Louise Ravnløkke is an Associate Professor, PhD, at Design School Kolding, Lab for Sustainability and Design. Louise has a background in textile design practice which she employs in her research. Her experimental and practice-based PhD study ‘Design of Knitted Jumpers for Longevity: Knitted Prototypes as a Tool for User Dialogue in the Design Process’ is a result of bringing together practice and academia. The overall objective of the project is to generate knowledge that can contribute to sustainable development through design practice, with the intention to support the textile designer's role in this development.
Today Louise is still occupied with this field using her practical and aesthetic skills of being a designer in combination with a strategic mindset. This is implemented in her work within research, artistic development and higher education, where she finds interest in exploring the role of the designer in a world in transition for sustainable change.