Open House at the Swedish School of Textiles
Open house
Date: Saturday, 25 January 2025
Time: Approximately 13:00–16:00
Location: Textile Fashion Center, Skaraborgsvägen 3A, Borås, Sweden
Experience our unique environments on site – go on a guided tour, mingle with students and teachers, and listen to a panel discussion. In addition, we will fill our premises with textile and fashion-related activities such as tufting and remaking. No registration is required.
NOTE! The application task for the design programmes will be presented both on site at the Swedish School of Textiles and via Zoom.
Programme, 25 January
13:00–16:00 Reception in the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
Programme Coordinators incl. students on site
13:00–16:00 Try out at the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
Opportunity to try out textile activities such as remaking and tufting.
13:00–16:00 Drop-in in the Digital Business Lab
Location: Digital Business Lab, 1st floor
13:30 Guided tour (in Swedish)
Location: Gather outside the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
14:00 Guided tour (in English)
Location: Gather outside the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
14:00 Panel discussion. Theme: Which careers do the programmes lead to?
Location: Vestindien room, 2nd floor
Note: The discussion will be held in Swedish.
The panelists will consist of representatives from our three areas of education – Technology, Management, and Design.
- Maria Persson – Director of Studies in Textile Engineering
- Lars Hedegård – Programme Coordinator for the Bachelor's Programme in Textile Management, specialising in Fashion and Retail
- Klara Hobbs – Alumnus and designer at Tiger of Sweden
- Moderator: Anna Lidström, Doctor of Redesign
14:30 Guided tour (in Swedish)
Location: Gather outside the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
15:00 Guided tour (in Swedish)
Location: Gather outside the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
15:00 Presentation of application tasks for the Fashion and Textile Design programmes
Location: Vestindien room, 2nd floor
15:30 Guided tour (in Swedish)
Gather outside the Do-tank Center, 2nd floor
16:00 Digital presentation of application tasks for the Fashion and Textile Design programmes
Join us via Zoom. Each programme will have a dedicated Zoom link:
Contact: Anna Kjellsson, Communications Officer
Textile Fashion Center
During the Open House, you will have the opportunity to visit all textile Education Coordinators.
Digital Open House
Did you miss our digital open house? You can watch the broadcast afterwards. Watch the broadcast on YouTube
Welcome to the Swedish School of Textiles – Digital open house!
Join us on December 11 to explore our study environments, meet our dedicated teachers, get information about our programmes, and have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the programmes and what it's like to study at the Swedish School of Textiles.
Content:
- 0-3 minutes: Discover the Swedish School of Textiles – An introduction
- 3-17 minutes: Fashion and Design – Dive into our artistic design programmes
- 18-41 minutes: Innovative textile technology – Get to know our programmes in textile technology
- 41-55 minutes: From idea to market in textile – Explore our textile management programmes
- 55-58 minutes: Visit Our Physical Open House
Note: The broadcast will alternate between Swedish and English speech and will be subtitled in English.