Name: Stine Marie Brœnne Olstad
Disciplines: Fashion-and-textile design and critical design
Education: Master’s in Fashion and Costume Design, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO)
Design for discussion
The Master's thesis Liminal Landscapes & Mnemonic Textiles completed at Oslo National Academy of the Arts is a conceptual design project that explores our relationship with design through critical thinking and reflection. The project consists of two main elements – a clothing collection and a room installation – and explores the setting as a tool for creating space for wonderment and creative thinking.
Panel remarks
This master's project completed at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts places itself somewhere between fashion design and art and offers thought-provoking reflections on fashion design and its contexts. The whole work is of a very high standard – from the craftsmanship of the objects themselves to the critical, conceptual thoughts which surround them. In many ways, such works are exactly what the design industry needs today: works which are provocative and have the ability to challenge and create a new discourse based on the deep insight and artistic integrity available only to younger practitioners.
Therefore, it is a pleasure to give the DOGA award to such an out-of-the-ordinary, thought-provoking, and, in the absence of a better word, intelligent contribution.
