Archive for the ‘PONDERINGS’ Category

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

DESIGN DAY PRICE FOR EVIRONMENTAL ISSUES – ECO BLING!

A Box for Salmon Last week I attended in Oslo a very entertaining day of celebrations among Norwegian designers: THE DESIGN DAY. This is an annual day run by the Norwegian  Design Council, – a kind of an Oscars Ceremony for Norwegian designers. It is organized by the one head of the double headed Norwegian […]

March 23, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, 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

DESIGN STRATEGIES, ADDRESSING CHANGE

The student gang in the studio environment. The compulsory coffee and waffle included. I have been running a simple course in design strategy in our design faculty in KHiO during the last week. The course is an introduction of the philosophy of design thinking and its participation in strategic changes in daily life. It has […]

March 10, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

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

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

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

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

ART AND TOURISM OR REFLECTIONS ON IT

I went to the opening of an interesting exhibition in the Reykjavik Museum. The name of the exhibition is WITHOUT DESTINATION. The inspiration for the projecT is the ever-increasing flow of domestic and international tourists through Iceland. Numerous contemporary artists and scholars have studied the complex relationship between humans and the environment in this context, […]

January 22, 2011   Posted in: PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

ILHA DE MOZAMBIQUE

Ilha de Mozambique is probably the most famous place in Mozambique. It is a very small island connected to the mainland with a long causeway. The island has been a location for arrival and departure into Africa, from the Indies on the way to Europe sailing south passing Cape and then sailing up the Atlantic. […]

January 3, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  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

Jürg Nanni in the Blue Factory

Goddur sitting, Jurg on the left and Dori (action man) on the right. During the summer weeks in Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) many guest come to town. The small village is actually located in the fjord where the international ferry from Norway, Smyril Line, ports. But the majority of those that linger in town are in one way […]

September 20, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

DANCE AND FROZEN MOVEMENTS

Dancer and light express movement so beautifully. Alison Jaques in Oslo. DANCE IN OSLO Dance is movement, expressing emotions, telling stories, creating moments and images. Photography is photography of frozen moments not of the dance itself. Photography can never express dance. Dance is something that I have started enjoying more every day – as a […]

September 19, 2010   Posted in: PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

ANTI-DESIGN

I must admit that I have long time ago got completely sick of Design as understood by most. It is the development of products and services that nobody needs, the high streets full of far too cheap stuff, produced in underdeveloped communities in factories run by global conglomerates like H+M. 2-3 years ago there was […]

September 19, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed