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NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN ISAC

Students filling the assembly hall on the ISAC campus The second semester in ISAC started today on the 10th of March at 10:00. The school year here in Africa-Australis (Afica south of the Equator) is from early March to end of November. Different to the other side of the Equator. Summer holiday is December and […]

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

VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN IN ISAC

Sóley designed this banner last August when the panic for the start of ISAC was in full swing. The use of the squares is actually based on the African mask or shield pattern where there are squares formed by bamboo or straw construction. The leaders for the establishment of ISAC at that time were also […]

March 7, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

ONE YEAR IN MOÇAMBIQUE

Now, one year has passed since I moved to live permanently in Maputo. Many things have happened in that year. There have been revelations beyond any of my expectations, ups and downs. For one thing, it is the fifth country I live in with the fifth language and it has been lots of work really […]

March 6, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

PORTUGESE MINISTER OF CULTURE VISITS ISAC

Pocession on the campus, where Madame Canavilhas hopefully managed to understand slightly our conditions. Students and teachers welcomed her dearly Now that the second semester is soon starting in ISAC, things are really coming to place. It is great to have a bunch of new teachers after only the four of us ran the running […]

March 5, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  No Comments

Filimone Meigos, the director of ISAC turns a corner

The flamboyant director of our new academy here in Maputo decided to become 50 on the 4th of March, the day the Portugese Minister of Culture Madame Canavilhas came for her formal visit to this institute with a great and promising future. Filimone is never want for words and responded to the small fest arranged […]

March 5, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

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

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

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

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