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DESIGN PROGRAM IN ISAC, SEMESTER START SOON

The campus has very nice areas, here the teachers are walking between buildings The design teachers in ISAC are a small hardcore group with very good working spirit. Helder, Gabriel and Karina met in my house today to go through the program named: INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN. It is good to have run the first semester […]

February 28, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

BULLFIGHTING ARENA IN MAPUTO

The entrance side of the stadium In our minds Bullfighting has always been predominantly a Spanish sport. But it is also Portugese and of course then South-American. Since Mozambique was a Portugese colony from since colonies were invented (and this is obvious everywhere today in Modern Mozambican society) they also brought with them Portugese Bullfighting. […]

February 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  No Comments

TWO TYPES OF DIALOGUES ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE: ISAC

On day two of the week, full house listening to philosophy and visions I am fine with understanding Portugese when we are in normal conversation, in shops etc. and I have given talks and lectures in the language, using PowerPoint for support. When the dialogue moves over to philosophical concepts and strategy, I must admit […]

February 22, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

FASHION SHOW IN MAPUTO

Mozart is a school of crafts, where young people can attend for few months at the time to get experiences of the various traditions in making here in Maputo. There is ceramic, sewing, metalwork, jewelery and many more. There was a small festival last weekend with various performances by the young peope, a kind of  […]

February 16, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

DAY OF THE PROFESSORS IN ISAC

A part of the round table today. The general director Filimone Meigos is furthest to the left Today was the first meeting of professors this semester at our new academy ISAC. Now the school is running proper since many positions have been evaluated and filled. That means we have good crowd and the faculty is […]

February 15, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

INSTITUTO SUPERIORE DE ARTE CULTURA

Karina (design), Maimuna (visual arts), Victor Sala (everything) comparing notes after the interviews with the applicants and going through marks and portfolios. INSTITUTO SUPERIORE DE ARTE CULTURA has run its semester zero and now it heads into first semester with most of the staff in place and the second intake of students is just happening. […]

February 4, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

CHRISTMAS SUMMER HOLIDAY

Rejao waiting for tomorrow in London Underground This year Christmas break has been dominated by the project on sustainability that David and Rejao are doing by traveling and living with us for 5 weeks in the North. We have met great many people and are thankful for all the support that we have got. The […]

January 29, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  No Comments

KARINA, ISAC SOUTHERN PARTNER ON OSLO VISIT

Karina and Reidar, professor of visual communication in KHiO design faculty Karina, the leader of the design department in ISAC has come for a visit to Oslo to meet the people in KHiO. We visited together all the specializations in the design faculty, fashion, furniture/product and visual communication. Karina and our work in Maputo was […]

January 15, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

NORDIC TRAVELS AND LECTURE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT WORK

From my lecture in the Reykjavik Art Museum. I see this website is on the screen. I took a quick trip to home fields this September to confer with my people about our work here in Maputo, how the strategy is going, how to change course and what the next steps should be. I also attended […]

September 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN ISAC, CONFERENCE

I decided to do some simple video documentation of our first days in ISAC. This is an interesting moment, when an academy is formed. We decided to run a simple conference so that we together can define the boundaries of the disciplines and to create a common understanding among the students and teachers of what […]

September 10, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

MAPUTO VISITED FOR THE FIRST TIME

Having interesting time in the Arts Academy in Maputo (ENAV). Looking over and discussing possibilities in development of design and the entrepreneurial activity that the Mozambican people are actually quite clever at. The people here seem to have an inner style sense. Greatly inspiring to see the school, gaining insight into the education and possibilities […]

April 16, 2007  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed