Archive for the ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ Category

PAOLA ANTONELLI PROPOSES DESIGN FOR THE COMING YEARS

I just have to blog this idea about the coming decades again because I am so much in agreement with Paola Antonelli about how important creative work is for the future of the world. We live in conditions that are treating the earth and our environment so badly and we have to look for different […]

June 27, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, PONDERINGS, 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

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

DECISION TO MAKE LITTLE LESS POWER STATIONS IN ICELAND

A small change in the strategy of our country to make a little less electric power stations is good news but some people see this as very negative news. They like to make power stations all over the country although 80% of the electric power made in Iceland is actually to support international industry that […]

May 9, 2012   Posted in: ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  No Comments

KRÝSUVÍK IN ICELAND – VISIT

The mountain above the hot springs is named Sveifluháls. There are ideas among politicians, eager to make more capitalistic money to build electric power stations all over and destroy our land. Money, money, money! Nothing else draws interest among 50% of Icelanders! There are people there walking up the mountain to the hot springs! The […]

May 1, 2012   Posted in: ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ICELAND ASSOCIATION OF ECO CONSUMERS

THE ASSOCIATION WEBSITE IS HERE (NOT IN ENGLISH YET) Yesterday we had the first official meeting of the association that has been running of course un-officially for a year. I include here are a few photos from the meeting and a link to the website of the association. We went to the establishment of the […]

April 15, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

STRATEGIC BREAK IN OSLO

In the workshop for the master students in Oslo. Cutting and putting together. Project in KHiO discussing strategy for the future. We are discussing design strategy and where design participates in dealing with global issues, production in industry, tourism and food – and actually many more areas. We discuss various globally active projects and go […]

March 14, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION, SUSTAINABILITY  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

WORKSHOP IN DESIGN STRATEGY IN KHiO

Strategy as a term actually comes from military origin and refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or goals. An identical definition has often been used to define design. The dictionary says for the term ‘design’: To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent: ‘design a good excuse for not […]

March 11, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS, 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

BiO-SOLHEIMAR IN ICELAND

One of the greenhouses is being now used as the restaurant and presentation location. Solheimar today provides all its production to localities off the Reykjavik capital and suburbs. Here is a photo album from Sólheimar I went for a visit one more time to Sólheimar, the oldest eco farm in Iceland. They are working development […]

March 5, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

THE EAST OF ICELAND!! POTENTIAL OR INDUSTRIAL DEATH?

Egilsstaðir is a small town in the Eastern part of Iceland. A very young town, I remember when I came there first in the 60’s it was very mellow commercial and school location central in the country being a link to all the fjords with very active fisheries. The main school was located close and […]

February 3, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ÞORPIÐ, AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT WORKSHOP IN EAST ICELAND

A photo of the window of the workshop in evening with lots of snow outside. We are all there chatting, Lára, Signý and Sóley with me facing the window with the camera. Yesterday we were invited to meet Lára Vilbergsdóttir and Signý Ormarsdóttir in the workshop Þorpið. The Icelandic word Þorpið is a common name […]

January 30, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

THE EASTERN ECO FARM VALLANES IN ICELAND

The beautiful landscape mid winter with the green houses waiting for the spring planting. The only eco-farm in the East of Iceland is named Vallanes. It has been in operation since early 70’s and has acquired a strong reputation in the whole country. Friends in Reykjavik buy the products, in many different forms, greens, beans, […]

January 29, 2012   Posted in: ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

FINAL DAY IN OUR ICELAND DIALOGUE

We have so far had a fantastic final day in our project. Lots of experimental work has been done and will be posted during the coming days. Ten groups of students are presenting their ideas, results of conversations and experiments. Here is a simple photo album that will be extended as material arrives. Tweet This Post

January 27, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, MUSIC, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed