About
Vibeke Sjøvoll works as an artist/teacher/researcher at the Department of Product Design at Oslo Metropolitan University. Sjøvoll holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and she studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and earned a master’s degree in Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art. Her dissertation, Creating, uncreating and recreating: experimenting together with students, things, and processes in design education, explores the relationship between art and research, as well as art, design, and education. In her research, she experiments with and examines the relationships between the material world and the social world, between education and values, and between practice and research. Other key themes in her teaching include aesthetics, play and creativity as care and engagement, materiality and cultural understanding, site-specific art practices, and critical perspectives in art and design.
Field of study
Cultural studies Visual Art Art and Design education
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sjøvoll, Vibeke
; Grothen, Geir
(2022).
To research by two hands.
Nordic Journal of Art & Research (A & R).
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.7577/information.5068
Sjøvoll, Vibeke
(2022).
‘Please tell me about an idea you would love to realise’ – an exploration of abandoned ideas in design education.
FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademiskmisk.4513
Sjøvoll, Vibeke
(2022).
The stool that became a tree: Reflecting on a collaborative student project in design education.
International Journal of Education through Art.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00107_1
Sjøvoll, Vibeke
; Grothen, Geir; Frers, Lars
(2020).
Abandoned ideas and the energies of failure.
Emotion, Space and Society.
Vol. 36.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100709
Sjøvoll, Vibeke ; Gulden, Tore (2017). GAME DYNAMICS IN DESIGN - A PROCESS TO ACHIEVE CREATIVE AGENCY (TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE). Berg, Arild; Bohemia, Erik; Buck, Lyndon; Gulden, Tore; Kovacevic, Ahmed; Pavel, Nenad (Ed.). proceedings of E&PDE 2017 – International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. Building Community: Design Education for a Sustainable Future. p. 274-279. The Design Society.
Sjøvoll, Vibeke ; Gulden, Tore (2016). Play Probes - as a Productive Space and Source for Information. Bohemia, Erik; Buck, Lyndon; Eriksen, Kaare; Kovacevic, Ahmed; Ovesen, Nis; Tollestrup, Christian (Ed.). Design Education: Collaboration and Cross-Disciplinarity. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Aalborg University, Denmark, 8th-9th September 2016. p. 342-347. The Design Society.
Berg, Arild ; Gulden, Tore ; Ornäs, Viktor Hiort af; Pavel, Nenad ; Sjøvoll, Vibeke (2015). The Metal T-shirt: Transmedia Storytelling in Products. Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Kärki, Kimi (Ed.). Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures. p. 174-184. Helsinki: Aalto University & Turku: International Institute for Popular Culture.
Gulden, Tore ; Sjøvoll, Vibeke ; Berg, Arild ; Ornäs, Viktor Hiort af (2015). What is Black in Black Metal? Elucidating the Darkness in Album Covers through Panofsky's Picture Analysis. Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Kärki, Kimi (Ed.). Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures. p. 483-493. Helsinki: Aalto University & Turku: International Institute for Popular Culture.
Gulden, Tore ; Sjøvoll, Vibeke (2015). Rules and complex thinking in design education. Bingham, Guy; Bohemia, Eric; Kovacevic, Ahmed; McCardle, John; Parkinson, Brian; Southee, Darren (Ed.). Great expectations : design teaching, research & enterprise : proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Loughborough Design School, University of Loughborough, United Kingdom, 3rd-4th September 2015. p. 25-30. The Design Society.
Stoltenberg, Einar
;
Sjøvoll, Vibeke
(2014).
Reflection in design education using visual technology.
Bohemia, Erik; Eger, Arthur; Eggink, Wouter; Kovacevic, Ahmed; Parkinson, Brian; Wits, Wessel (Ed.).
Design Education & Human Technology Relations. The 16th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education. p. 105-110.
The Design Society.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/2241
