Textile designer Magdalena Sophie Orland has been living and working in Leipzig since completing her Master's degree in Conceptual Textile Design at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (Saale) in 2019.
Her artistic research approaches in her textile works are multifarious. They include
experimental material investigations, interdisciplinary connection building, merging of traditional craft and manufacturing techniques with contemporary interpretations and methods, as well as the role of textile design within society.
An essential part of her work is project-based and builds on cooperation between different crafts. This enables a constant process of questioning the boundaries of design.
Magdalena Sophie Orland has received several awards for her theoretical and practical master's thesis ZWISCHEN_RÄUMEN and has been presented in various exhibitions.
In 2021 she founded together with Susanne Ostwald the design cooperative OODD Studios. Here, they focus on contemporary interpretations of lace.
Apr - Sep 2024
Work Scholarship
Cultural Foundation Thuringia
Jan - Mar 2024
Work Scholarship
Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Graduate Scholarship, Burg Giebichenstein, Kunsthochschule Halle
since 2022
Full-time self-employed textile designer
Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Evening Academy HGB - Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Jul 2021
Establishment of the interdisciplinary design cooperative OODD Studios with Susanne Ostwald
Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
Facilitating the open embroidery workshop
as part of the exhibition „History in Fashion“
GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig
2017 - 2019
Master of Arts Conceptual Textile Design
Halle (Saale) University of Art and Design
2013 - 2017
Bachelor of Arts Design/Textile Art/Textile Design
University of Applied Science Zwickau
Faculty Of Applied Art Schneeberg
Award for: best graduation project in 2017,
best final mark
Awards +
Scholarships
Apr - Sep 2024
Work Scholarship
Cultural Foundation Thuringia
Mar 2024
Nomination Förderpreis
Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung
Jan - Mar 2024
Work Scholarship
Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
Nov 2023
OODD Studios
Saxon State Prize for Design
Aug 2023
Fiber Fever Summer Camp Braided Ribbons, Timelab Gent (BE) Softconnection Lab
Mar 2023
OODD Studios
3. BKV-Prize for Young Applied Arts
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
graduate scholarship
Burg Giebichenstein, Kunsthochschule Halle
Okt 2022
OODD Studios
Preis der Carl u. Anneliese Goerdeler
Stiftung, Grassi Museum for Applied Arts Leipzig
2022
Kinder-leicht scholarship, Art
Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt
Feb 2021
nomination Saxon State Prize for design
2020-2021
OODD Studios
work scholarship ,
Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt
Sep 2020
nomination German Design Award, Newcomer
Jun 2020
MaDe Award BEST INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION
international workshop and award series
MaDe - Material Designers , Milan (IT)
May 2020
Förderpreis Wilhelm-Lorch-Foundation
Mar 2020
nominated for TALENTE 2020, Chamber of Crafts and Small Industries for
Munich and Upper Bavaria
Nov 2019
nomination for the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award, category: textile & fashion special mention
Oct 2019
GiebichenStein Design prize „GiebichenStein
der Freunde“, nominated in the category: most interesting experiment
Jan 2019
award recipient
„House of Textile“
of the home textile association
Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
scholarship of The German, Academic Scholarship Foundation
Jul 2016
1st prize, innovation award of Caras Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH for a wall design
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
award recipient
ausgezeichnet! most excellent!
