last helsinki update...

...for a while. back to Oslo for a three week getaway. finally some relaxation after intense project work kicking my ass day after day. don't get me wrong it`s good fun, but its hard fun.

but still no project update? why? it turns out there is some corporate things preventing me.
but hey...keep it casual.
as casual as... color and light.... few days away from getting a new camera so still cameraphone.
but on friday night took some random picts as usual. result above.

random post it jokes in a time where jokes are more then welcome to lighten the mood.
does anybody understand the one to the right?

it turnes out this animal has travelled around TAIK during the last couple of days. keep finding it at new places...wonder who does it?

got to show this...student art work, Katharina Moebus: Everyday, interrupted.
this is really impressive, 3 days of building it.

BUT! what i will show from my presentation (when pictures arrive) is the prestentation room we buildt with the help of TAIK`s movie production department....legendary.

now relax and get ready for travell...stoked`n happy about it.

the last hours...

...of the "planned" deadline is closing in on me/my group.
(not the real deadline but an early one to give us a day to relax before presentation)
so i`m still posting things with no reference to cruise ships at all.

i found this dog and realised it needed a home. she has no name yet.
but will get one this weekend...she`s friendly and really good at the "sit" trick.


when exploring TAIK you find new rooms and hidden stuff every day. today i found this.
not entirely sure what it is so i asked around. i found it in the film/movie/tv production area.

it turned out if was a (obviusly) very popular Finnish actor. if you ask me?
this is kinda creepy. i wonder if he know about this...

once again...some people say the toilet is a good place to think about things.
and the urge to write it on the wall seems to by too tempting for many people.

translation(with google translator):
"is probably a rare dungeon place to nail college"
i think i will have to ask a finn and will post a better translation later.

now i need sleep, 5 hours untill i got to wake up and ....work on the project of course.

last week of a project...

is ofte a pain. not enough sleep. a lot of pressure. a bit of stress and the finish line sight...
therefor i will not post anything about my project on this blog. not today at least.

i posted this picture insted(above). found on a bridge in Pasila, Helsinki.
Pasila is not known for its colors. so finding this on the way home was a nothing but a joy.
i don`t know anything about the person who put it up or why...but thank you.

staying on the bright side of things. emergency exits useally don`t look this positive.
in case of fire i would be happy to follow that cuddly koala anywhere. (found at TAIK)

yes, and there was snow in Helsinki again until ....well it started raining again. today.
(taken on the way home from school, dark going to school, dark going home, sweet deal!)

looking into old photos...

i found this old sticker picture. don`t really remember where its from. or when i took it.
but then i notised the web adress in the corner.

http://www.goodindeed.org/

i thought this page has probably been here for ages.
the people who created it has probably forgotten all about it. there was a link to a blog.

http://blog.goodindeed.org/

last update 3 desember 2008(the blogger lives in oslo, so i guess thats where i found the sticker) and the blogger has some intresting projects going on. check it out!

the projects remind me of some experiments we had in sosial interaction her in helsinki earlier this year. where we tried to create sosial interaction in public spaces where there normally only is hasty transportation. (like the train terminal, on a buss and tram`s)

with books like this, spread over the floor, we tried getting them to stop, read and write their thoughts or a message to other people.

tried getting people to take this bear around town...show it helsinki.
some people actually did.

getting people to draw flowers in front of a shopping mall with chalk. great respons.
but reading the Good Indeed blog i feel like trying again. creating tools for interaction within the public spaces around us.

because everybody has something to say. but why always on toilet walls?

a short helsinki story

friday night, no big plans or ambitions.

finding a disturbing cardboard commercial in a window while walking to town

halfway, me and Danny founds this guy drumming on all kind of stuff in the streets, he had some extra "drum sticks" so we joined in...suddenly there was a crowd, people dancing and taking pictures. some finnish guy was saying something we didn`t understand and started filming us. well, filming me and Danny. the drum guy suddenly started shouting:
"they are filming you!!! you are nothing!! nothing!" and took our drumsticks (actually we gave them back, he had no legs...) good fun while it lasted. we left him and he continiued playing.
got no pictures, wish i did...

erottaja bar, stickers, that face is all over town...wonder who makes them?
some more beer...good music
messing with a fashion magasine, making funny faces
walking home realising christmas is getting close...

going through some old photos from my phonecamera...think its from berlin.
just another dude with something to say and felt a bathroom wall was the perfect media.

treasurehunting...

still treasurehunting around helsinki. found another one(love)...

casual thursday...

in the middle of working 13 to 03 with project i felt like a casual update.
so (above) my contribution to the kipsari toilet at school...

and found another part of the trasure hunt (below) and can you ask for a better way to start the day....feel(ing)good in helsinki

back to work...

like the idea...

[][][][] / "Sigur ros - Gong" / Eric Lerner from Eric Lerner on Vimeo.

...of communication through colors.
and great music: Sigur Rós

found this during a small break from my project work.
now back to workin... with the Bjørg mixTAPE vol.1 going in the background.

and we are back again...

angry karate chop at laptop
breake dance move around the problem
happy dance when things work out
then the big...taadaaaa!!!
(just hope it doesn`t crash tomorrow...)

then try to remember: "always backup...!"

the challange of...

...concept design.(found this quote to explain)
how far can you go? how do you argument, when the facts you base your arguments on are not real but only premonitions of a future you are currently creating?

one of the challanges me and my team face in the following days. final presentation 15 desember.
the countdown is not going any slower lately. but!! on 16th desember i`m going back to norway, back to Bjørg.
feel(ing pretty damn)good about that. a countdown i`m pretty stoked about.

yes and lets not forget the fact that my computer has invited some viruses in and they are creating some minor problems. trying to fix it before they create major problems.
like crashing most of my importante programs.(oh wait it`s happening already...) fun fun fun!

found this today...

earlier this year we had a course in presentation techniques and my groups topic was, keep in mind the topic had been chosen because it was impossible, landmines. this was just for practise, but i realised while trying to sell someone a redesign of landmines.
i will never ever design weapons.

but this just makes me feel a lot better about the term "designer"...

When Walmart asked electronics manufacturers to produce a product that would reduce environmental impact, HP was up for the challenge. And the result was a winning solution that reduced packaging materials by 97%.




thinking outside the box, who actually said there had to be a box?
(Bag materials is made of 100% recycled material. )