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

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.

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

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