#Textile #2026 #Bachelor
Parking Lots for People

Emma-Lou Halberg

Parking Lots for People is a degree work in textile design. It explores knit design within a spatial context, through the development of knitted textile objects for non-places. Motivated by the increasing disconnect with our immediate environments and the prevalence of spaces that are designed solely for transit as opposed to human presence, the project seeks to challenge non-places through knitted textile objects.

Through observation, contextual-research, and exploration of knitted structures, color, form, and scale, the work investigates how non-places can inform design decisions and how knit can engage with environments that lack relational, historical and identity-forming qualities. The project approaches these characteristics as opportunities for intervention, rather than limitations. 

The result is a collection of three knitted textile objects for three different non-places. The project highlights how textile design can contribute to creating identity, curiosity and engagements within otherwise overlooked transitory places.

Email: emmalouhalberg@protonmail.com 
Instagram: @lunchlou