pecha kucha and guided tours
Monthly Archives: September 2009
This weekends VV activities
Pecha Kucha, anyone?
Don’t miss the VV- Pecha Kucha Night -offering concise presentations in the Japanese manner. Saturday 19 September at Recyclart in Brussels.
With participation of Magnus Jonsson and Ramia Mazé of the Interactive Institute.
It gets started at 20.20, sharp. Bee on time is partly what the Pecha Kucha concept is about…
Pecha Kucha has grown into [...]
catch up on last week’s happenings
Last Thursday was the opening of Visual Voltage at Design Vlaanderen in Brussels. Followed by a Friday with a crowded workshop and speeches from five experts in the field.
Video clips from arts and culture website OnCulture.eu
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
today: Workshop Attitude, Design & Action
‘Attitude, Design & Action’ is the fifth in a series of workshops within the Energy Efficiency project that started in 2008. The workshop, in collaboration with VUB Cross Talks Brussels, deals with the interdependencies between individual behavior, political will, effective incentives, technology expertise & pilot-projects, available tools & transparent interfaces. Among the speakers is Olle [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
crowded opening night
Visual Voltage opening night brought more then 300 people together, confronted with design prototypes and art installations visualising energy use. Amongst other TV channels France 3 will broadcast the exhibition and the making of on October 9th. A scientific reporter of De Standaard, Belgium’s national newspaper, will bring a reportage after visiting Sweden to learn [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
get set - time for design vlaanderen
Today, 10 September is the big opening day for Visual Voltage at Design Vlaanderen. Take a look at the Program
Today is also grand opening for Brussels design happening - Design September
Time for preparations
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
don’t we all like a power aware cord?
Yesterday I was at the Interactive Institute in Kista, north of Stockholm and caught up on facts about the objects in the Visual Voltage exhibition. Now I want to have a power aware cord at home.
A phosphorus thread indicates the electricity passing in the cord. A bright blue light indicates high electricity levels, while a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Visual Voltage in Brussels - a part of Design September
There is a lot going on in terms of design in Brussels the coming weeks: Design September
Launched 2006 within the framework of the Fashion and Design year, the Design September festival brings together fifty events concerned with design in Brussels.
For the fourth consecutive year, a crowd of associations, institutions and other independent organisations have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Opening in Brussels - one week to go
In one week from now you come to seeVisual Voltage in Brussels at Design Vlaanderen
For journalists, there is now a press kit available
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment