Archive for the ‘GENDER DESIGN’ Category

REACH – BETWEEN THOSE THAT NEED TO MEET UP

To reach someone else is most important for any development. We usually never operate alone. In the Nordic Network that is named Cirrus and I have directed for over 6 years we have that aim as fundamental for designers. Institutions, teachers and above all students. The students are the people that will take over and […]

October 9, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, GREENLAND, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

– MUPIMUP – CREATIVITY WORKING HARD IN ICELAND -

 Mupimup.net Activity in East Iceland Patak and Rósa giving a presentation of the place and activities. A collection of images from the visit In our symposium in East Iceland we went around the region visiting various creatives. It was as always very stimulating seeing all the energy and enthusiasm that goes on all over Iceland. In […]

September 29, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN EAST ICELAND

Photo collection from the event. Preparation going on for the exhibition that they organized Activists, designers, developers, politicians, public servants etc. etc. etc. spent great time together in East Iceland for the MAKE IT HAPPEN – Creative Thinking Conference on the 25th – 28th of September. It was great to meet so many people with […]

September 28, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, GENDER DESIGN, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

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

SOUTH KOREA DESIGN INNOVATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT

For a number of years we have been working on the DIG-Equality project, me and my partner Sóley Stefánsdóttir, a graphic designer with further education in gender studies. She has been instrumental in collecting material and reaching to activists, both in Iceland and globally. We wrote the project description DESIGN INNOVATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY after […]

May 14, 2012   Posted in: DESIGN, GENDER DESIGN, ICELAND  Comments Closed