Archive for the ‘FASHION’ Category

MORE ACTION IN MOZAMBIQUE

Klass meeting planning project and starting operations. Guests from our Norway school and local students and teachers in Maputo Presentation and dialogue from students. Collaboration between ISArC and KHiO (http://www.khio.no/Norsk/Design/) The projects are going well among the local gang. We wait for more information later but fundamental is the participation and collective learning from one […]

April 18, 2013   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

FIRST GRADUATION IN ISARC – FIRST ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN IN MOZAMBIQUE

There are happy and fundamental days for the first graduation in ISArC in Mozambique. The program has run over three years now and the first graduation took place on Friday 30th of November 2012! Congratulations to all! Here are some images from the event! Here are some images from our work there over the time. […]

December 6, 2012   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

DESIGN MARKET FOR XMAS IN ICELAND

  Regularly designers in Reykjavik run their market and especially now just before Xmas is there time to offer new designs and solutions. I popped over to their market last weekend to meet up many past students and to evaluate what new people are offering. Here are a few simple images from the event. Tweet […]

December 5, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

REUSE OF MATERIALS AND KNITTING FOR FASHION

I spent many times with my grandmother who knitted all the time, making mittens, socks and various other traditional clothing. Icelandic wool was and is still the indigenous material for Icelandic clothing and actually fashion. It comes from the traditional sheep that the Vikings brought with them from Northern Scandinavia. I still have some pairs […]

November 23, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, GREENLAND, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

REACH – BETWEEN THOSE THAT NEED TO MEET UP

To reach someone else is most important for any development. We usually never operate alone. In the Nordic Network that is named Cirrus and I have directed for over 6 years we have that aim as fundamental for designers. Institutions, teachers and above all students. The students are the people that will take over and […]

October 9, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, GREENLAND, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

– MUPIMUP – CREATIVITY WORKING HARD IN ICELAND -

 Mupimup.net Activity in East Iceland Patak and Rósa giving a presentation of the place and activities. A collection of images from the visit In our symposium in East Iceland we went around the region visiting various creatives. It was as always very stimulating seeing all the energy and enthusiasm that goes on all over Iceland. In […]

September 29, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN EAST ICELAND

Photo collection from the event. Preparation going on for the exhibition that they organized Activists, designers, developers, politicians, public servants etc. etc. etc. spent great time together in East Iceland for the MAKE IT HAPPEN – Creative Thinking Conference on the 25th – 28th of September. It was great to meet so many people with […]

September 28, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ICELAND’S MOST PROVOCATIVE BIKE WORKSHOP OPENS IN A NEW PLACE

The bike workshop in Reykjavik is moving into new premises Saturday tomorrow. They have been working hard in developing this activity for health and culture in Iceland, creating competitions and opportunities for bikes as the good way to live. Here are a few images from the new premises. Tweet This Post

September 28, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

CIRRUS WORKSHOP IN HÖFN, ICELAND

A very stimulating Cirrus development project took place in Iceland this summer where students from network schools participated with teachers from 3 different schools. This project has been posted here on the site. Here are descriptive links about the activity. Video of the week activity Video from the workshop in Höfn Students in the Iceland […]

September 3, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

PAOLA ANTONELLI PROPOSES DESIGN FOR THE COMING YEARS

I just have to blog this idea about the coming decades again because I am so much in agreement with Paola Antonelli about how important creative work is for the future of the world. We live in conditions that are treating the earth and our environment so badly and we have to look for different […]

June 27, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH-EAST ICELAND – HÖFN

  A presentation and concentration in one of the meetings in the town hall about the project. Meeting the locals The first week of June students from the Nordic design schools, under the umbrella of the Cirrus Network, have been visiting a location in South-East Iceland to inspect potential for local production and development. This […]

June 7, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

FASHION FROM AFRICA OR . . . . ICELAND?

Fashion comes from all over and goes all over. Where does it start and where does it end? On the web I see these amazing outfits from Africa. Keep it up I just say. See here Mundi, an Icelandic fashion designer. Tweet This Post

May 21, 2012   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, MOZAMBIQUE, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

Local Holistic Sustainability and Global Reality?

PORTHOFN IN JUNE 2012 We will be encountering a local area in Iceland that represents edge conditions. The Hornafjördur Community includes a cross section of geography, cultural context and Nordic social conditions. It is a fundamental fish industry town. It reaches from the top of the 3rd largest glacier in the world (Vatnajökull) containing various volcanoes and the district has […]

May 15, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

DESIGN MARCH IN ICELAND

Auður, member of the design club gang presenting new products from agriculture from BÚBÓT (farmers products) Design March! One more time the design field in Iceland ran the exhibitions, events and entertainment for the promotion of design as a tool to address world and local issues. This takes place every year in the month of […]

March 28, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND  Comments Closed

STRATEGIC BREAK IN OSLO

In the workshop for the master students in Oslo. Cutting and putting together. Project in KHiO discussing strategy for the future. We are discussing design strategy and where design participates in dealing with global issues, production in industry, tourism and food – and actually many more areas. We discuss various globally active projects and go […]

March 14, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed