The Design Factory – culture | learning

Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)

I presented a talk at the CEFPI NSW seminar that reflected on what we can learn from Scandinavia. It is an amalgam of my trips there over the last couple of years, to see what ideas, philosophies, learning spaces and systems that are in use and are successfully engaging students in their learning. (There isContinueContinue reading “Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)”

Don’t just look at schools: inspiration from The Design Factory at Aalto University, Finland #SCILFinland

“Less space for individual territory and more space to share” “Investment in people, not walls” We had a few hours to spare and were invited to spend the morning at The Design Factory, a project centre located within Aalto University, and providing a place for interdisciplinary collaborative projects, from industry and well as student-based. AaltoContinueContinue reading “Don’t just look at schools: inspiration from The Design Factory at Aalto University, Finland #SCILFinland”