Maja Gunn, new Professor of Textiles at Konstfack: Crafts and textiles are part of a larger social context

The designer, researcher, artist and curator Maja Gunn is a new Professor of Crafts with a focus on Textiles. She is also a professor at HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg, and her professional activities include work in the fields of crafts, art, fashion and costume for theatre and film, among others. Maja Gunn holds a Master’s degree in Textiles from Konstfack, another in Fashion Studies from Stockholm University, and a PhD in Design from the Swedish School of Textiles.