THE FIRST TEST RUN SAUNA IN OUR SCHOOL IN EAST ICELAND
Here on the photo is the area where the sauna is being erected and the ceremonial area for burning and thinking and communicating. The location is very close to our building and is on the other side of the fjord from the main town. Tonight is the first official test of the new sauna that […]
July 16, 2011
Tags: art, DESIGN, east iceland, sustainability Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, SUSTAINABILITY 
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AFTUR MEANS ‘AGAIN’ A SIGNIFICANT NAME FOR FASHION!
Recycle or Die says their web statement. The wonderful sisters from Neskaupsstaður a small town in Iceland that last week ran a hard core death metal music festival. The best fashion designers in Iceland are a bunch of sisters that have developed a specific fashion line and attitude over the last 15 years. Their fashion is […]
July 16, 2011
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DESIGN STRATEGIES, ADDRESSING CHANGE
The student gang in the studio environment. The compulsory coffee and waffle included. I have been running a simple course in design strategy in our design faculty in KHiO during the last week. The course is an introduction of the philosophy of design thinking and its participation in strategic changes in daily life. It has […]
March 10, 2011
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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
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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
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