On 20 May at the Röhsska Museum in Swedish Gothenburg Henrik Vibskov was pronounced the winner of the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, selected by a jury of five museum directors from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The prize of the world’s highest-paying fashion competition, which was established in 1994 and supports aspiring Scandinavian designer talents, is one million Swedish Krona.
A graduate of Central Saint Martin’s, Vibskov oscillates between the worlds of fashion and art and is described by jury chairman Ted Hesselborn as “currently the most interesting design phenomenon on the Scandinavian fashion scene”. He will be awarded with the prize at a festive ceremony in Gothenburg on 4 November, 2011.
