COOPERATIVE WORKSHOP IN ISARC

Knitting and product design going on in the workshop room in ISArC. Everyone intensively busy all the time. Intensive focus on the graphic composition. In that group we concentrated on visual communication about Deforestation and Energy. Ane at the Mac-helm and the guys advicing. The last week has been filled with intensive work in ISArC […]

May 11, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO  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

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

TANGIBLE INTERACTION DESIGN

I had the pleasure of going through projects in the School of Architecture and Design in Oslo, AHO. These were projects done by students in MA and they had concentrated on tangible interactions. Basically the touching point beetween machine and man. There were many sensor-devices in use that created different outputs in various media. Many […]

December 17, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

Pop-Up-Shop in THE OSLO ACADEMY

Crafts outputs in various forms for sale in the academy lobby Our school in Oslo has a long tradition of running a shop just before Christmas. Our school is part of the crafts and arts environment in Norway and it is great when there is created an outlet for the products that come out. The […]

December 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

ISArC and KHiO COOPERATION REPORTING

Mr Meigos discussing cooperation with a representative from the Foreign Ministry in Oslo and with Cecilie Broch Knudsen, rector of KHiO As has been posted a number of times before here The Oslo National Academy (KHiO) and Institute Superior de Artes e Cultura in Mozambique (ISArC) have established a Cooperation Agreement within the field of […]

December 12, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

FASHION FUN IN OSLO

The students in the fashion section are displaying their work now, before end of semester. This is work by 2nd year students after a fun course where experimentation with materials and styles prevail. Here is a link to some photos from the event. Tweet This Post

December 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

ISArC DIRECTOR VISITS OSLO ACADEMY

Filimone Meigos, director of ISArC and Stein Røkseth, dean of the Faculty of Design in Oslo standing with the informative banners about the cooperation. Photos of ISArC students in action. They are standing ‘off’ the red carpet that was put out for Sonja, queen of Norway. We have had a very productive week in Oslo, […]

December 1, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

KHiO WEB COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

Christina and Zeze testing and blogging. 3 computers and of course coffee There are actually three people now located in Maputo on behalf of my institute, The Oslo National Academy of the Arts. I am here on behalf of the Faculty of Design and to promote design as a strategic part of culture, especially in […]

November 10, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

BOOKMAKING – A METHOD FOR DESIGN

Documentation, reflection, introspection, fun. The book to the left I made for my neighbours in Benand, with the cover out of a tourist dish-towel with an image from the village. The other images show the bookmaking in progress on the kitchen table The sketch book is the most important tool that the designer has. Yes, […]

April 15, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  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