My name is Lærke Ellegaard, I’m 25 years old.

I’ve just completed my third year as textile designer with print as my specially, at De-signskolen Kolding. I am excited to experience the real world after 3 years of studies.

I’m hoping that I will be able to bring a new and exciting input to your company. Beyond print, I like reshaping and change of existing materials. I’m focused on differ-ent elements in my work ranging from: humor, 3D, colors to patterns. I wish to learn more about the established industry and I see it as a point of strength to have future contacts in other countries.

Beyond the Designskolen Kolding I’ve studied 6 months in Japan at a school called Kavashima Textile School (school for textile design and handcrafts) and a year at Krabbesholm Højskole were I was at the departments Industrial & Graphical Design. In 2004 I was at an internship with textile designer Tina Ratzer in Copenhagen.

I love to be effective and I work excellent both by myself and in teams. My primary competencies are an inexhaustible idea deposit. And create and fabricate the final idea at a high technical and aesthetic level.

Socially I’m an outgoing and open minded person that like to be a part of an environ-ment where there’s allot going on and I value a good working environment highly. I’m used to working with a deadlines and I thrive with project oriented work.

Some of the competencies a textile designer has and those that I have learned in my studies are understanding color and material, composition and proportions, processing of inspiration, generating and developing ideas and last but not least understanding the trends and currents of the fashion and interior industry.

Understanding shapes compared to textiles, what impact textiles has on clothing and other objects, the way textile can highlight and let at piece of clothing become some-thing special and of great quality and critical consideration of a finest product and constructive analysis.

Styling and photo shoots are also a part of the experience I’ve gained during my studies, and I have several years of experience in working with programs as Adobe Photoshop ( 8 years), Illustrator (4 years) and InDesign (1,5 year), beyond textiles I´ve been working with draping and making patterns and I like to combine shape and textile.

Included is my CV and portfolio.

I seek an internship starting around the 1st of February. I’m very much looking for-ward to hearing from. I will gladly answer any questions you might have.I am available for interview, were I would be happy to show you a larger part of my work.

I really hope that you can see a person like my in your business and I’m excited about the future sparkling collaboration between us.

Yours sincerely Lærke Ellegaard 4th year textile student at Designskolen Kolding, Denmark xellegaard@hotmail.com phone: +45 61272920

Application for internship at H&M Stockholm

> Born the 10.09.84 The past three years I’ve lived in Kolding and just recently I’ve moved in with my boyfriend Stephan and his daughter Maria.In my spare time I dance tango and I compose and play my own music.

>2006-2009: Kolding Designskoling ground education in textile (bachelor) Design history, design theory, color learning, and understanding of shapes.Bahelor project: Study of the concept lingerie. Ending up with a collection of lingerie focusing on humor and women showpieces.

> Spring 2006 manager of Jet Cab in Århus (Bik Cap Company) responsible for em-ployees and customer contact and the daily operations.

> 2002-2005: I start the Free Youth education FUU which is a combination of intern-ships, school and independent projects.

> April to October 2005 I studied at Kawashima Textile School in Japan. Study of traditional Japanese textile craftsmanship and Japanese textile design. Weaving, color-ing, tie-dye and 3D textiles.

> Fall 2004 to April 2005 Study of the Japanese language.

> Fall 2004 to April 2005 The workshop of actors, receiving lessons in acting anddrama, singing, stage fight, film technique, scene studies and improvisation. Teachers: Lotte Horne, Finn Storgaard and Gunilla Svendsen

> Summer 2004 Internship in Copenhagen with textile designer Tina Ratzer, received lessons in weaving.

> Fall 2003 to spring 2004: Krabbesholm High school (11 months) Majoring in product design and graphical design, minor subject in photography, serigraphy, textile design and drawing. Study circles: idea history, aesthetics and analysis of culture.

> Spring 2003: Clay Art in Århus (5 months) Received lessons in glass and clay art, ceramic techniques, glaze chemistry and shaping.

>Fall 2002: Front Løberne in Århus (4 months) A Youth culture project house where I did project for young people and relieved lessons in fundraising and project management.

> Summer 2002: Independent project: CD-cover (3 months) was hired to design a CD-cover for a musician named André Touré. The project was funded by Dansk Musiker Forbund with 14.000 Danish kr.

> Spring 2002: In June - Independent film project, (1 1/2 month ) I create the film“ tanzanias Unge Hjerter” The film was showed on the Danish channel DR” in springof 2003 and on TVDanmark in the summer of 2003.

> Spring 2002: In April – Trip to Tanzania, (1 1/2 month) Relief Work: Teachingyoung people in sewing. Independent project during film project.

> Winter 2001: The Africa team Århus Produktionsskole. (6 months) Responsible for the graphical design and promoting the project. I received lessons in Kiswahili.

>Fall 2001: The Graphics and Photo line at Århus Produktionsskole (4 months). Worked with analogue and digital photography and programs like Photoshop and Il-lustrator.

> Fall 2000: Ådalens High school (11 months) Majoring: Art, Media and Theater.

> Language skills: Fluent: Danish and English. Minor: German, Japanese, Swedish and Norwegian.

CV

Experimental lingerie Lingerie thought as showpieces with a humoristic and new angle.Focus on storytelling and textile materials.Keywords: colorful, humor, playing, candy.

Inspirational style icons

Sketches

Pictures of sketching on a live model with whipped cream..

Material samples and compositions

INDIGO

Textile collection for the indigo at Première Vision Pluriel’s in Paris.Winter collection 2010Inspiration is based on 3D graphics.

A group project in collaboration with the company Eurotex.About sustainable textiles and fashion.

My group chose to focus on long lasting fashion.I got inspired by the contrast between something old and new.

Sketches

Eurotex Project

Final Textiles for the collection

Collection in collaboration with 2 fashion design students and 2 textile students.

F o lk lo r a

Textiles for menswear with inspiration from a traditional North African garment.A fusion between the perception of European and African masculinity.

Recearch SketchesWork space

Textile samples and sketches Textile samples and sketches

Sketches and textile samples

Hand drawn and computer sketches and textile samples from di�erent projects from 2006-2009