HDK-Valand
HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design (Swedish: HDK-Valand – Högskolan för konst och design) is a school for film, photography, literary composition, and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its precursors trace back to 1848 and 1865, and in this sense is older than the University of Gothenburg (founded 1891).
History
School of Design and Crafts
Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk | |
Other name | HDK |
|---|---|
Former name | Slöjdföreningens skola, Konstindustriskolan, Högskolan för Design |
| Type | Design school |
| Established | 1848 |
Parent institution | University of Gothenburg |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
The School of Design and Crafts (Swedish: Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk, abbreviated HDK)[1] at the University of Gothenburg was a design school in the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts. It was started in 1848 with the name Slöjdföreningens skola.[2]
The main building is on Kristinelundsgatan in Gothenburg. The school also contained HDK Steneby in Dals Långed.[3]
Gothenburg Drawing School
The Valand School of Fine Art was founded as the Gothenburg Drawing School (Swedish: Göteborgs Musei Ritskola) in 1865 and has been part of the University of Gothenburg since 1977. The school is situated in central Gothenburg, currently across Vasagatan from the original building. Valand was the name of the construction company formed in order to build the original building which is now occupied by a nightclub of the same name, as well as a fraternal order.
Valand Academy
In 2012, Valand Academy was formed through a merge of the Valand School of Fine Art and three other formerly independent institutions at the University of Gothenburg: the School of Film Directing, the School of Photography and the Department of Literary Composition.
HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design
In 2020, Valand Academy merged with another school within the same faculty, the School of Design and Crafts / HDK (in Swedish, Högskolan för Design och Konsthandverk). The merged school is now called HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design.[4]
Notable alumni
- Ivar Arosenius
- Ernst Billgren
- Torsten Billman
- Axel Boman
- Gabo Camnitzer
- Ann Edholm
- Einar Hákonarson
- Snövit Hedstierna
- Pål Hollender
- Dan Lissvik
- Ruben Östlund[5]
- Gustaf Tenggren
- Jim Thorell
- Úlfur Karlsson
- Helene Billgren
For the School of Design and Crafts
Notable professors
See also
References
- ^ Brunnström, Lasse (18 October 2018). Swedish Design: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-350-00014-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The History of HDK". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "HDK: About Us". Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "About us | University of Gothenburg". 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Ruben Östlund: 'All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face'". TheGuardian.com. 11 March 2018.