Photo by Monica Louise Hartvigsen
22 Oct 2025 / LAB for Sustainability and Design, Education and research

PhD defence on co-cultivating colours

On Monday 3 November, Kolding School of Design invites you to the PhD defence of Monica Hartvigsen.
By Marianne Baggesen Hilger

Monica Hartvigsen will be defending her PhD project Co-Cultivating Colours - An experimental driven textile design approach to understand microbial colourants for textile design in craft, education and industry.

The PhD project studies the design potential of ‘co-crafting’ with colour producing microorganisms as a conscious way to apply colour to textile surfaces.

Programme

13.00: Welcome / Associate Professor Sune Gudiksen/Karen Marie Hasling, Kolding School of Design

13.05: Lecture / PhD student Monica Hartvigsen

13.45: Examination / Associate Professor Marjan Kooroshnia, Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, Sweden

14.15: Break

14.30: Examination / Professor Riikka Räisänen, University of Helsinki, Finland

15.00: Examination / Associate Professor Ulla Ræbild, Kolding School of Design

15.30: Comments from the audience

16.00: Finishing remarks / Associate professor Sune Gudiksen/Karen Marie Hasling, Kolding School of Design

The defence will be followed by a reception.

Everyone is welcome.

Time: Monday 3 November 2025 from 1pm-4pm.
Place: Designskolen Kolding, Ågade 10, 6000 Kolding.

More about the project