Project

Designers from The South

In Uganda and Guatemala, design is an unestablished and young area.

Since 2003, designers and architects from the south have been given the opportunity to learn and practice the trade professionally through internships in Norwegian companies and organisations. The designers contribute with impulses and inspiration from their country's culture, traditions and experience.

Contact person

Reidun Bachke

Project Coordinator – Design without borders

Phone: (+47) 23 29 26 61

reidun.bachke@norskform.no


More about Reidun Bachke

Intro

Participants from the south

Designers and architects from Uganda and Guatemala have been given the opportunity to learn and practice the trade professionally through internships in Norwegian companies and organisations.
Feature

Norwegian design fights maternal death

Laerdal Medical has developed a birthing simulator that may contribute to reducing childbirth related deaths in development countries.

Beneficial exchange of designers

The stay in Norway inspired the Ugandan designers. Now, they are planning a unique development project in their home country.
In-depht stories

Mutually beneficial exchange

With the aid of Design without Borders, Norwegian design agencies are given the opportunity to have a young designer from Uganda or Guatemala in their staff for one year.