London impressions.

Had a one week trip to London with coursemates. Not much to say about it. Design Festival was kind of disappointment for us - we hoped to see consumer products and other industrially made goods, but we were welcomed with `art in design`-styled chairs, tables, lamps etc. Real, based on problem solving, product design was actually seen on streets - there were some interesting electrical vehicles made with composite materials.

This was my first visit to London and UK. To be honest, the city was much beautiful in my illusions. After three days walking around the city all of us, except Andreas (why?...), wanted to go back to Umeå. I won´t let this London-experience disturb my thoughts about the real UK and I´m looking forward to see it in the future.

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Preparing to hybernate.

Yesterday I cleaned my room for the winter. Reason?... because dustballs didn´t pay the rent!

Who am I?

That´s an interesting question I keep asking myself from time to time. And sometimes new discoveries pop out from this self-evaluation.

My second school year at Umeå Institute of Design started on this week. We began with a form workshop where our first task was to identify our own style. So, what is Seeberg? With the help of our teacher and coursemates I had a close look to my three previous projects and found my "design fingerprint", that I had unconsciously left on them. Simple geometrical forms with a slight organic twists, loops and wrap-arounds, and contrast between colors - that´s what I am. It made me think... This kind of discovery is very helpful - once I realized my own style, I know where and how to go forward.


It´s nice to be back in Umeå!