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Social Design and Relational Design
I am an architect. Architecture deals foremost with people, not buildings. Architecture deals with how people live, interact, protect themselves etc. As an architect have I never been able to create structures and plans without people. Since I am brought up in theater my way of designing has been to make up plays of life; theatrical […]
January 27, 2009
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The Problem with Big Green
Green is getting mainstream… Big Green! Here is an article on worldchanging with an interview with Dr. Tom Crompton, author of the WWF recent report Weathercocks and Signposts: the environment movement at a crossroads The problem with the small green steps is that it doesn´t seem to lead to bigger steps and a deeper care for the […]
January 2, 2009
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DINNER IN NEWCASTLE
We went for a Chinese in Newcastle while attending the Intersections Conference. The conversation flowed and the red wine flowed with interspersions of great dishes. Allan, one of the contributors of Core77 had to text his wife and lo and behold: his iphone appeared. He said that he had seldom in his life had as […]
November 30, 2008
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21st August 2008. Ken Robinson always fantastic
Among the ‘must see’ lectures in our great new world of endless available lectures is Ken Robinson’s talks! Both brilliant and fun. His subject is education and the need to transform education. ‘We are still educating our kids according to the ideology of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution – killing their creativity. There […]
August 28, 2008
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SAGMEISTER IN PICNIC
SAGMEISTER- talking about socially responsible design, creating actions, events to promote information about the military spending in the US. He talks at Picnic about: Things that I have learnt in my life so-far plus other things. Parts of this lecture can be seen on Tedtalks but some parts are new. Interesting images of spiders-web type […]
December 20, 2007
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HACKING AND SECURITY
What is a hacker? Is it a bad person? Not really. Is it someone that cheats? I guess so, but how? Answer: by knowing the systems that he/she is dealing with, looking out for new possibilities, new avenues, methods that are not allowed by the rules. But, that is design-methodology! We look out for the […]
November 20, 2007
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An interesting way to use design skills
A few weeks ago we went to Newcastle to see the final exhibition of the very interesting project Dott 07 (Design of the Times). Its a project run by the British Design Council, looking at how design can take part in developing more sustainable ways of living. Designers worked with the communities in North East England for […]
November 18, 2007
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Olof Kolte on sustainability
Friend Olof Kolte was invited to Iceland to give lectures on design and sustainability. The best and most critical magazine in the country took an interview asking Olof about his position on design and sustainability. He says: At your lecture, you spoke about the Internet as the “driving force in the explosion of productivity” in […]
November 14, 2007
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Dinner in Newcastle
We went for a Chinese in Newcastle while attending the Intersections Conference. The conversation flowed and the red wine flowed with interspersions of great dishes. Allan, one of the contributors of Core77 had to text his wife and lo and behold: his iphone appeared. He said that he had seldom in his life had as […]
November 11, 2007
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STEVE JOBS TELLING STORIES
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August 19, 2007
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MAPUTO VISITED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Having interesting time in the Arts Academy in Maputo (ENAV). Looking over and discussing possibilities in development of design and the entrepreneurial activity that the Mozambican people are actually quite clever at. The people here seem to have an inner style sense. Greatly inspiring to see the school, gaining insight into the education and possibilities […]
April 16, 2007
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MY INTRO SPEECH IN KHIO WHEN I STARTED AS A DEAN
In January 2005 I was asked to make a short introductory talk in KHiO along with the other new deans that had been appointed. Here it is. “Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than seeing.” Goethe Seeing the object – almost without thinking. Although Design is grown out of the marriage between arts […]
January 8, 2005
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