Publication +
Press
Mai 2025
Exhibition Catalogue
Knit and Weave
Schloss Hollenegg for Design (AT)
Sep 2024
Exhibition Catalogue
Wir sind Kunst
Art Foundation of
Saxony-Anhalt
Jun 2023
Admission into the
Future Materials Bank
Dec 2021
Article about OODD Studios in
FREITAGABEINS- Magazin Nr. 2
Mar 2021
Oct 2020
Exhibition Catalogue Nouveautés -
Kunstschule und Spitzenindustrie in Plauen
Sep 2020
Presentation at Heimtextil-Trendbook 21/22 Spott Trend Agency Denmark
Sep 2020
Feature DECO Home
Jun 2020
Feature Textilwirtschaft
Jun 2020
Interview The Collective
Mar 2020
5 Pages in the yearbook 2019, Burg Giebichenstein - Kunsthochschule Halle
Mar 2020
Exhibition Catalogue TALENTE 2020, Chamber of Crafts and Small Industries for
Munich and Upper Bavaria
Dec 2019
Feature ARTSTHREAD
Oct 2019
Feature DESIGNBOTE
Jan 2019
Feature md INTERIOR | DESIGN |ARCHITECTURE
Jan 2019
Publication Textile Vision, home textile association
Jun 2018
Exhibition Catalogue
BUNTESGOLD- Peru aus der Sicht zeitgenössischer Textilkünstlerinnen
Apr 2018
Exhibition Catalogue
Nov 2015
publication, bilingual catalogue published by ARNOLDSCHE, Wasserschloss Klaffenbach
Exhibitions
May - Jun 2025
Knit and Weave
Schloss Hollenegg for Design (AT)
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
Solo exhibition PunktPunktPunkt
Museum for Ceramics, Bürgel
Jan - Feb 2025
OODD Studios
Solo Exhibition UPDATE
BKV Gallery Munich
Sep - Nov 2024
Wir sind Kunst
150 artist portraits
Art Foundation of
Saxony-Anhalt
May - Oct 2024
PerlMut
Salzkammergut Hand.Werk.Haus Bad Goisern (AT)
Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
g r a d u i e r t ≈
p r ä s e n t i e r t
Burg Galerie im Volkspark
Halle (Saale)
Apr 2023
OODD Studios at Milan Design Week, Isola Design District (IT)
Jan 2023
OODD Studios
Solo Exhibition ORLANDO
Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt
Aug 2022
Conference "Colour and Health" ,
Humboldt University Berlin
Jul 2022
LANDMARK, OODD studios, CLUSTER CRAFTS, London (GB)
Jun 2022
Evening Academy HGB - Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
May 2022
F/A Fake Authentic Gallery, Collectible Brüssel (BE)
OODD studios x MeierUnger Architekten
Mar - Aug 2022
Schlosserei, Bachelor Project ÜBERDIENACHT
Gallery Schloss Lichtenwalde
May - Nov 2021
Nouveautés – Kunstschule und Spitzenindustrie in Plauen Dresden Museum of Decorative Arts
Feb - Jul 2021
Materia Gris
CentroCentro Madrid (ES)
Jun 2020
virtual platform Isola Design District (IT)
Mar 2020
Sonderschau TALENTE, Chamber of Crafts and Small Industries for
Munich and Upper Bavaria
Jan 2020
ZWISCHEN_RÄUMEN
at IMM Cologne
Nov 2019
ZWISCHEN_RÄUMEN
Oct 2019
ZWISCHEN_RÄUMEN auf at Dutch Design Week (NL)
Oct 2019
ZWISCHEN_RÄUMEN in at Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt
Jun - Oct 2019
BUNTESGOLD- Peru aus der Sicht zeitgenössischer Textilkünstlerinnen
Gallery Schloss Lichtenwalde, Project
Jan 2019
Project Moosaros at HEIMTEXTIL-fair
Nov - Dec 2018
BUNTESGOLD- Peru aus der Sicht zeitgenössischer Textilkünstlerinnen
Weisbachsches Haus Plauen, Project ZEHNMALFÜNFZEHN
Jun - Oct 2018
BUNTESGOLD- Peru aus der Sicht zeitgenössischer Textilkünstlerinnen
Sommerschloss Ostrov (CZE), Project
Jun - Sep 2018
Museum for Applied Arts Gera
Apr - Jun 2018
New Saxon Gallery Chemnitz
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
BUNTESGOLD in Peru - Fotoausstellung einer Inspirationsreise
Reglerkirche Erfurt
Jan 2017
CAMPUS HEIMTEXTIL
Jun 2016
digital naturverbunden
TU Chemnitz
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
ausgezeichnet! most excellent!
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach
Mar - May 2015
ELEMENTARY
Projektraum Chemnitzer Künstlerbund
Lectures
Jul 2025
Between contemporary experiments & traditional crafts - Textile Design in times of the ongoing digitisation
European Textile Network Summer Jumble, Textiles Zentrum Haslach (AT)
Jun 2025
Lectureship at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Saale)
3D - Fields of tension - Material experiments between surface and space
Mai 20224
Lectureship at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, DESIGN PF Faculty of Design
Feb 2024
Grids in embroidery -
the transformation of traditional techniques into a contemporary context
Neues Museum Nürnberg
Nov 2022
Lectureship at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, DESIGN PF Faculty of Design
Jul 2022
Contemporary Lace-traditional Crafts and new technologies, Textiles Zentrum Haslach (AT)
Jul 2022
Contemporary Lace - the multisensory understanding of spaces Kunst.Macht.Raum Frauen*Sache
Festival Oldenburg
May 2022
Live Interview European Year of Youth, Open Doors Day, European Comission, Brussels (BEL)
Sep 2021
New directions in sustainable packaging design Presentation at
FACHPACK 2021 Fair Nuremberg
Aug 2021
Designgtalk with Thomas Geisler, Dresden Museum of Decorative Arts
Nov 2020
MaDe Talks Barcelona Design Week
with Seetal Solanki