Dezember 2009, Eröffnung der Visual Voltage Ausstellung im Felleshuset der Nordischen Botschaften, Berlin.
In der Mitte, Christina Öhman, the Interactive Institute, Ruth Jacoby, Botschafterin von Schweden, Thomas Kaiser-Stockmann, Mannheimer Swartling, Birgitta Tennander, Schwedisches Institut.
Ab 8. Dezember ist die Ausstellung für alle Besucher geöffnet.
After exposing at Shanghai and Washington DC, Visual Voltage visited Brussels. More than 1500 visitors were informed about the utility of art and design to increase awareness about energy shortage and sustainability. Among the 350 guided visitors were Brussels secondary school pupils, and students in architecture, industrial design, and sciences from the universities in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. In addition, EFTA [...]
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 [...]
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
‘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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]