Monthly Archives: November 2012
Maj Lind competition in Finland – many 100.000 finger movements
We had taped the Maj Lind competition and watched it this grey Sunday morning on Finland. It is amazing! In many ways, artistically of course and for me as a non-professional it seems just overwhelming and hard to understand technically that anyone in such a skillful way can move their fingers across the keyboard so fast […]
Lönar sig livet?
Lönsamhet vad är det? Lönar det sig att leva? Jag har funderat mycket på två kommentarer, en som min pappa fick när han efter 20 år som bibliotekarie på Ekenäs stadsbibliotek beslutat sig för att säga upp sig för att heltid börja jobba på Emmaus, där han redan jobbat all sin lediga tid i många […]
How blogging is a rhizomic practice
Rhizome is used by many and maybe not even 100% understood by anyone except perhaps by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the philosophers who coined the term. Maybe we are not supposed to “master” nor totally grasp the concept of rhizome. But what I do understand concerning the concept is enough for me: It describe a way to […]
Felt hats and the wonderful people who make them
The above slideshow is about some beutiful people who make and wear very colorful and imaginative felt hats. Check out Felt Factions web site – a company founded by Elina Saari and Aki Leppänen in 1999. They make unique hats, clothing and wall textiles and almost anything out of felts. They describe their lifestyle with […]
Den finländska rejälhandelns rötter finns i Ekenäs
Denna historiskt intressanta artikel om den finländska rättvisehandelns rötter har många missat i den tryckta utgåvan av Maailmankauppalehti. Mina föräldrar, Birgit och Rurik Rancken, startade de finländska Svalorna för femtio år sen (1964) och 1973 grundade de en Emmauskommunitet i Västervik utanför Ekenäs, enligt nordisk modell. Att grunda en u-landsbutik som skulle sälja varor från samarbetspartners i utvecklingsländer, […]
Craftivism on a buss
Neulagraffa is a knit graffiti campaign in Finland.
Wikimedia’s amazing open source projects
“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment.” Wikimedia Foundation’s is the non-profit organization registered in the USA, which hosts the websites known as the “Wikimedia projects” and related projects (in 270 languages). Meta-Wiki’s discussions range from coordination and documentation to planning and analysis […]
Public space initiatives in Cape town – a different perspective
Apparently a delegation of men (yes, ALL MEN) from Finland will represent the Finnish design scene (and WDC) in Cape Town. This according to Alternative Design Capital 2012 Helsinki (ADC 2012) facebook page. Heading them is the minister for European affairs, Alexander Stubb. I am sure he knows a lot about culture and how to design a great […]
Good news magazine in a world filled with bad news
Yes – there are some good news magazines. I have read Yes! for many years but one Swedish online magazine, launched 2010, which gives me hope is Good News magazine. Daniel Mendoza, who started Good News magazine, says to Fria Tidningar that he got the idea for the magazine while studying at the Business School in Stockholm. […]
A day in the world
On May 15 2012, Aday.org asked people around the world to pick up their cameras to photograph daily life. This photo by Mehran Hamrahi, Iran, is one of my favorite and I heard it is Desmond Tutu’s too. Amamzing how their eyes meet in the jump – two buddies playing. Here are the 45 photos featured in […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 