Archive for the ‘ART’ Category

END OF THE YEAR SHOW IN ICELAND ACADEMY

  Present operation going on The Iceland Design Faculty opened the exhibition of the student work after winter 2012-13. The school is going through fundamental changes and development this year and next so I was worried about the contents from the work but the results lifted my opinions. The students have showed that they can […]

April 23, 2013   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed

DESIGNERS ARE PARTNERSHIP BROKERS

Anne-Marie Slaughter writes about how the conditions are changing and we are designing our own profession. This might be a different condition to before. She discusses changes that have come with the digital world and then says: “many old titles and jobs no longer make sense” “A similar phenomenon is happening with traditional professions. Technologies […]

January 4, 2013   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

INNER SPACE – INDRE ROM IN DOGA, OSLO

A SENS & SANS exhibition in DogA in Oslo A strong exhibition of photographs in the very good exhibition space in DogA where many strong design and architecture activity takes place. Here are a few images from the event. Tweet This Post

December 18, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN  No Comments

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

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

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

CIRRUS WORKSHOP IN ICELAND

We have Nordic Cirrus students visiting the area, meeting agitators, agriculture, local industry and fisheries and learning about innovation and development. Here is a photo album from the visit. Tweet This Post

June 5, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ICELAND  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

ANE MAKING PRINTS

Ane (here is her blog) and me have been in projects together and it has been interesting to follow how she has developed more and more into traditional methods in a school full of computers and clever digital things. This to me seems very much where very many of my students are going while not […]

March 19, 2012   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

OSLO ACADEMY WORK IN MARCH

My desk in Oslo with the Mac, textile from Mozambique and photo from the Greenland Project. It is great to come to my work place in KHiO, my academy in Norway. My desk is my place and friend and now summer is pretending to arrive. Sun and people sitting outside the school for the lunch […]

March 13, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

THE MONGOLIAN YURT

I have met friends in Iceland that have built a Mongolian Yurt and are doing creative projects and promotion of a different way of working and living. We had great conversation about the use of materials and the traditions that are inherent in this kind of adaptable architecture. The Mongolian Yurts are attracting interest from […]

March 8, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

PROJECT IN ICELAND – ICELAND DIALOGUE

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February 5, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, MUSIC  Comments Closed