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FIRST BIENNAL IN ISArC IN MAPUTO

ISArC was formally opened just over a year ago. Here is a little blog about that moment. Now the school is in full process, lots of activity on campus and the next milestone will be the first Biennial held by the school, named Bienal 2010, Campus de Outubro. This will become a milestone in the […]

October 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

Celeste Rodrigues Cambaza is a Fashion Designer in Mozambique

Celeste Rodrigues Cambaza has been active in Maputo, but has now shifted to Sweden and intends to develop her skills there while also basing her work in the traditions and inspirations from her home country. I helped her put up a simple portal about her work. I hope she will be able to develop this […]

October 6, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

PURE OIL FOR BABIES IN MAPUTO

Video of the oil making ISArC, the art academy in Mozambique has run its first year and the second intake of students will take place over the Christmas break, which here in the Southern hemisphere is summer holiday. Next March the school will start its second year of full program. But the lower level high […]

October 2, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

VISUAL STUDY IN NUUK, GREENLAND

Conversation in the meeting room in the Nordic Institute. The group explaining the project. Katja Nyborg from Napa on the far left. Our project: VISUAL GREENLAND is one of a number of design strategic projects that I am participating in. It was a course run by our Cirrusnetwork, a network of the schools of design and […]

October 1, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  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

End of semester presentation in ISArC

The students working the final touches on their group work before presentation. This is the fashion gang in front and the product designers in the distance. This week was the final week of the first formal semester in ISArC here in Maputo. Yes, ISArC is the name from now on. The leadership is developing vision […]

July 3, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

ECO-BLING! To Decorate Ourselves with Sustainablility

Celebrities decorate themselves with eco-lifestyle! Celebrity David De Rothschild sails around in a boat made from plastic bottles. Is this a worthwhile effort or is it ECO-BLING? A while ago I was in a meeting in Oslo about design and creative industries, one of many. We were representatives of design education, the business and industry […]

June 30, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION SYSTEMS

Today, 2,6 billion people live without access to a toilet and even though the year 2008 was the United Nations Year of Sanitation, there is little attention and investment in this sector. Major effort is needed globally in order to create hygienic sanitation facilities for millions of people. Water latrines and sewerage systems like we […]

June 18, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

FORMAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ISArC-KHiO

Filimone Meigos, director of ISAC and Cecilie Broch Knudsen, rector of KHiO, the two leaders that have signed the formal cooperation agreement on June 15th 2010. As those that have followed my work for a while know, I have been working in Mozambique supporting the establishment of the promising new and first National Academy of […]

June 15, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

MURALS, A PUBLIC INTERACTIVE ART/DESIGN

The Mural in DANSE’ARTES starting, the paint workshop on the beautiful African soil. Murals are really interesting activity since it involves so many actors in very different roles. The project here in Maputo has developed in interesting directions. I am writing reflections about the project. I have listed the main factors to reflect on: A […]

May 21, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

MURAL PROJECT IN ISAC

Photos from the first day activity, presentations and critique. The students made their proposals and had critique from the teachers and guests. The bottom photo shows the 4 gables on the blackboard that have been selected for painting. Gilles and Cecilie also gave a good presentation of their work and methods. Now we are well […]

May 16, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

ISAC STARTING TO LOOK LIKE ART SCHOOL

The new school has started to look like an art school with 3 dimensional model making in art and a very interesting production of modules in design. Lots of card and paper and glue. A normal first year activity. Now this week we start a mural project, something that the Mozambicans are very used to, […]

May 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

DESIGN STUDENT IN ISAC WITH PRESENTATION

Sat through a simple project presentation today, with product development, two dimensional planning and three dimensional model making. Lovely work Tweet This Post

May 10, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

RICHARD SEYMOUR ABOUT DESIGN AND BUSINESS

Richard Seymour who talks about design practice. Richard is often great fun to listen to, although his angle has been more on the commercial side than I would like, – but he is turning like so many designers are in today’s environmental and economic crisis. Tweet This Post

May 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

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April 30, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  Comments Closed