what I believe

The future of historic ideas

As a flirt to the renaissance humanists I try to study a wider perspective of fields in order to create a program suited for a wise future. I wish to inspire and seek great collaborations for discovering, interpreting and delivering ideas to change our perception of life.

“I love to doubt as well as know.”

- Dante Alighieri

the framework

Philosophical Explorations

My work moves a mixture of visual fields in the intersection of space and meaning with the scientific idea that all is connected.

Our current momentum requires us to imagine and experience new futures. With a broad background and many years within art, architecture, urban planning and systems design, I work as a strategic and philosophical designer with a focus on shared spaces, economic systems, behaviour patterns, chaos theories and societal change.

horiZon manifesto no2

Belongings & Ownership

There are some imperative moments in time when it is clear that humans, more than usual, need to redefine themselves, expand their horizons and develop new perspectives. As we enter 2023 we hit one of those junctures. Human life seems lost and somewhat painful with no clear common belief in mind. 

These manifestos are tranquil and humble responses to common hardships and global ordeal. Short in form, they aim to spread micro declarations easy to embrace. By expanding public ethos, we can curiously consider new ways of living, breathing and being. Ideas and knowledge, radical thoughts or peaceful perspectives, they can all facilitate dynamic and constantly changing viewpoints to redefine current human existence in the context we live in and live by.

Read & download a free version here. Buy a locally printed coy at andthekiosk.

Book

REopening of a city

We live in cities with inhumane voids. Spaces that used to inhabit vivid life now stand in gloomy silence. Empty retail stores, dark corners and offices that were left to their fate–they all demand a change in how we use and live in urban areas.

So what is needed for creating a more desirable city? The co-created book REopening of a city doesn’t have the answers, and it is not going to give you a detailed recipe of correct urban planning. It is rather an insert to stimulate and encourage further dialogue when we consider and design the future. 33 inspiring and creative humans have given their own personal thoughts on the future of our cities and this book is the collection of their voices. You will also find 33 brief ideas of what empty spaces could be turned into for a generous and inviting city to thrive. REopening of a city is a fluid and heartening compilation of what a city could provide and what extraordinary shapes it might take.

REopening of a city is available HERE.

writing

how to live happily on mars

Wild and reflectful writing expeditions to joyfully dive into unknown worlds. It is a place where I try to make sense of the world through the eyes of an exploring mind. I delve into every day slowness, life in all its apparitions, fiction, poetry, dreams and how to live happily.

soft space transformation

Textile architecture

Everything is in constant motion - life is flux. Textile architecture explores temporariness and flow in large scale installations but also studies facades and the skin of a building when values of all planetary objects are the same.

LECTURE

Architectural Days

Over the last year our lives have been dramatically changed. A majority of my beliefs do not feel as clear or reasonable as before. Crisis and fear has a great impact on how we feel and how we think. With that being said I wish for this short lecture to be seen as a very personal input or viewpoint of what I believe today. With this global world at such speed, tomorrow is still unclear.

Art

The Women Council

The Women Council is a project by artist Jenny Grettve that focuses on collective rethinking of societal structures, especially regarding feminist economies and power dynamics. Through the framework of a digital art piece, the project expands thoughts on critical design, social futures and aims to disrupt conventional thinking. Through the Women Council, discussions are dismantling patriarchal and capitalist frameworks, and emphasises creating systems that value collaboration, care, and shared knowledge.

new book

Mothering Economy

Mothering – care and generosity – sits at the core of human society. It is what creates meaningful lives, yet it is often forgotten when it comes to exploring innovation and solutions to our shared and global issues.

Mothering Economy is a raw and personal exploration by design strategist and architect Jenny Grettve. Through systemic thinking, she shares her own perspectives on the current and brutal metacrisis, on patriarchy and wars, on tenderness and hope, while taking the reader on a journey of philosophy, economy and caring futures. The book is an honest dissection of what we all might need to know to change our mindsets and collectively and caringly mother our surroundings.

book

Oh, what a way to die!

Oh, what a way to die! is a brief exploration of modern manhood. Deteriorated ideas of masculinity – where self interest and profit are more desirable than generous care – are deeply linked to the severe and ongoing planetary crisis. 

Through a heuristic dialogue between the two investment bankers Sten and Cordell, we are taken on a journey from banking worlds and constant acquisition, to mothers, sustainability and the true meaning of life.

Art

An Economic Model

When forecasting solutions to our climate crises, or even to our more general human crisis with enormous inequalities, it is not illogical to dive into the intangible world of economics. Economics sits at the heart of all that we do, at the heart of society and at the heart of human activity on the planet. Then, why do we seem so afraid to expose, dissect and anatomize economy in all forms imaginable? 

Our current economy is a space and a commodity for just a few. It is an arrangement most of us believe we need to conform to, not discuss or reshape. The work ‘An Economic Model’ demonstrates through sculptural form one glimpse of a brief relationship between humans, governance and monetary systems.

ART

Abody Abode

Just like architecture is spatial, there are spaces inside oneself. We construct them, move through them and let them protect us. 
Abody Abode is a poignant collection of fragmentary stories and architectural spaces that are both memories of emotions and made-up moments. The outcome is a modest but also rebellious anthology that tells a story of modern womanhood.

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writing

Human melancholy

We talk about transitioning. We talk about transitioning societies for a sustainable future. We talk about the emergency and absolute need for a just transition. But what exactly is it that we believe should transition?

There is a certain melancholic state that is embedded in the concept of being human. We are born with the infinite dilemma of pondering about who we are. Through times we’ve wondered, we’ve created religions and art. We’ve discussed and discovered. This melancholy comes with pain and could very likely be a cornerstone in the anger, the stress and in the evil human darkness through time. To avoid having to deal with the fact of not knowing, many have occupied themselves with whatever was at their hands. Over the last century that has taken enormous leaps while capitalism and consumerism has scaled, most likely the two main reasons for our current crisis in the first place. The world of consumerism has become a great personal hiding place, far away from the frightening unknowns we carry within.

More texts on sustainable transitions can be found at How to Live Happily on Mars.