Umeå Institute of Design organizes weekly lectures related to various topics and perspectives on design. This year, all presentations are taking place in the Green Room Wednesday afternoon. These lectures are public and open to everyone.
Next presentation:
December 1, 13h00-14h00 in the Auditorium
Finnish form, does it exist?
Eero Miettinen started his career at Oy Sisu-Auto AB, where he designed heavy-load trucks and industrial tractors. He was subsequently appointed head of design at Oy Saab-Valmet AB, where he focused on automobile design. His team designed the Saab convertible range. He has been at Nokia as a design director and right now Eero is at Aalto university in Helsinki Finland. Industrial designer Eero Miettinen was awarded the Kaj Franck design prize in 2001.
Fall 2010 series:
December 1, 13h00-14h00 in the Auditorium
Finnish form, does it exist?
Eero Miettinen started his career at Oy Sisu-Auto AB, where he designed heavy-load trucks and industrial tractors. He was subsequently appointed head of design at Oy Saab-Valmet AB, where he focused on automobile design. His team designed the Saab convertible range. He has been at Nokia as a design director and right now Eero is at Aalto university in Helsinki Finland. Industrial designer Eero Miettinen was awarded the Kaj Franck design prize in 2001.
November 24, 15h00-16h00 in the Green Room
Floda 31
Marije de Haas and Richard Holland
Floda31 is a unique facility for creative exploration and innovation. Set near the arctic circle in north Sweden, we will convert a traditional Swedish farm into a state-of-the-art laboratory featuring computing, mechanics, rapid prototyping,
screen printing, woodworking and more. We believe that sustainability should be tackled by collaboration between disciplines. Science, politics, law, design, architecture and art all play a part. Floda31 will be a location for specialists from various professions to meet, collaborate and create solutions.
November 17, 15h00-16h00
Reflections on Internships
Arthur, Erik and Emil
Artur T: Pininfarina, and Shapeways
Erik B: Atlas Copco Örebro, Designit Århus
Emil O: I2D in Tel Aviv, Maarten Olden in Amsterdam, and Designit in Århus
November 10, 15h00-16h00
Jennifer Sarich-Harvey & Nirvana Soltani IXD2
Barcelona Workshop Experiences
November 3, 15h00-16h00 in the Auditorium
Daniel Hirshman
South Africa
Daniel Hirschmann is a South Africa born artist who uses technology, relationships and spontaneity to enable his artistic practice. His portfolio includes responsive sculpture, interactive spaces and generative prints which have been exhibited in shows around the world, most notably, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the V&A in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Nice, and the Resolution Gallery in Johannesburg. He built on his Fine Arts studies with a Masters at NYU&s Interactive Telecommunications Program - where he specialised in physical computing and interactive sculpture. He has lectured at various highly respected institutions around the globe. Until recently he was the lead interactive designer at the internationally acclaimed Jason Bruges Studio. He is currently based in London, consulting on and producing physically responsive installations.
http://www.danielhirschmann.com/
http://www.jasonbruges.com
October 27, 15h00-16h00
North Kingdom/David Eriksson
North Kingdom - Branded Experiences in Digital Channels
October 20, 15h00-16h00
Reflections on Internships
Paco Lindoro, Regi Vegele and Seri An
Philips at the Interactive Home Domain
Toyota Boshoku - Japan, IDEO - Germany, Native - UK
Bestway - Shanghai
October 13, 15h00-16h00 in the Blue Room
Thomas Dickson, visiting faculty
Danish Design
October 6, 15h00-17h30
Timo Arnall, Oslo School of Architecture & Design
Design Evidencing and Visual Storytelling
followed by Olivier Menard, CEA
Presentation about CEA, a French government-funded technological research organization
September 29, 15h00-16h00
Tara Mullaney, PhD student
Dynamic Materials
September 22, 15h00-16h00
UID Design Research Group
Design Research and Research Projects at UID
