Karolina Westenhoff is a graphic designer and visual communicator based in Stockholm, Sweden. She holds a Ma from School of Design and Crafts in Göteborg and has for 15+ years been working as an independent designer, with clients mainly from the cultural and art sector.
Karolina has a very strong interest in social design. She has been a proud member of the design activistic group Omforma and has worked with cultural political issues, lobbying, seminars and initiating projects within visual communication, aiming to make designers work conditions better as well as making the profession more visible in public space.
In her artistic practice she has been conducting and inititating cutting edge projects within graphic design in public space. She is also working with and exhibiting large collages, which delas with the fine border of trash and design. Among lots of other things.
Karolina has worked several years as a guest lecturer in Linnaeus Visual Communication + Change and has also worked as a lecturer at Konstfack in Stockholm, as well as a guest lecturer at Beckmans Designskola and Forsbergs Designskola. She is also a member of the Artist run gallery Candyland in Stockholm.
Photo: Dan Kendall
