Archive for November, 2012

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

CIRRUS NETWORK – NORDIC SCHOOLS OF DESIGN

This is the front of the Cirrus Website that I made some years ago. I have posted important material from that site also here on my site so not much will go missing if this site will die. I am not responsible for running this site or network longer so the site might go missing. […]

November 22, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

CIRRUS MEETING IN FEBRUARY 2012

Meeting 16th Februar 2012. The Cirrus Website has crashed so the images have to be replaced soon   Part of the crowd in the meeting The 6th annual teacher meeting took place in Copenhagen in mid February. The last year has been a bit different dealing with cut funds from the Nordic Council of Ministers, probably because […]

November 22, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

CIRRUS REACH

1. Cirrus Policy. The main purpose is to sustain a global powerhouse in design through education and research in the Nordic-Baltic region. And to pay attention to the specialities that strengthen design, crafts, arts and innovation in the region. The network promotes Nordic-Baltic cooperation between the member institutions through staff, student and researcher’s exchange, intensive projects, symposia, meeting […]

November 22, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND  No Comments

WORKSHOP IN BLUE FACTORY – ICELAND

A course in Iceland July 15th – 22nd – 2012 Here is a description of a summer workshop in the Blue Factory in Iceland. Fourth time this Icelandic event takes place in conjunction with LUNGA WORKSHOP. Click here for the project and workshop description named: Pre-Christianity Roots of Nordic Creative Language. Tweet This Post

November 22, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND  No Comments

PREVIOUS WORK IS FALLING OUT OF WEB – HERE I PUT OUT AGAIN

The aim of the event of unusual format – unconference – is to create network among young designers and use it as a platform for further actions. Event is planned to be held in February. Young designers and design students from each Nordic-Baltic region country will participate. Young designers from 9 Nordic-Baltic region design schools […]

November 22, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed

EASY HAS NEVER EXISTED ABOUT LIVING ON EARTH

It is not and has never been easy to live on earth. This does not mean it should be hard and just difficult. We need art and mental stimulation to survive just like food and fresh air and water. We continue talking and writing now about how we are damaging our earth and how we […]

November 19, 2012   Posted in: PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

KINWINS HAS ARRIVED AT LAST

Sesselja (left) and Vala (right) in their presentation in San Fransisco: Presentation here After the economic collapse of Iceland (one of the worst in global history), Vala Halldorsdottir and Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir found themselves at square one. Perhaps that very phrase (“square one”) occurred to them at that point, because their new financial strategy had them inventing a board game. Instead […]

November 15, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

WELL DONE STUFF

The title of this blog can be very arrogant. We often do not know what is well done and how to measure. I am these days using short version in measuring what and how is well done using five classes:  DIVERSITY, EARTH, ENERGY, FOOD, TECHNOLOGY. This I will explain better at a later stage, but […]

November 8, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ICELAND AUTUMN IN MOUNTAINS

Last year I realized that I had almost lived half my time on Earth abroad and not in my natural country Iceland. But I have never seen me anything other than an Icelander, travelling all over my native grounds in tradition from my parents and family. I remember great trips with grannies in their new […]

November 5, 2012   Posted in: ICELAND, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed