The term “architectural” is often used to describe clothes with particularly sculptural qualities, and there are several examples of architects who have successfully designed both fashion and textiles. However, the reverse almost never occurs, according to the design group Research Studio for Knit and Architecture (RSKA). They explain this as design hierarchies, which has formed the basis for their exhibition Fashioned Architecture.


In the exhibition, specifically designed for Rian Design Museum, architecture is displayed knitted on a large scale based on fashion design methodology, such as creating a silhouette or manipulating proportions. The textiles are knitted in thin wool yarn using an advanced 3D knitting machine used in the fashion industry. In the entirely digital manufacturing process, the large-scale materials have been knitted with tailored properties and compositions that would otherwise be impossible without extensive manual post-processing.


The work on Fashioned Architecture has taken place in a non-hierarchical design process between knitting designer Matilda Norberg and architects Edvin Bylander and Joel Persson, who together form RSKA. The exhibition, which is part of an ongoing artistic research project, is accompanied by a catalog featuring texts by fashion theorist Philip Warkander and design historian Kerstin Wickman. Both provide their respective perspectives on architecture’s relationship to fashion and textiles.

Top image: Knitted study of the relationship between body and space by Research Studio for Knit and Architecture. Photo: RSKA

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26 August – 13 September
Closed due to exhibition change

14 September – 24 November
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