Archive for March, 2011

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

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