ART AND DESIGN HELP IN AFRICA

In 2008 Leonard Shapiro met Italian artist Andrea Mariconti while in Milan and discussed the idea of holding an art workshop for vulnerable children in Cape Town, South Africa. Leonard has an organisation called ‘CRAFTSOUTHAFRICA‘. In 2009 Leonard organized the first workshop with kids in Gugulethu with Andrea facilitating the workshop. This is what is […]

July 19, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN  Comments Closed

THE FIRST TEST RUN SAUNA IN OUR SCHOOL IN EAST ICELAND

Here on the photo is the area where the sauna is being erected and the ceremonial area for burning and thinking and communicating. The location is very close to our building and is on the other side of the fjord from the main town. Tonight is the first official test of the new sauna that […]

July 16, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

SKETCH BOOKS MADE IN ICELAND

Whatever there are technical advances in design method or tools, the sketch book is always the fundamental tool for creativity and design method. It is there where we explore possibilities, like those that we find out that they do not work or could be improved. I started using the sketch book in my teenage years […]

June 22, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

COOPERATIVE WORKSHOP IN ISARC

Knitting and product design going on in the workshop room in ISArC. Everyone intensively busy all the time. Intensive focus on the graphic composition. In that group we concentrated on visual communication about Deforestation and Energy. Ane at the Mac-helm and the guys advicing. The last week has been filled with intensive work in ISArC […]

May 11, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

NÚCLEO – MAPUTO

The sign over the entrance to the arts gallery Núcleo de Arte is an old institution in Maputo. It is an important cultural and artists’ centre in the city. It is a collective for artists under the name of Associação Núcleo de Arte. It is the oldest collective of artists in Mozambique. Seated in an old […]

April 25, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

A NEW PARK FOR ARTISANS AND CULTURE IN MAPUTO

A big sign on the park fence invites people to the new location for artisans and culture. The old Parque dos Continuadores was rather dilapidated when I first saw it. A bit scary and not to go into at night. Now it has been transformed and great stalls have been built for displaying work by […]

April 14, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

DESIGN OF PATTERNS IN MOZAMBIQUE

The 2nd year students in Design working on their computers. All of them have their own computer in some form and software to experiment with patterns and form. Maputo is a very vibrant city. I read last year (I think in the Economist – my favourite paper) that Maputo is the most culturally vibrant city […]

March 30, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

10 YEARS OF DESIGN IN ICELAND – PAST DECADE

24th March 2001-2011 Today is ten years since we posted for the first time in Iceland an advertisement for applications to the new, first and only Design and Architecture Faculty in Iceland. Goddur, who is now the professor of graphic design in the Faculty made with me the advertisement that was posted in the largest […]

March 24, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

THE MARIUS CODE

Here is a small photo album from the opening I went to an exhibition opening yesterday of work by the Norwegian artist Marius Watz. I somehow bumped into Marius in my early days in Oslo and I became impressed by his methods and attitude I guess. He came to work in our faculty in Oslo, […]

March 12, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

RUI TENREIRO VISITS HIS HOME TOWN

Outside Cafe in Somerschield garden. From left: Karina, Rui and Maimuna We met up with Rui Teneiro (see his website) yesterday for talk about graphic design in general and in particular about its development in ISArC. Rui is a local Mozambican guy who has been living widely and has just recently finished his master in […]

February 22, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

MEETING OF TEACHERS IN ISARC BEFORE SEMESTER START

The teachers in Art and Design Faculty. Director Victor Sala in centrum Today was the last teacher’s meeting in ISArC before teaching starts next Monday. Interesting to see the plans, hear the strategy from the director and the faculty leader Dr. Victor Sala. Since ISArC has two years of BA students now the program is […]

February 18, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

NEW YEAR START IN ISArC IN MAPUTO

Here is a little photo album from the event A full auditorium of eager students and teachers Today, 16th of February was the official opening of the academy ISArC after the summer break. Now the school comprises of two years in BA. The second year students are really in-house gang since they have actually been […]

February 16, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

RAVE IN ICELAND

I have had great time in Iceland running the course named ‘Dialogue’. A ‘time out’ moment for the students and teachers to talk together, meet each other cross the specializations in the Iceland Academy of Art. The course and the dialogue culminated in the final presentation by Andri’s group with a Rave in a disused […]

January 31, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed

TANGIBLE INTERACTION DESIGN

I had the pleasure of going through projects in the School of Architecture and Design in Oslo, AHO. These were projects done by students in MA and they had concentrated on tangible interactions. Basically the touching point beetween machine and man. There were many sensor-devices in use that created different outputs in various media. Many […]

December 17, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

ISArC and KHiO COOPERATION REPORTING

Mr Meigos discussing cooperation with a representative from the Foreign Ministry in Oslo and with Cecilie Broch Knudsen, rector of KHiO As has been posted a number of times before here The Oslo National Academy (KHiO) and Institute Superior de Artes e Cultura in Mozambique (ISArC) have established a Cooperation Agreement within the field of […]

December 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed