Bakgrunn og erfaring
Nina Bjørnstads competence within aesthetic knowledge and skills from more than 30 years of practice in the profession and academia, and the latter by research through design. More specifically she is an Industrial Designer (ID) educated at Konstfacks ID course in Stockholm Sweden. After her Master of Art in ID (MfA) she worked for 6 years in Stockholm and Oslo before being evaluated to an Associated professor position at Institute of design.
Ansvarsområder
She is course responsible for Masters 4th year ID, which is a skill-oriented course ensuring that students have the tools and vocabulary to create ID products in a holistic perspective. Planning and executing form creation and critique, - modules in other topics within ID.
Undervisning
She teaches ID and aesthetics at the Institute of design.
NB has guided several ID diplomas and is open for most programs; - from smaller product series with experimental design, to “far future” scenarios and back casting to speculative concepts.
Forskning
NB has a transatlantic network and ongoing research projects together with Pratt University in NYC and a series of Nordic design universities.
NB led recently the NOKUT committee evaluating Oslo Met BA program in ID. External censorship is also a part of her engagements outside AHO.