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SENSUOUS KNOWLEDGE IN BERGEN

CONFERENCE SITE IS HERE The Sensuous Knowledge Conference Comes to Town Join us in Bergen, Norway, 23 – 25 January 2013! A unique collaboration between Art Museums of Bergen and Bergen Academy of Art and Design forms the new context for the conference: Sensuous Knowledge will take place inside of two exhibitions Material Information curated by José [...]

May 3, 2012   Posted in: NEWS  Comments Closed

WORKSHOP IN BLUE FACTORY ICELAND

A course in Iceland July 15th – 22nd – 2012 Here is a description of a summer workshop in the Blue Factory in Iceland. Fourth time this Icelandic event takes place in conjunction with LUNGA WORKSHOP. Click here for the project and workshop description named: Pre-Christianity Roots of Nordic Creative Language.

April 20, 2012   Posted in: NEWS, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES  No Comments

REACH!

1. Cirrus Policy. The main purpose is to sustain a global powerhouse in design through education and research in the Nordic-Baltic region. And to pay attention to the specialities that strengthen design, crafts, arts and innovation in the region. The network promotes Nordic-Baltic cooperation between the member institutions through staff, student and researcher’s exchange, intensive [...]

April 20, 2012   Posted in: NEWS, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES  Comments Closed

Local Holistic Sustainability in the Progress of Global Reality?

  An encounter with a locality that represents edge conditions. The Hornafjördur Community in Iceland includes a cross section of geography, cultural context and Nordic social conditions. It is a fundamental fish industry town. It reaches from the top of a glacier, a volcano, ample agriculture, tourism, a small local town and fisheries. Next stop [...]

April 20, 2012   Posted in: NEWS, RESEARCH ACTIVITIES  Comments Closed

BERGEN INTERNATIONAL WOOD FESTIVAL

  Here is a complete document about the Festival 18th May until 23rd May Bergen International Wood Festival (BIWF) has its focus on the use of wood as material, and its constructive and moulding qualities. As a part of this we arrange a bi-annual competition in construction of experimental spatial structures in wood. Designers, architects and artists from [...]

March 21, 2012   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, NEWS  Comments Closed

CIRRUS MEETING IN COPENHAGEN

Meeting 16th Februar 2012. Part of the crowd in the meeting The 6th annual teacher meeting took place in Copenhagen in mid February. The last year has been a bit different dealing with cut funds from the Nordic Council of Ministers, probably because of global finance situation. But lots of activity has taken place in [...]

February 20, 2012   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, NEWS, Reports and Proceedings, TEACHERS CONFERENCES  Comments Closed

CIRRUS MEETING IN COPENHAGEN 16TH FEB

The meeting of teachers is starting in The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design on the 16th of February 2012. Photos from the visit to Copenhagen and the excellent school facility. These meetings have become a regular feature in the activities of Cirrus and are considered valuable contributions to the development of teaching and [...]

February 15, 2012   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, NEWS, TEACHERS CONFERENCES  Comments Closed

THE CIRRUS ADMIN MEETING IN OSLO

Delegates discussing during a coffee break. The annual administrative meeting of Cirrus took place in the newly housed school in Oslo. The meeting was well attended and many new issues were brought up, but maybe the most discussed were the changes that are happening to design in the world generally and secondary to the design [...]

October 21, 2011   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, NEWS, Reeports from Meetings of Heads, Reports from meetings of coordinators  Comments Closed

AUTUMN MEETINGS IN LAHTI

Cirrus members on a tour through the Lahti school The administrative annual meetings (Meeting of Coordinators and Meeting of Heads) of the Cirrus network took place by the invitation of the Lahti School of Design this autumn. The format of these meetings has become rather similar every year and is generally accepted as good. Apart [...]

October 8, 2010   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, NEWS  Comments Closed

A POSITION IN CHINA FOR NORDIC COOPERATION

A position as Programme Manager at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, is now open for applications. The Nordic Centre has recently moved to its brand-new facilities – the ‘Nordic Centre Building’ – at Fudan University’s main campus in Shanghai. The Centre is quickly developing into a key collaboration platform for its Nordic member universities [...]

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