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Lera pÃ¥ Nääs – Amazing anagam, Sommarkurs pÃ¥ HDK Göteborg

I år inviterar Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk  till vedbrännings-workshop vid skolans fältlaboratorium beläget på Nääs, ca 3.5 mil utanför Göteborg. Förutom en unik ugnspark med ett antal vedugnar finns där också en fin verkstad i en mycket vacker omgivning med bl.a. ekskog och badsjö. Kursen kommer att ledas av keramiker Morten Löbner Espersen, från Danmark, professor i keramikkonst på [...]

March 1, 2010   Posted in: NEWS  Comments Closed

A NEW BOOK ON FINNISH DESIGN

FINNISH DESIGN – A Concise History by Pekka Korvenmaa Applied art and design have shaped culture and the economy in Finland since the late 19th century. In this process they have become an integral aspect of the identity and international image of the country. This book outlines the evolution of design in Finland from the founding [...]

February 5, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: NEWS  Comments Closed

Call for applications: The Master’s Program at Konstfack

Konstfack, the largest university college of arts, crafts and design in Sweden, was established in 1844. Konstfack’s two-year graduate program unites design, art, crafts, history, theory and criticism in a dialogue with studio and practice-based work. The program leads to a Master of Fine Arts. The Master’s program offers eight different disciplines called Master’s Groups: [...]

February 5, 2010   Posted in: NEWS  No Comments

Meetings in Copenhagen Sept. 16th – 18th 2009

The annual network meetings for heads of schools and coordinators in the Cirrus Network will take place in Copenhagen in September. The meeting is hosted by  The Danish Design School, Strandboulevarden 47, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, DK Wednesday 16th of September, evening program Informal gathering from 19.30 o’clock at Republic, Blegdammens stjerne, Blegdamsvej 70, Copenhagen Ø Blegdammens [...]

August 16, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, Reeports from Meetings of Heads, Reports from meetings of coordinators  Comments Closed

Meeting of Coordinators in Copenhagen, Sept. 2009

The next meeting of the coordinators in the Cirrus Network will take place in Copenhagen in September 2009. The meeting will take place at the same time as the meeting of the heads, and part of the activity will be common as has been the tradition the last years. The program of the meeting is [...]

May 12, 2009   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION  Comments Closed

Meeting of Heads of Schools September 2009

The next meeting of heads of schools will take place in Copenhagen in September 2009. The event will be hosted by the two member schools in Copenhagen, The Royal School of Architecture and The Danish School of Design The program of the meeting is the following: 16th Sept Wednesday evening arrival. Meet in a restaurant [...]

May 12, 2009   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION  Comments Closed

Meeting of Coordinators in Lund, autumn 2008

The meeting of coordinators in the autumn 2008 was hosted by Lund University, The Faculty of Design. The meeting took place at the same time as the meeting of heads since people have felt that this is the most efficient way to run the network. The meetings have a common plenum activity and some smaller [...]

October 12, 2008   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, Reports from meetings of coordinators  Comments Closed

Meeting of Heads in Lund, autumn 2008

The meeting of heads of schools took place 24th – 26th of September 2008. The host was the Design Faculty in Lund University. The tradition the last years has been to run the meeting of the coordinators at the same time and place to gain more efficiency in the network. This has been very successful. [...]

October 12, 2008   Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, Reeports from Meetings of Heads  Comments Closed