In a joint effort to protect artists and artisans in developing countries from theft of their creative ideas, ITC and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have published a guide full of practical advice. In a preface to Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: the Role of Intellectual Property, J. Denis Belisle, Executive Director of ITC, and Kamil Idris, Director General of WIPO, point out that "with the ease and speed of copying and imitation, the market can simply get flooded with lookalike products or downright copies. "The real challenge for artisans and visual artists (painters, sculptors and photographers) is not just to produce and market winning new products that cater to changing consumer tastes, but also to prevent - or, if unable to prevent, to deal effectively with...
Unique Swedish Arts and Crafts. Sami style Reindeer Leather |ewelry from exotic Lapland. Handcrafted Collectable Santas & Gnomes. Bentwood. Shop Online & at Scandinavian festivals. Be Nordic forthe weekend |uly 18-20,2008. Highlights: Karin Larsson - granddaughter of painter Carl Larsson, Folkdansgillet Nerkia - folk dancers from Örebro, Sweden, Stan Boreson - king of Scandinavian comedy. Norsk Høstfest, North America's largest Scandinavian festival, features En To Tre, an authentic Scandinavian dining experience, world class performers, artisans, international shopping, and all things Nordic. Sept.30 - Oct 4, 2008
Even if you are Swedish, you probably don't have a clue why the holiday called "Kyndelsmässodagen" is listed on your modern wall calendar. Many holidays which were once widely celebrated have now been forgotten. To counteract this collective amnesia, Jalmar Staaf, a student at Konstfack, Stockholm's Universty College of Arts, Craft and Design, created an interactive webpage called "Holiday Clock. My idea was to combine a strict textile for a public space with a feeling of home-like lace," says designer Eva Marmbrandt about her elegant "Lasercut Lace" vertical blinds. The blinds, made of polyester plastic, won the coveted Fresh Form award at this year's home decorating trade fair in Stockholm. The prize-winning blinds are part of Marmbrandt's "Vertical Variations" collection, which she...
..., the Stockholm, Sweden College of Arts, Crafts, and Design. Marmbrandt's blinds bring a soft, scu...
... of fun activities for children to enjoy: an arts and crafts area; a traditional, Mongolian yurt whe...
... centre, artisans and merchants sell precious arts and crafts items and all kinds of Christmas decora...
...Champery . 17.07.2010: 13th Arts and Crafts Market . Phone: 024 479 2020 . Into: ww...
... a transition from esoteric arts and crafts to an industry synonymous with a country. . A Spec...
Scottsdale Airpark, Arizona, may just be your next destination to indulge in Scandinavian contemporary design. The Center of Modern Design has opened in an 8,500-square-foot space which includes shop-in-shop areas for such design icons from the north as Bang & Olufsen, Hastens Beds and Georg Jensen. Bodil and Chris )0rgensen, who earlier started the internet based Danish design retailer House of Copenhagen seem to be on a mission - to gather the very best of Nordic design under one roof and at one site. "Our goal was to be the place in the U.S. where you can see all the important masters," says Chris Jergensen, who has filled this designer's Mecca with the likes of Arne Jacobsen, Harts Wegner, Finn Juhl, Bruno Matthson, and Alvar Aalto. The store and showroom can also be transformed...
...www.craftscollection.dk. (Left) Terhi Tuominen's choir "Fold". Time to ... co-operation with the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts and LinkUP. The winner of "Time to desi...
... 24-25.10.2009: Old Town market with historic arts and crafts . Phone: 055 648 4207 . Info: www.histe...
... 18th centuries, as well as sculptures, arts and crafts. . Exhibition highlights 2009: Matti Br...
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