Born and raised in Mozambique, Rui Tenreiro graduated the Kent Institute of Art and Design in 2003 before moving to Norway. Since then he has moved to Stockholm where he is currently finishing an MA at Konstfack.
Having worked with textiles, ceramics, illustration, editing, curating, writing, advertising and film Rui is well versed in the creative industry. More recently turning his attention to making books and stories Rui is an exciting talent and we’re always keen to see what’s next. This week he shares some inspiration and below is his response to our weekly questions.
I hope to try out a new recipe I’ve been wanting to try: Tippaleivät (Finnish May Day cookies). Possibly skiing, if the weather allows. But definitely a glass of wine in the evening, two fruits a day, and lots of music.
They pretty much know what I do and they back me up a lot.
When I was in my teens some people said it was Billy Corgan. Then it was Quentin Tarantino. Then it was Michael Jackson. Then it became Mars Volta (not sure which one), and more recently the Swedish Prince. Not bad. But I think I just look like my mom’s side of the family.
A combination of all of them in the same room at the same time.
http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html
Most definitely. After England I learned not to trust tutors all the time. But education is made outside institutions too. In some cases, mostly made outside institutions. If you think you’re not getting much from it, leave College and go find yourself. Education isn’t for everyone, but everyone should try it out.
Across. I never know if it has one C or two. I often misspell it.
I’ve gained a larger interest in plausible lies recently.
My book ‘The Celebration’ will be released in Spanish in the Spring and in Finnish in the Autumn. I’m preparing my final graduation project which will culminate in the Konstfack annual exhibition in Spring.
Also, I will re-do my website and include my ceramics work and more updates commissions.
Not sure. ‘Plan B’ can be better than ‘Plan A’, so I’m unsure about the classification.
Feminist Press is an independent nonprofit publisher based in New York. Founded in 1970, they have a wide variety of material that ranges from fiction to feminist theory. Promoting freedom of expression and social justice, they now own a great collection of books from around the world and from diverse racial and class backgrounds, as well as a section on African Women’s Writing.
Recommended reading, Waiting", a novel by Goretti Kyomuhendo.
Hanna Nilsson and Sofia Østerhus together make Byggstudio. Since 2006, their collaboration has created vintage plant markets, window displays for Iittala, typographic projects, exhibitions, and a number of collaborations with other artists, in the tradition interdisciplinary graphic design projects. Byggstudio is one of the most exciting studios running out of Stockholm at the moment.
If you’re interested in fuel efficiency, material recycling and product design, Afrigadget is a blog about the products of African ingenuity in the face of ‘little means’. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the blog is here to show us how simple adaptations were made from the cheapest existing materials to create utilitarian things such as candles, cordless table light bulbs and even automated fishing".
“Being an artist now means to question the nature of art”, Joseph Kosuth wrote in 1968, before declaring: “If you make paintings, you are already accepting (not questioning) the nature of art”.
Professor at Interdisciplinary Studies at Konstfack and art critic Ronald Jones writes about how designers are coming to make use of the strategies of conceptual art.
Man behind the latest cover of Idea magazine, designer and illustrator OHARA DAIJIRO, has one of the most sophisticated drawing lines I’ve seen lately. With simple colours and effective use half-tone patterns, his drawing line is a combination of round and ruler-drawn-like straight lines, unjoined at the ends. It has characteristics of Manga and the maturity and sophistication of Takehisa Yumeji.
