five years later…

Five years ago, this was my coffee place… the café at HDK.




HDK - The School of Design and CraftsThe School of Design and Crafts is usually called HDK, an abbreviation of the Swedish name.

HDK started in 18 48, so our origin is rooted in a long tradition. Many of Sweden's established and professional artists, craftsmen and designers have studied here. And many of our present students are people you'll be noticing in the future.

The characteristic HDK student is curious, has artistic talent and the courage to question. At HDK they are encouraged to combine creativity with responsibility, the will to conquer professional skills and to combine them with social engagement. They are also given the chance to deepen their knowledge and at the same time get an understanding of complex entireties. At HDK future designers, craftsmen, artists and teachers in visual arts gather in the same building as doctoral students. In the city centre of Göteborg, a stone's throw from the mainstreet, Avenyn.

At HDK you'll find educational university programmes which are unique in Scandinavia: Our new multidisciplinary Design Programmes are the only ones of their kind and there are few equivalents to our programmes in Applied Art, with their specialisations in Ceramic Art, Textile Art and Jewellery Art and Design.
In Dalsland you'll also find university programmes which are a part of HDK. Here, the students specialise in Cabinet making/Design, Textiles/Fashion and design and Iron and steel/Public commissioning.

To facilitate international contacts and exchanges we have carried through, in line with recent changes in Europe, a division of our educational programmes into a three year first cycle, a two year second cycle and a third cycle focused on Phd studies.

We are proud to be a part of Sweden's only Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts and Göteborg University, together with the Academy of Music and Drama, the School of Filmdirecting, The School of Photography, the Valand School of Fine Art, GoArt and Literary Composition, poetry and Prose. This affiliation and cooperation between the schools differs us from other schools in Sweden.For more information about our programmes, please see "Degree Programmes" Here, you can also open a pdf of our information brochure (6,9 Mb)Here, you can se pictures of student's projects, presented in the brochure


http://www.hdk.gu.se/