INturns

The INturns Project.
The INturns er et anderledes vidensudvekslingsprojekt. Idéen er, at lade 5 praktikanter, i form af 5 små USBdukker, rejse rundt i hele verden. De 5; Melvin Lee, Sally Parker, Fred Hanson, Caroline von Elten & Bob Tyler har alle forskellige identiteter og kommer fra forskellige dele af verden, alle har de en interesse i design bredt, og alle har de lært hinanden at kende på LYNfabrikken.

De 5 USBdukker sendes rundt til virksomheder og organisationer i Danmark og i resten af verden. I praktikperioden, omkring 14 dage, er det så virksomhedens eller organisationens opgave at fylde de 5 med information, der fortæller INturns om deres virksomhed, et projekt, et produkt, en uddannelse eller andet, alt hvad der kunne have interesse for en designinteresseret praktikant. Praktikanterne medbringer et kamera, herved er det ikke blot information i form af tekst, men også billeder, der fortæller om praktikantens ophold.

Ønsket er at komme til at dokumentere designverden på en ny måde, samtidigt håber LYNfabrikken at produktet, i og med det er virksomhedernes eller organisationernes egne ord og billeder, stikker lidt dybere, eller bliver lidt mere personlige, end en beskrivelse udefra.

Projektets udvikling og historierne vil i samarbejde med forskellige medier blive dokumenteret. The INturns praktikrejser vil altså blive tilgængelig for alle i hele landet.

The INturns.
The INturns is a different knowledge-sharing project. The idea is to led 5 interns, that is 5 USB dolls, travel around the. The 5; Melvin Lee, Sally Parker, Fred Hanson, Caroline von Elten & Bob Tyler, all has different identities and comes from different places around the globe, but all are they sharing the interest for design in brought terms and alle have they learned to know each other through LYNfabrikken in Denmark.

The 5 USB dolls are all send to design businesses and organisations in Denmark and around the world. In the course of the internship, approximately two weeks, it is the businesses and organisations job’s to load the 5 with information that tells the INturns about the business, a project, a product, an education or something else of interest for a design oriented INturn.

Along with them the INturns have a camera, this way it is not just information in words but also that tells the story of the INturns stay.

The desire is to be able to document the design world in a new way. At the same time LYNfabrikken wishes that the product – since the companies or organisations describe themselves through words and pictures – reaches a bit further or becomes a bit more personal than an outside description.

The stories and the evolvement of the project will be documented in collaboration with various medias. Thus the INturns’ internships will be available all over the country.

Bob Taylor

Bob Tyler: 33-årige Bob Tyler blev sidste år ansat som underviser på the Australian Academy of Design. I 2003 deltog Bob i en stor konference i den danske by Århus, konferencen handlede om fremtiden for design. På konferencen fik Bob kontakt med den århusianske designorganisation LYNfabrikken, i fællesskab blev de - Bob og LYNfabrikken enige om at Bob skulle deltage i LYNfabrikkens store projekt INturns og dermed rejse rundt i hele verden for at udforske designrelaterede emner.

Bob Tyler: 33 year-old Bob was last year hired as a teacher at the Australian Academy of Design. In 2003 Bob participated in a large conference in the Danish city of Aarhus. The conference was about the future of design. At this conference Bob made contact with the Aarhus based design organisation LYNfabrikken, and together they agreed on that Bob should be a part of LYNfabrikkens grand project INturns and thus travel the entire world to explore design related subjects.

Caroline Von Elten:

Caroline von Elten: Caroline er 19 år og har altid ønsket at blive uddannet indenfor design, hendes store drøm er at blive optaget på The Design Academy i Holland, desværre mangler hun international erfaring for at kunne blive optaget. Carolines mor er hollandsk og faren japansk, og gennem en af hendes fars bekendte har hun fået kontakt til en mindre designvirksomhed kaldet LYNfabrikken i Danmark, der gerne ville hjælpe hendes med nogle praktikophold rundt omkring i verden. Ud over den internationale erfaring ønsker Caroline også en masse kendskab til design, hendes fars bekendte siger at hun nok skal få begge dele i hendes praktikforløb.

Caroline von Elten: Caroline has always wanted an education in design. Her big dream is to be accepted at The Design Academy in Holland, unfortunately she lacks international experience before she can be accepted. Caroline's mother is dutch and her father is japanese, through an acquainted of her father's she has got in contact with a smaller design organization in Denmark called LYNfabrikken, who would be glad to help her with some internships around the world. Besides the international experience Caroline wants to get as much knowledge as possible about design. Her father's acquainted says that she'll get both in her internships.

Fred Hanson:
Fred Hanson: 29 år og på sidste del af sin uddannelse på UMEA institute of Design, udover sine studier er Fred Hanson ansvarlig for udvekslingen af internationale studerende via programmet Two Worlds Unite. Fred Hanson har endnu ikke selv været i praktik, og skal derfor i den kommende periode på en række forskellige ophold gennem hans kontakt LYNfabrikken i Danmark.

Fred Hanson: 29-year-old attending the last part of his education at the UMEA Institute of Design in Sweden. Apart from his studies he is the head of the exchange of international students via the program Two Worlds Unite. Fred Hanson has not yet been an intern himself, which is why he during the following period of time will be send out to different places through his contact LYNfabrikken in Denmark.

Melvin Lee:
Melvin Lee: 23-årig designstuderende ved National Institute of Design i Ahmebad i Indien. Melvin studerer på linjen for design consultancy services. Melvin Lee har været i gang med sit studie i 2 år. Gennem udvekslingsprogrammet Two Worlds Unite har han de sidste 2 måneder været på UMEA designskolen i Sverige og skal nu i gang med en længere praktikperiode organiseret af udvekslingsansvarlig Fred Hanson. Melvins uddannelse kræver, at man orienterer sig bredt i desigverden. Efter en lang snak med Fred i Sverige, der fortalte at hans kontakt - LYNfabrikken i Danmark, kunne tilbyde det brede designfokus, besluttede Melvin sig for at rejse af sted.

Melvin Lee: 23 years old and studying design at National Institute of Design, Ahmebad, India where Melvin is attending the design consultancy services line at his second year. Through the exchange program Two Worlds Unite he has attended the UMEA design school in Sweden for the past two months and does head of the exchange program Fred Hanson organize now starting an extended period of internship. Melvin's education demands a wide orientation in the entire design world. After a long chat with Fred in Sweden - who told Melvin about his contact LYNfabrikken in Denmark - he decided to go there.

Sally Parker:
Sally Parker: 24 årig designstuderende fra England. Sally blev forrige år optaget på linjen Design Products på Royal College of Art og har lige afsluttet sit første år. 14 dage efter hendes afsluttende eksamen rejste Sally til UMEA i Sverige på udveksling, via programmet Two Worlds Unite. Som et led i sin udveksling skal Sally på en række praktikophold, hvor ved hun ikke, men som Fred, hendes udvekslingsansvarlige siger; 'Bare rolig, min kontakt i Danmark, LYNfabrikken, skal nok sørge for det bliver spændende og at du får en bred viden om design.

Sally Parker: a 24-year-old design student from England. Sally was last year accepted at the Royal College of Art at the line for Design Products, she has just ended her first year. 14 days after her final exam she travelled to UMEA in Sweden, as part of the exchange program Two Worlds Unite. Part of Sally's exchange program consists of a series of internships - where she does not know yet, but as Fred, head of the exchange program in Sweden, says: 'Don't worry, my contact in Denmark, LYNfabrikken, will see to that it will be both exciting and that you'll get a brought knowledge of design'.