Posts in the category design

untitled, number seventy-two . . .

untitled, number seventy-two . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects. red tractor seat & achille castiglioni
says “hello” from a flea market sunday in regensburg . . […]

posted 15 October 2022

categories design, education, photos

untitled, number seventy . . .

untitled, number seventy . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
blurring transitory boundaries’ abstracted language:
lightness | adaptable | ephemeral on aluminum panels . . .

posted 11 September 2022

categories design, photos

windswept 750th year celebration . . .

750th anniversary celebration | freienohl-meschede . . .
750 unique windswept freienohl fish kites from meschede’s community participants in conjunction with the organizational efforts of local artist & educator
carly brandelius schmitt . . .

an article about this venue from, Zeitung für Meschede, entitled: kultur gemeinsam mit menschen vor ort schaffen . […]

posted 28 August 2022

categories design, education

frost’s road not taken, iD students & sketchbooks . . .

the road not taken by robert frost
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.
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two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
and sorry i could not travel both
and be one traveler, long i stood
and looked down one as far as i could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim,
because it was grassy and […]

posted 8 July 2022

categories design, education

ambience & atelier peter engel . . .

regensburg: a visit in the mellow month of may to atelier peter engel;
what a wonderful, improvised ambience. . .
julia weigl wagner | geister oder: ein malerhimmel für peter engel

posted 29 May 2022

categories design, photos

the swiss vegetable peeler, rex . . .

the swiss zena rex vegetable peeler, created by
alfred neweczerzal |*1899 †1959| . . .
in the early 1930s, a young man by the name of alfred neweczerzal started making small kitchen tools in his basement in zurich. alfred was born in davos, switzerland. his parents were czech immigrants to switzerland. his family moved to zurich […]

posted 4 April 2022

categories design

everyday hero: improvisation . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 13 •
everyday design hero:
improvisation . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”
philosopher ludwig wittgenstein
01) lightness . . .
02) enhancing civility . . .
03) beautility . . .
04) […]

posted 13 March 2022

categories design, education

everyday hero: wabi-sabi . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 12 •
everyday design hero:
wabi-sabi . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”
philosopher ludwig wittgenstein
01) lightness . . .
02) enhancing civility . . .
03) beautility . . .
04) robust, resilient & repairable […]

posted 13 February 2022

categories design, education

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .
we live in a world full of expectations, and if you have the courage,
you ignore the expectations. and you can look forward to trouble . . .
saul leiter
i happen to believe in the beauty of simple things. i believe that
the most uninteresting thing can […]

posted 1 February 2022

categories design, photos