.
WE DO COSTUME_MADE:    projects/shirts/dresses/capes/jackets/scarfs - you name it!
-or visit the webshop: ONE ITEM SHOP
CV: Signe Emdal
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EXHIBITIONS/UDSTILLINGER

2010  A TREE TALE -chapter 1

A knitted experiment. Grønbechsgaard-Bornholm DK.  27.03.10-16.06.10.

2008-2009 DK:Knit

Retrospective knit- & group-exhibition. Designskolen Kolding 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 Gallery DEVE.

2008 Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879

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

2008 Fresh Soft Square

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

2007 Mau

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

 

TRADESHOWS/MESSER

2011  FORMLAND. Danish Interior Show.

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

2006/7 EMDAL for HENRIK VIBSKOV. Knitted fabrics for AW 06/07.

2009/10  EMDAL for NIKITA . Knitted styles for AW 09/10.

2010 EMDAL for OH NO ONO. Knitted styles.

2010 EMDAL for ELSEBETH GERNER NIELSEN. Knitted styles.

2010 EMDAL for DANSK. Knitted styles for AW 10. 

2010 EMDAL for THOMAS SKOV GAARDSVIG. Knitted style. 

PUBLICATIONS/UDGIVELSER

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

 

AWARDS & GRANDS/ PRISER & LEGATER

2010 Statens Kunstfond. Working grant.

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.

 

EDUCATION & WORK-EXPERIENCE/UDDANNELSE og arbejdserfaring

2009 Brede værk. Museum officer. National museet 

2007- forever… Emdal colorknit.

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

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

2005-2009  Strange collection.

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

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.