Time to sign up for Summer 2014!
The good news: We now have 2 ideas islands in Sweden. In 2013 we bought a second island in Stockholm and we have already had some guests staying. It is an amazing little island just 15 minutes from Stockholm.
It is open from May to September. If you want to get a chance to stay on the island this summer now is the time to apply.
Here is a quote from a guest from last year:
“Ideas Island – where time slows down and creativity speeds up. I came to Ideas Island with a mind full and left mindful.”
(Of course you can also apply to stay on Ideas Island 3!)
28 Comments
ellie
February 17, 2014What a beautiful island! What generosity of spirit!
I’d like to come! I have the first dawning of a book idea growing in my mind. Idea Island appears to be the perfect spacious container for it to incubate and mature into a whole body, a tangible ‘book’. Space allows grace — Grace allows emergence of miracles. The birth of my book, that has been squished away into a tiny, busy, life (so far) of providing for my own survival, would be a miracle birth. Being granted the opportunity to experience the magical solitude & serenity of Idea Island would be a miracle in itself — that which cannot be easily explained. But, it would be enough — which is the title of my book.
Michael Kittel
March 14, 2014Me and my business partners need a place to brainstorm ideas for video and written content in relation to a funded website based off the facebook page we currently manage.
LECHAUNE GRANT-ALLAIN
March 14, 2014Dear Sirs/Mesdames,
I am at once excited and humbled by this marvelous opportunity. As a mother, wife, and educator, I have been trying to afford myself the time to work on personal goals and projects, one of which is writing a series of children’s books. Your generous offer would provide me the solace I crave to get my ideas onto paper and begin the process of bringing them to fruition.
I’ve been blessed to have done some travelling in Europe; however, I have not had the privilege of exploring Sweden. The gratitude that I would feel from the experience of setting my feet in unfamiliar terrain would undoubtedly inspire fresh energy and passion that will be channeled into my work.
Thank you kindly for your munificence, and for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
L. Tanya Grant-Allain
Laura Metja
March 14, 2014I need this experience.
Giuseppe Maria Marra
March 14, 2014Hello!
My name is Giuseppe, and I am a 21th years old italian boy. I am a dj, producer and arranger of electronic music, with knowledge in synthesizers, digital audio workstations and computer music world in general. I am also an architecture student with a great passion for acoustics and waves theory. I can’t literally stay a minute without spreading out my creativity trough music, paints, ideas, projects, or just finding new books or arguments for my studies. Nowadays is becoming difficult finding a place for keeping my soul, body and mind quiet, to focus in a good way and keeping myself in “entanglement” with people, nature, and why not, common objects, harmonically.
This is what I can tell you,shortly, for giving you an idea of what kind of people I am. I think to be prepared for an experience like this, and also i feel to deserve it.
Anyway thank you for making me able to dream again!
Your project is just “salvifico” (in italian), and I am sure that it is a significant help for creatives all over the world…
beyond being chosen or not…
Best regards and good luck!
Katherine York
March 15, 2014Hello! I am in love with your idea for this and this opportunity would be a great needed break for me. I have been working on a book (photos & text) this past year, and now into the more intense finishing phases. Afterwords I would like to take some time off to consider my next project and to develop the ideas. These past 6 years I have not had a proper break and find your environment and concept the perfect soil for me to grow!
Please let me know your thoughts when you have time!
Kind regards,
Katheirne
Prateek Meshram
March 15, 2014First of all, a big thanks for an initiative like this. I am a sound engineer by education & I want to be at a tranquil place like this for my future sound recording, designing & production ideas. If there is anything I need to know or do prior to submission then kindly let me know.
See You
Prateek
ideasisland
March 17, 2014Hi Prateek! You may send your application by filling out the form found at the stay at ideas island tab on the website:)
Katie Macleod
March 15, 2014This seems too good to be true, you are truly inspirational and what a wonderful gift to others. I have many creative ideas for
Katie Macleod
March 15, 2014Hi,
This seems too good to be true, what a wonderful gift to others. You surely will go to ‘heaven’ . Good karma…
I’m 35, female, divorced and live at my parents (this is making me sad) and work in the City of London. I’m bursting at the seams with creative project ideas. Here are just a few…
Ok, so I’ve been thinking about starting a website/forum/social platform whereby people could ask for donations (a bit like crowd funding) from the general public to help finance their dreams, be it travel, charity work, education etc. The cash poor, such as myself (I have £500 in my bank account and earn £1,000 per month while doing an internship) can’t afford holidays or that charity stint in developing countries to help others. I don’t have rich parents (like some of my privately educated friends whose parents give them £4,000 a month to live on and they are doing nothing with their lives and unhappy). Whatever it might be from virtuous to frivolous requests the person requesting sponsorship would have to produce a video of themselves outlining their cause and what the money would go to…their pitch if you like. As long as the person is able to demonstrate that the money has been used correctly by way of a video blog or such like this would certainly be a success.
