Kristian Falden
Fashion and Textile Design MA
The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Kristian Falden
First Name: Kristian
Last Name: Falden
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
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My Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
University / College: The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
Course / Program Title: Fashion and Textile Design MA
About
I’m Kristian Falden a textile and print designer who challenges flat surfaces. For me, textiles are storytellers. They can fold, fade, whisper, or unravel and I love exploring how visual design can carry emotion, memory, or even a bit of mischief. My work bridges concept, craft and technology. I combine hand-drawn or draped elements with AI-generated imagery (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT), using tools like Photoshop and Illustrator to develop both commercial prints and more sculptural, narrative-based textile pieces. Whether the outcome is a product, an installation or a surface pattern, I always start with a question and follow the thread wherever it leads.Thanks for visiting. Feel free to reach out or explore my portfolio.
Unraveled in Time
Unraveled in Time emerged from a visit to the exhibition Oh God by Jim Lyngvild, where generative AI collided with the fantastical world of Hieronymus Bosch. The uneasy blend of Renaissance realism and surreal illusion lingered, opening a line of inquiry into how digital tools might destabilize or expand image-making. Butterflies later became the anchor for the project. In 2022, I lost my father. The Christmas before, he had received a poster of Danish butterflies, a gift he never got to hang. Two years later, I encountered Carlos Amorales’ Black Cloud, where thousands of black butterflies overtook the museum space. In retrospect, these experiences converged into a proposition. Butterflies not only as invaders of space, but as fragile anchors holding it together, even infiltrating AI to disturb the logic of creation itself, creating a world shaped by butterflies. The series consists of five sculptural textiles, created through engineered sublimation print on draped woven fabric, combining structural mapping, generative AI, and hand-unraveling. Motifs merging Renaissance echoes with my own butterfly photography were aligned to folds and tension points, then patiently undone by hand. Over 244 hours of unraveling allowed the textiles to decay with intention. Layer by layer, translucency appeared, fragile and fleeting. Because they can easily be torn apart, their vulnerability becomes their value, a beauty treasured in its fragility The final works exist between textile and sculpture, image and absence. Cascading threads suspend time, offering a glimpse into a world quietly unraveling.
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