Archive for the ‘DESIGN’ Category

WORKSHOP IN NUUK GREENLAND

It is really interesting to see how the architecture is ‘removed’ from the landscape. It is colourful and stands on legs in many places. These days we are a small group of people from CIRRUS spending a short time in the capital of Greenland, Nuuk looking at the visual culture. We make decisions about what […]

August 31, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

OSLO NATIONAL ACADEMY MOVES IN NEW BUILDINGS

In Memoriam photo display of the great building that the school has been in for over 100 years. Here is a link to a photo album from the Academy, old, new and opening party My school is moving. The National Academy of Art is finally being assembled in one location. My understanding is that this […]

August 22, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

LUNGA ARTS FESTIVAL IN ICELAND

LUNGA is an arts festival/workshop for young people run by young people. This is run in the East of Iceland, in a narrow fjord with a small village named Seyðisfjörður. In July 2010 this took place for the 10th time. The young people allowed me to participate with a short lecture/dialogue about identity. This I […]

July 30, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

End of semester presentation in ISArC

The students working the final touches on their group work before presentation. This is the fashion gang in front and the product designers in the distance. This week was the final week of the first formal semester in ISArC here in Maputo. Yes, ISArC is the name from now on. The leadership is developing vision […]

July 3, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

ECO-BLING! To Decorate Ourselves with Sustainablility

Celebrities decorate themselves with eco-lifestyle! Celebrity David De Rothschild sails around in a boat made from plastic bottles. Is this a worthwhile effort or is it ECO-BLING? A while ago I was in a meeting in Oslo about design and creative industries, one of many. We were representatives of design education, the business and industry […]

June 30, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION SYSTEMS

Today, 2,6 billion people live without access to a toilet and even though the year 2008 was the United Nations Year of Sanitation, there is little attention and investment in this sector. Major effort is needed globally in order to create hygienic sanitation facilities for millions of people. Water latrines and sewerage systems like we […]

June 18, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

DANSE ARTES CULTURAL CENTER IN MOZAMBIQUE

The main boundary wall to the right when entering the site is painted with the mural by Gilles and Cecilie The Danse’Artes project is moving in strides. Construction is in full action and sure has to be since the first opening ceremony is planned next week on the 23rd of June. The project is a […]

June 16, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

FORMAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ISArC-KHiO

Filimone Meigos, director of ISAC and Cecilie Broch Knudsen, rector of KHiO, the two leaders that have signed the formal cooperation agreement on June 15th 2010. As those that have followed my work for a while know, I have been working in Mozambique supporting the establishment of the promising new and first National Academy of […]

June 15, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

MURALS, A PUBLIC INTERACTIVE ART/DESIGN

The Mural in DANSE’ARTES starting, the paint workshop on the beautiful African soil. Murals are really interesting activity since it involves so many actors in very different roles. The project here in Maputo has developed in interesting directions. I am writing reflections about the project. I have listed the main factors to reflect on: A […]

May 21, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

MURAL PROJECT IN ISAC

Photos from the first day activity, presentations and critique. The students made their proposals and had critique from the teachers and guests. The bottom photo shows the 4 gables on the blackboard that have been selected for painting. Gilles and Cecilie also gave a good presentation of their work and methods. Now we are well […]

May 16, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

ISAC STARTING TO LOOK LIKE ART SCHOOL

The new school has started to look like an art school with 3 dimensional model making in art and a very interesting production of modules in design. Lots of card and paper and glue. A normal first year activity. Now this week we start a mural project, something that the Mozambicans are very used to, […]

May 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

DESIGN STUDENT IN ISAC WITH PRESENTATION

Sat through a simple project presentation today, with product development, two dimensional planning and three dimensional model making. Lovely work Tweet This Post

May 10, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

RICHARD SEYMOUR ABOUT DESIGN AND BUSINESS

Richard Seymour who talks about design practice. Richard is often great fun to listen to, although his angle has been more on the commercial side than I would like, – but he is turning like so many designers are in today’s environmental and economic crisis. Tweet This Post

May 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

DESIGN STRATEGY, WORK AND REFLECTIONS

The Notes on Design Website My work in Mozambique and various other things that I am involved in sometimes generates interest in the design community. I am myself of course very happy to tell about my projects, to promote the work of the so many people that I meet and operate with. There are such […]

April 30, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

PANCHO GUEDES, ARCHITECTURE ON A GRAND SCALE

PHOTO ALBUM OF PANCHO GUEDES A collection of details from my track around Maputo on a nice rainy Sunday morning. I went last Sunday on a treasure trail to a number of the buildings designed by Pancho Guedes, the other of the two most famous Portugese architects. I actually live in a great block of […]

April 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN  No Comments