Another idea…I have been in temporary work placements for about 3 years (admin) until last Summer. I had to work for pharmaceutical companies and Google…corporations that I didn’t want to work for but needed the money. Pharma rules the world and unethical and Google is a CIA tool but anyway. (Don’t get me started on the illuminati etc) If there was an ethical recruitment company whose goals and values aligned with say Forbes list of 100 ethical companies it would benefit both parties…sort of like supply chain management. I dislike recruitment companies and haven’t had a positive experience dealing with the sales consultants. This would be inspirational and very much about the people. Even the company would be sustainable as far as possible from the recycled stationary to offsetting carbon footprint by planting trees etc. Perhaps the company could be non hierarchical and run by a collective with equal shares. It needs fleshing out, I only thought of this last week…there is nobody out there doing this to my knowledge from a quick google search.
Help me escape the rat race of London life…..there is more to me that I need to give,show, prove.. I am currently starved and not nourished mentally. With every fibre of my being I want to reach my potential…..and do something good for others like you.
I eagerly await your response.
Katie
Sundar Lal Sundaram
March 15, 2014I am not an economist….but for some time now, I have wanted to write about how every government cheats its own citizens either in the form of taxes on even essentials or by having a deficit budget or by giving subsidies to the undeserving or by helping corporate interests loot the wealth of the nation or by spending public money on schemes where they have their own vested interests.or by bailing out undeserving elements, etc., etc. Just want to find the time and the space to get this out of my system!
P.S., I am also a travel writer….lots of travel stories still left to be told!
http://www.oktatabyebye.com/Travel-Blog/1351-travel-blog-k2k2k(the-mother-of-all-trips)!-1243.html
Chanel
March 15, 2014Wow, my team and I could not express more how much this could benefit us!!! We handle some of South Africa’s largest brands on social media and being glued to our screen for so long can’t be good! Anything we can do to apply – we’re willing and able!
Dorothy Lehane
March 15, 2014Hello,
I am interested in this opportunity as I am a writer with very little time to write. I have three children and therefore find myself writing at night, after a full day when I am exhausted.
I would like to develop a collection of poems engaging with the neurological speech condition aphasia to examine questions concerning cultural encounters and our embodied responses to the world. I am concerned with the construction and deconstruction of language, the philosophy behind the mutability of language, and the ways in which speech disturbances might inform and manifest themselves on the page in poetic practice. I would like to explore perceptual and social experiences of aphasia, considering the ways aphasia might inspire artistic expression or experiment beyond its form as a neurological issue. My husband suffers with anomic aphasia, and I will be writing from the perspective of being married to someone with aphasia, and understand it as an involuntary condition which distances its sufferers from the rest of the world. I am hoping to refocus the experience with a denser perception so that non aphasics have more capacity to understand the world of those with language disorders.
If you felt I was a suitable candidate to stay at one of your islands, please don’t hesitate to contact me as I would relish the opportunity!
All best wishes,
Dorothy Lehane
Anastasia
March 16, 2014I’m just a visual communication design college student. Who really stress out here. Can i have a calm environment in there and build an idea ?
augustus boehling
March 16, 2014i’m working on a comic book. it’s about infinity and history and presents a model of death/the universe based around the concept of creation that (in theory) will encourage people to spend their lives making interesting things rather than just consuming them. its kind of esoteric i guess/its kind of a veiled philosophical manifesto i guess but its also a story i hope is engaging and aesthetically satisfying. im 22 and i graduated from art school and paying rent in nyc means i dont get to dedicate as much time as id like to to my work. it’d be pretty cool to get to live on an island and take a breath and flesh out the rest of the plot and everything/spend days drawing comics and not having to do too much else. um thats all i guess i wont be mad if you dont pick me but i figured it was worth a shot, what you’re doing is cool and worthwhile and thats it i think.
Rik Leaf
March 16, 2014Indigenous artist collective of artists from First Nations, Metis, French, English and Scandinavian cultures and ancestry from Turtle Island (Canada) would love to stay at the Island to develop our new project.
Michelle Matthews
March 17, 2014At this point I’d just like to keep in touch if you send out such email newsletters. I’m enamoured by the concept.
Adnan Khalid
March 17, 2014What information do I need to provide here?
benvenuto saba
March 19, 2014SONO UN CREATIVO DISPOSTO A DARVI LA MIA ESPERIENZA
Giancarlo Vergani
March 19, 2014Dear Mr. Fredrik Härén, I have 58 years and I live in Milan. I am a former book designer, with a passion for photography and travel. Since my health deteriorated, I was forced to retire from work. Since 2006 I am separated from my wife, with whom I have lived and live the joy of being a father of a beautiful girl who is now twenty years old, and lives with his mother. Quite simply, if your generous offer was true, it could offer me the opportunity to spend a week with my daughter in a country we have never visited, sharing our passion for photography. If you feel I can provide you with all necessary certificates that attest to the state of my disability. I conclude by thanking you for your attention, and complimenting your initiative. Sincerely.
