MEETING OF TEACHERS IN TALLIN 10TH AND 11TH FEBRUARY 2011
ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS CONFERENCE SITE The grand town of Tallinn will host the 5th Meeting of Teachers in February 2011. These meetings have become a regular feature in the activities of Cirrus and are considered valuable contributions to the development of teaching in general and the development of the MA in particular. What [...]
December 16, 2010
Tags: art, baltic, design, estonia, nordic, scandinavian, tallinn Posted in: Call for meetings, TEACHERS CONFERENCES
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WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP IN SWEDEN
An exciting international workshop took place at the Nordic Watercolour Museum, during October 18th -22nd 2010. The workshop was a collaboration between the museum, HDK and Lund University. This workshop offered an opportunity to explore the techniques of watercolour. The theme for the workshop was “LOCATION TJÖRN”. Tjörn is an island at the west coast of Sweden and a [...]
December 16, 2010
Tags: art, design, watercolour Posted in: COURSE REPORTS
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VISUAL COMMUNICATION IN NUUK, GREENLAND
By the invitation of NAPA – The Nordic Institute in Greenland – and funded by Cirrus, KHiO in Oslo, LHÍ in Reykjavik will run an intensive course in visual communication in Nuuk during the first week of September. The course has a special operational website. Here is a link to it. The course will concentrate on [...]
August 21, 2010
Tags: art, design, graphic, greenland, nordic, nuuk Posted in: COURSE REPORTS, NEWS
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING IN FINLAND
This autumn the Lahti Design School is inviting the Cirrus leaders and coordinators for the annual autumn administrative meeting. The meeting will take place from Wednesday evening 22nd September, ending Friday afternoon 24th September. It will be interesting for Cirrus members to visit this school. Apart from regular administrative themes in the meeting it has [...]
August 16, 2010
Tags: art, baltic, creative industries, design, nordic Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, Reeports from Meetings of Heads, Reports from meetings of coordinators
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MASTER SHOW IN BERGEN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
Invitation to the Degree Show in Design 2010 at Bergen National Academy of the Arts “Designing the Social World” Opening: Wednesday 28 April at 6pm Exhibition period: 28 April – 9 May 2010-Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday at 12 – 4pm How do spatial surroundings influence welfare in a reception centre for asylum seekers? What [...]
April 22, 2010
Tags: academy, art, design Posted in: NEWS
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MEETING OF TEACHERS IN ICELAND, JANUARY 2010
List of Participants The conference plenum, all participants on a rolling chair so they could socialize. Jóhannes Þórðarsson goes through proceedings. In January was held a very stimulating meeting in the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Cirrus thanks the Icelanders for a very smooth and entertaining program. This report will only note the main points. [...]
February 5, 2010
Tags: design, nordic, nordic-baltic Posted in: Reports and Proceedings
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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: design, finland, history Posted in: NEWS
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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: architecture, copenhagen, design, nordic-baltic Posted in: ADMINISTRATION, Reeports from Meetings of Heads, Reports from meetings of coordinators
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Service Design Conference in Oslo
The first Nordic Service Design Conference will be held in Olso School of Architecture and Design. The conference is supported by the Cirrus Network. Oslo 24th – 26th November 2009. Here is the Conference Site For Enrolling Service Design delivers innovation through the holistic design of customer experiences that occur across touch-points and over time. [...]
August 16, 2009
Tags: design, Oslo, Service Design Posted in: RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, Research Meetings
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Nordic Design Research Conferences, Engaging Artifacts Oslo 2009
Cirrus member school The Oslo School of Architecture and Design 30. Aug.-1. Sep. Here is a link to the conference website Design research aims to provide new insights to the ways in which we understand – and do – design. The conference invites contributions from researchers in universities, design schools and industry who share an interest [...]
July 27, 2009
Tags: design, nordic, research Posted in: RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, Research Meetings
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