News and events

Berghs profiles in One Show jury 2018

Berghs David Alledal and Christopher Waldekrantz have been chosen to be on the jury of this year’s edition of the prestigious student competition Young Ones, which is a part of One Show. Waldekrantz will be judging within the Art Directors Club and Alledal within the Young Ones brief.

3 clear trends within EdTech, straight from BETT 2018

In the end of January, British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT) took place in London. Berghs Mats Lundquist visited the exhibition, that specialises in EdTech, and came back to Sweden with a bunch of new insights and 3 clear trends. Here is Mats' report.

Here are the entries that secured Berghs’ 2017 win in Cannes

Ten student teams made it on to the shortlist at the 2017 AKQA Future Lions competition in Cannes. Berghs’ students outnumbered all other competing schools on the shortlist and received the prestigious award School of the Year. Below you can see the ten contributions that made it to the finals in 2017.

Berghs and Ravensbourne announce partnership!

Digital media and design specialists, Ravensbourne, based in London, and communication school Berghs School of Communication, based in Stockholm, Sweden, have today announced a partnership. Ravensbourne will offer students within Berghs Bachelor to onto their second and third years in London, to complete their degrees.

Berghs and D&AD bridging the gap between school and work

In December 2017, Berghs attended Mind The Gap, a roundtable in Madrid within D&AD with the purpose of identify the gap between education and first work experience. Berghs was invited to share insights about the educational system for the creative industry in Sweden, with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Add Ad Women, yes we can!

One year ago, former students Johanna and Lina created the search engine Kreatörskvinnor, a register of female creatives that puts an end to the myth that there is a lack of these in the industry. This year, Kreatörskvinnor goes international - with a little help from the industry.

Graphic Design students work with Chimney and Eytys

During this fall students of the Communication Design program has created concepts for Eytys capsule collection launching this spring. Behind the collaboration, together with Eytys and Berghs, is the video content company Chimney. The student’s projects was pitched in late November, where the winning projects were presented.

”Being away from home teaches you a lot about yourself”

Back in high school, Isabelle Kristiansen and Sarah Turner knew they wanted to work with something innovative and creative, and at the same time make an impact on people’s lives. They applied for Berghs Bachelor program in 2013 and completed their studies in San Francisco. Four years later, they are hired as a creative team at Grey in LA.

Is the Creative Director’s role becoming redundant?

The Creative Director of Berghs, Christopher Waldekrantz, went to Los Angeles in the spring of 2017 to visit 72andSunny and get a closer look at their program that pushes the boundaries of the creative industry in general and the role of the CD in particular. Back in Sweden, he asks himself: is the CC the new CD?

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