Archive for November, 2011

FIRST EXHIBITION OF ARTISTS FROM ISARC

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November 27, 2011   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

DR HANS ROSLING WAS A DOCTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE AND EXPLAINS

One of my favourite social workers came to Maputo and spoke about results and development changers from the time when he worked here. I recommend. Tweet This Post

November 24, 2011   Posted in: AFRICA, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

SAMUEL DJIVE IN MAPUTO EXHIBITION

One of my students in Maputo, Samuel Djive has opened an exhibition of his work in Franco in Maputo. There is lots of entertaining work there with formal experimentation and love for mixture of objects and form. In my opinion this is one of the better exhibitions I have seen in Franco for a while. […]

November 22, 2011   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

DIG-EQUALITY PROJECT GETS FUNDING

We have spent almost 5 years on a project named DIG-Equality, meaning DESIGN INNOVATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY. Me and Sóley Stefánsdóttir have made a project document that has been used to stimulate some gender driven research and action projects in design and architecture. Will post more about this later. This project is about gender issues and […]

November 21, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ECO/BIO-PRODUCTION IN ICELAND – SÓLHEIMAR

The new and developing larger greenhouse in Sólheimar. They can not supply the demand that is coming these days from the consumer market. Icelander’s are becoming much more focused in this direction after the crash in 2008. We are a few people looking at the bio-eco game in Iceland. We are linked to the Iceland […]

November 11, 2011   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

THACKARA AND THOUGHTS

  From left: Jóhannes Þórðarsson, dean of the Faculty of Design in Iceland, John Thackara, design and world developer and Sóley Stefánsdóttir, graphic designer and environmental and gender developer. All walking next to a boiling hot spring in Geysir area in Iceland. My friend John Thackara came to visit Iceland to participate in the grand […]

November 7, 2011   Posted in: DESIGN, ICELAND, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ICELAND GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY CABIN REPAIRED

I have been a member of this very important society in Iceland for decades. The work done is very important in knowing the behaviour of nature and volcanoes and glaciers. But it is also a society of very close friends that travel together and get things done in Icelandic nature. Here is a simple video […]

November 6, 2011   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed