sofia Munk
Fashion Design MA
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Womenswear / Textile Innovation/Textile Art
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
sofia Munk
First Name: sofia
Last Name: Munk
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Womenswear / Textile Innovation/Textile Art
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My Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
University / College: Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Course / Program Title: Fashion Design MA
About
Sofia Munk is a Danish fashion- and textile designer specializing in digital knit for womenswear. Her design approach begins with the textile itself — its texture, stretch, and structure — and extends outward into form in dialogue with the body.
Through her MA at the Royal Danish Academy, she developed a material-driven design method that creates organic shapes directly from the material, enabling a close relationship between the material, shape and body.
Her overall mission is to restore value to textiles as precious resources, resisting growth-driven logics that reduce them to commodities. By translating the wonder of nature into knit through magical techniques, she emphasizes care, emotion, and lived experience, aiming to foster deeper connections between people, textiles, and the natural world.
Sofia Munk’s graduation collection is inspired by the wonders, movements, and depth of the ocean. Across six digitally knitted looks, she translates water’s fluidity into form, combining technical innovation with a critical reflection on how we value textiles. 1) Using a zero-waste approach, Sofia programmed partial knit panels directly into shape. Drawing on the Fibonacci spiral, a natural principle found in seashells, currents, and sea plants, she created organic forms through short rows and decreases. Additional techniques echo coral textures and deep-sea creatures, inspiring a palette from deep ocean blue to intense red, purple and yellow. 2) Working in merino wool and an elastic, sculptural yarn, the knit adapts to the body while unfolding in flowing silhouettes — garments that emerge directly from the material itself, uniting textile, technique, and form. 3) Beyond technique, Waves Whisper challenges dominant “sustainable” narratives that equate efficiency with responsibility. By drawing on the ocean’s vitality, Sofia reframes textiles as living, precious resources — inviting awe, care, and deeper connections as the true foundation for sustainable design.
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