Posts from October 2009

2008 •’09 legends: britt kapec, ian collings & kyle solá . . .

once again this year, michael hambouz, director of special events, worked with the department of industrial design and our id students to develop a unique legends award for this year’s recipients (patti smith, marc jacobs & david rockwell). in 2008, britt kapec and ian collings worked with our faculty and michael to designed the legends […]

posted 30 October 2009

categories education

making meaning’s critique results . . .

here are a few examples of design briefs and images from our making meaning preliminary critique, on tuesday, october 27th from 6:00pm until 9:30 pm. among our distinguished guests, we were honored to be joined by our new dean of the school of art & design, concetta stewart, phd., as well as id faculty members […]

posted 30 October 2009

categories education

an open invitation to the preliminary critique for making meaning . . .

an open invitation to the preliminary critique for making meaning . . .
this is an invitation from our 17 id students, jeff kapec & yours truly for you to join us next tuesday, october 27th, 2009 at 5:30 pm in pratt studios, rooms 42 & 43, for our preliminary critique for making meaning . […]

posted 24 October 2009

categories design, education

sbb cff ffs brünig panorama . . .

composer felix mendelssohn once wrote, “if you haven’t seen the interlaken countryside, you haven’t seen switzerland.” the brünig pass, 1008 meters (3307 feet above sea level), is at the eastern end of the interlaken region and the brünig rail line connects interlaken to lucerne. lucerne is a junction railway station of both standard […]

posted 20 October 2009

categories design

bauhaus 90: vom labor zum projekt . . .

the venue “from laboratory to project” (from october 15th until november 29th, 2009) is a symposium & an exhibit of the design department, bauhaus university weimar. it is part of this year’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the bauhaus.
dear professor dr. siegfried gronert & thomas von taschitzki m.a.,
the department of industrial design at […]

posted 15 October 2009

categories design, education

shigeru uchida speaks on “the design of weakness” at pratt

opening reception(s) thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm:
ippodo gallery • 521 west 26th street b1, (between 10th & 11th avenues)
new york, new york 10001, telephone: 212 / 967-4899
opening reception thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
shigeru uchida & ippodo gallery
design indaba: shigeru uchida & the power of weakness . . .
gana […]

posted 14 October 2009

categories design, photos