Posts from September 2009

design as dialogues at pratt . . .

on september 25th, i had a design as dialogue talk about pratt institute’s industrial design department, future tense, namely our new sophomores class. . . we did this during their studio session on friday with their instructors for sophomore studio: jeanne pfordresher, jonathan thayer, patrick fenton, scott lundberg & willy schwenzfeier. i think we all […]

posted 26 September 2009

categories education

hammers photographed by achillie castiglioni, tools by walker evens & . . .

besides the utility poster (with images of hammers, from achillie castiglioni and other, individual hand tools, photographed by walker evens) here are some more recent hand tool compositions, from june 2009, that i photographed at thirty-seven antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, at bill bancroft’s neighbor, named john. as an artisans & a craftsman, john’s arrangement of […]

posted 21 September 2009

categories design, photos

family in the kingdon of crystal, sweden . . .

family: celebrating character & unity in högskolan i kalmar, pukeberg, sweden by kyle solá. kyle, who is currently one of my id seniors in my studio class, making meaning, recently returned from an exchange semester abroad in sweden in the region they call, “the kingdon of crystal” . . . please take a look at […]

posted 21 September 2009

categories design, education

swedish excellence: design s exhibit . . .

http://www.swedishdesignaward.se/page/221
please see below link from newsweek regarding the swedish design award at pratt:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215169

http://www.carmamail.com/mail/OBS?muid=1WBtqe284018470
on thursday, june 18th, the department of industrial design at pratt, in conjunction with consulate general of sweden in new york & the director of exhibitions at pratt, hosted an opening reception & panel discussion for design s: […]

posted 11 September 2009

categories design, education

connections, sbb cff ffs & thinking about systems . . .

charles & ray eames use to talk about connections all the time in their references to design . . . in fact, before there was the retrospective book of their life’s work, eames design | © 1989 john neuhart, marilyn neuhart & ray eames, harry abrams inc. |, there was a small brochure from the […]

posted 7 September 2009

categories design

icff 2009 • design for a dollar’s after life . . .

pratt id’s design for a dollar, concept brief: icff may 2009
please see the link below for an example of pratt institute’s department of industrial design, design for a dollar exhibit “after life” from the international contemporary furniture fair / icff, from may 16th through the 19th, 2009 found in the september ’09 issue of […]

posted 1 September 2009

categories education