Category Good news and fun
Zlatan´s ego in French
“Les Guignols de l’info” (news puppets) is a French satire program known to make fun of famous people. Now Les Guignols has taken on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and has created a doll that resembles Zlatan and he has several times been “interviewed” by the news anchor doll in live broadcast before and after games. He responds […]
Läshunden Alfa – Alfa the readingdog
Läshunden Alfa finns på plats varje tisdag fr.o.m. 2.10 kl. 13-14 på Ekenäs stadsbibliotek. Uppmaningen på bibliotekets hemsida lockar: Tycker ditt barn om hundar? Går han eller hon i lågstadiet och behöver träna extra med sin läsning? […]
Remake labbet på Kulturkarnevalen 2012
Sådant som Remake labbet på Kulturkarnevalen behöver vi mera av! Tack Hanna Enlund för det! Relaterat – Fixers movement and repair cafés.
Spanarna i Sveriges radio P1 – mitt svenska favoritprogram i radion
Spanarna den 9e november 2012 var speciellt rolig. Ja, vad skulle man göra utan spanarna? Lyssna på detta avsnitt om ni inte gjort det redan. Och musiken är alltid lika bra. Här nedan kan ni t.o.m se dem i studion.
The first photograph ever taken in Finland
A fellow blogger – Mats Söderlund – has published on the Crop Factor blog the first photograph taken in Finland. Wow! It really looks as something someone could have taken with a pinhole camera at our Photography summerschool at Goldsmith! It was taken by Henrik Cajander, a doctor who lived on the very street the photo was taken. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Craftivism on a buss
Neulagraffa is a knit graffiti campaign in Finland.
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. […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
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