Archive for the ‘DESIGN’ Category

EZIO MANZINI ON VISIT TO OSLO

A meeting in our school discussing possible futures and how to approach them – and maybe importantly how design schools can be prominent laboratories in that direction. We received a very inspiring guest here in Oslo this week. The architect/designer/teacher and sustainability guru Ezio Manzini. He gave a motivational lecture that was mainly attended by […]

March 7, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: 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

WONDERFUL CLASS IN ICELAND DIALOGUE

Two class photos This photo shows the complete class. It was decided that the teachers should be to the side (as we are on the right) but the academy rector is located in the center front row. I had such a great time with the students and teachers in Iceland in January as reported on […]

February 21, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS  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

Thoughts and explanation about design as a strategy

What is being done, – a few links for information. My first speech in KHiO in January 2005 – a kind of tired of Design with the big D and wondering how things are really going. Many great things happened in KHiO during my time there as a dean. For example did I go to […]

February 6, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, 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

ICELAND DIALOGUE – GREAT TIME RUNNING A COURSE IN ICELAND

A break exercise driven by Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir, one of the mentors in the course For two weeks in January I am running a course in the Iceland Academy of Art in Reykjavik, Iceland. The academy where I established the new Faculty of Design and Architecture ten years ago. It is always great to return and […]

January 23, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE

I participated in a very informative meeting disseminating and evaluating cooperation projects within culture and the arts in Africa. It was interesting to learn how very different the projects were, spanning music, collaborative  social arts, education etc. There were examples of exchange in both directions South and North and the participating institues are located widely in […]

December 17, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  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

CHRISTMAS SPONTANEOUS SONG

Our MA students in Oslo decided to prepare for Christmas with carol singing. One of the end of semester activities that bring pleasure to being part of a team. Here is a little video of the performance. Maybe our students should stick to design and leave the performing arts to others? Tweet This Post

December 16, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

Pop-Up-Shop in THE OSLO ACADEMY

Crafts outputs in various forms for sale in the academy lobby Our school in Oslo has a long tradition of running a shop just before Christmas. Our school is part of the crafts and arts environment in Norway and it is great when there is created an outlet for the products that come out. The […]

December 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

POP-UP-SHOP

Clothing and accessories. Look out for Worn by Worship Next Agust 2011 will be 10 years since I established the first Design and Architecture Faculty in the Iceland Academy of Art in Reykjavik, Iceland. Time has passed fast, design has changed direction greatly in this decade and Icelandic society has changed greatly. Much more than […]

December 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, PONDERINGS  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

FASHION FUN IN OSLO

The students in the fashion section are displaying their work now, before end of semester. This is work by 2nd year students after a fun course where experimentation with materials and styles prevail. Here is a link to some photos from the event. Tweet This Post

December 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed