by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Aug 22, 2019 | Pottery School, Sweet Salone
Great crowd filled the room listening to tale about Aurora´s projects in the creative industry in Sierra Leone. Aurora wants to thank Guðbjörg Káradóttir for her great presentation and the Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied art for hosting us. Products produced...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Feb 18, 2019 | Sweet Salone
Another week of amazing creativity as our Sweet Salone project continues in full swing. Collaborators in our Sweet Salone project, the amazing designers in As We Grow (AWG) visited Sierra Leone and continued their work here with various counterparts over the last...
by Regína Bjarnadóttir | Feb 1, 2019 | Sweet Salone
There has been a lot of creativity in the air over the last few days as ideas have been shared, discussions have taken place and laughter and positiveness has surrounded it all. The Design team has been following up on their previous work with various partners in...
by Halldora Þorlaksdottir | Apr 19, 2018 | Sweet Salone
The aim of our project Sweet Salone is to promote and help develop the field of crafts and design in Sierra Leone, mainly through collaboration with Icelandic designers. To introduce the skillful Sierra Leonen craftspeople who have been our collaborators in this...
by Halldora Þorlaksdottir | Mar 20, 2018 | Sweet Salone
The Nordic design group 1+1+1 has published an Online Magazine on their collaboration with Aurora Foundation. Starting in 2017, 1+1+1 have been participating in Aurora Foundation’s Sweet Salone project, teaming up with talented Sierra Leonean craftspeople in...
by Halldora Þorlaksdottir | Mar 15, 2018 | Sweet Salone
Yesterday, a new collection of houseware products made by Sierra Leonen craftspeople and designed by the Icelandic-Swedish-Finnish design team 1+1+1 was launched at DesignMarch, Iceland‘s biggest design festival. The collaboration between the makers and designers is...
