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Synne Skjulstad

    • Professor
  • Westerdals Department of Creativity, Storytelling and Design
  • School of Arts, Design and Media
Synne.Skjulstad@kristiania.no
+47 922 60 776

Background

Synne Skjulstad is a professor of communication and design at Westerdals, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo.
Skjulstad teaches across various programmes, such as design communication with an emphasis on fashion as artistic cultural expression (with the Oslo National Academy of the Arts), as well as design research methods at the Master's program in Design at Kristiania.
The research is situated at the intersection of media aesthetics, platform studies, design studies and fashion studies. It spans visual communication, the relationship between communication and design in the arts and wider cultural field, and Norwegian independent fashion practice. Her ongoing research seeks to unpack Norwegian fashion history.
Skjulstad has a strong interest in artistic research methods and at times incorporates these into her work. Her research has been published in journals such as Fashion Theory, International Journal of Fashion Studies, and Kunst og Kultur.

Areas of expertise

  • Medievitenskap
  • Branding
  • Fashion industry
  • Design
  • Visual communication
  • Aesthetics

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