Talis
March 20, 2014Olá, meu nome e Talis, estou muito interessado na viagem para ilha, juntamente com o meu amigo Richard, estávamos navegando na Internet, quando nus deparamos com sua Brilhante Idea, e resolvemos participar, o meu amigo Richard e eu estamos sempre antenados e conectados em todos os assuntos de todas as áreas que o senhor possa imaginar, ouzo ate dizer, que se fizéssemos a prova do Enem agora, passaríamos com as melhores notas, pelo fato de sua ilha ser inspiradora e bela, nos mostra as belezas que a natureza tem, somos de criação pobre, tudo que nos conquistamos na vida, foi conquistado com muito suor e trabalho, estipulamos metas a ser cumpridas, posso falar para o senhor, com sinceridade, que a maioria delas foi cumprida, um sonho em comum entre nos dois, e alcançar independência social, fizemos N planos para com que isso aconteça, só, que o destino nunca foi a nosso favor, por isso, e por muita outras coisas, ficaríamos lisonjeados se nos escolhesse. Atenciosamente Talis e Richard
Katherine Meeker Petentler
April 1, 2014There are millions of ideas floating around my head during any given day. I guess my main creative talent is writing. I have a mythology book series that I have been trying to work on. But in the last thirteen months I have only been able to write a few pages. I used to write everyday; sometimes I would get whole stories ideas in one fifteen minute setting. I have done all my research. I feel like if I just had a place where I could be free from the cage and restraints of modern technology and a very demanding child… I know you probably have your choice of millions of talented people who have proof of their creativity and ideas. Who are not American. Who are artists. I am just a writer. As such there is no promise that I will ever be rich or be able to donate money. Most writers and artists I know are penniless. Your time and islands would probably be better spent with a group who could freely collaborate. I just want to leave with this note. I think what you are doing is amazing. Creativity has been stifled and needs freedom to be born; set free. The hardest part of being a creative peso. Is when your stiffled by life. No sleep and taking care of a child. These are what stiffle my creativity. I guess my biggest fear is that somehow my creativity will never get to shine. That a single child could squash those ideas I used to have constantly and the talent I have for good. Which would be the biggest shame. Thank you for having such a place for all of us who are creative. It keeps hope alive. K A Petentler
dodo
April 3, 2014I just loose my self.i dont now how,what i should do whit my life.i am 29 years old and i still living whit my parents.i need help to move forward..maybe a rest little time alone on yours island can help me.i am already hopeless….p.s. sorry if i had some mistakes.my englishis not the best.
Simona Pencáková
April 4, 2014Good day. Why we should visit your island? Because we have two beautiful sons / year 2.12 /, who have never seen the sea. Because currently we do not have funding, because we had to invest in housing and work. I with my husband work as an artistic blacksmiths, husband and I make suggestions and give them to help create. We work with iron, which is difficult but also beautiful work. Last year we had started to build their own work, making us very financially exhausted, we are indebted and we will pay for a long time. Our work is needed inspiration, especially my husband would be shut down, relax, ventilate his head to have enough ideas for further work. If you want I can send you some pictures of our products, designs, and eventually us. Unfortunately we do not finance a vacation, even if it mostly my husband and kids really need. Thank you in advance. Regards Simon Pencáková, Slovakia.
Orven Caster
April 4, 2014My name is Orven Caster, I have been wracking my brains out on how best to secure financing for project deployment without the financing investor wanting to control ISO Certified Waste to Energy technology that produces 90 mega watts of clean energy from a renewable resource / landfill as its surrogate fuel, while restoring both elements critical to all life , clean water and air
One of the greatest legacies we can leave our children is clean water and air, what’s in your water, ??
I would appreciate the time to relax for a week or so, I have been working on the development and engineering of this technology over several years time to feel life its self
Orven Caster
705 238 2897
Jasna Asanovic
April 5, 2014Hi, I am from Montenegro, you probably never heard of that country, it is small. I have never gone out from boundaries of my country and I would like to see how it looks like island with my friends to relax and forgot problems, and just to enjoy in the beautiful island
dr.Adrian GHEORGHE
April 9, 2014being one of those who still belive that a country with out a past has no future,I need places and contacts to find the best solutions for such of project as to improve common roots over todays borders and common needs over today constrains
as you can see on our web-site we are dedicated to identify,to save,to protect and to promote regional culural and historical heritage to an universal level of knowledges and hapyness
a good ideea is allways a btter one,only if is coming in according with the comunities needs,is a real one and will run even after the project will be neded,by itself
what we need is to know that we are not alone….
Jöw
April 15, 2014Is it real ? I’m still stocked by you genius idea to give this opportunity, because in fact, that’s my passion dream to have a island and create something artistic and beautiful not only for me, but something like a memorial of human’s sens, timeless through architecture, painting and design, respectful nature. Actually, i’m a designer in fashion accessories, but i think, we don’t need all certificates for be a creator, we just need passion, a place as yours to relax and express himself.
I’m so interesting in your project, and can tell you more about my idea by email.
Peace, and thanks for this initiative.