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India & Design - two terrains put together
for an exhibition … more soon …

The 3rd evening of Pecha Kucha Night Brussels attracted again a large audience !
The 4th is planned on May 20th.
Updates will be on http://pechakucha.architempo.net

2008 for Alok Nandi :
_ April, talk about “Food & Design”, in Genk School of Design & Art
_ April, participating in a TV programme about Indian Cinema and Bollywood, on RTBf
_ May, invited speaker with D. Vanderburgh, professor at ARCHI LLN, in “Analogous Spaces” Gent conference
_ June, in Helsinki, design workshop, insight + foresight
_ July, selected for conference ISEA 2008 Singapore, with Ajaykumar, artist & professor at Goldsmith College London
_ Design September, busy cooking … get ready
_ November, invited “commissaire délégué” at the Intl Design Biennale of St-Etienne; participation in group exhibition curated by Giovanna Massoni, also at St-Etienne.

And also Pecha Kucha in March, May, September and more …
And every week radio chronicle on India & Books for IndeHebdo Radio BFM (mahanet.com)
Stay tuned …

working on the design of a series of “real” physical objects after many years in virtual scapes.
More soon … it is la série n8 Orientable …

Giving on March 17th a plenary intro talk about “Experience Design” at Hogeschool Antwerpen, launching a week workshop of the “masteropleiding productontwikkeling”. Companies involved in the workshop include Alcatel Lucent, Recticel, Inbev, Verhaert, Boone International, P&G, Tupperware, Potmstudios.

The 3rd evening of Pecha Kucha Night Brussels is taking place on March 20th, at iMAL.
More on http://pechakucha.architempo.net

Speakers planned on March 20, 2008, are
_ Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, designswarm, tinker.it, London
_ Satinder Gill, Gesture and Multi-Modal Communication, UK
_ Luc Hoebeke retired and still searching, with
…Nirmala Isabelle Hoebeke, master in graphic arts
_ François Jégou, Sustainable Everyday Project, SDS
_ Maja Kuzmanovic, fo.am, media art & design
_ Arne Quinze, Quinze & Milan
_ Paolo Sacchettini - Torsen & car testing on frozen lakes
_ Sanjeev Shankar, architect/designer, street vending
_ Rob Van Kranenburg, RFID and cultural operator
_ Philippe Vandenbroeck, shiftn, scenario, photography
_ Olu Vandenbussche, design for the visually challenged
_ Danny Venlet, designer