Posts from September 2010

alphabets for the blind & asphalt: mcvey hardware

if you are interested in disparate dialogue about the nature of things related to the arts, the sciences, design and technology, in the character of james burke’s * book, the pinball effect, then i would encourage you to look at john mc vey’s website called hardware. i have known john for about ten years as […]

posted 21 September 2010

categories design, education

melancholy mysteriously constrained, yet rich with implications: photography by bernhard fuchs

i would encourage you to see the current exhibit of photography by bernhard fuchs entitled, autos, at jack hanley’s gallery at 136 watts street, tribeca, before it closes on saturday, october 2nd 2010. included below are also two other of fuchs’ recent publications: streets & paths as well as portrait photography . . .

posted 17 September 2010

categories photos

storm king turns fifty & making meaning turns five . . .

on saturday september 11th, at beginning of autumn semester at pratt and the fifth year of making meaning, we went to storm king art center, which happens to be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary . . . the weather couldn’t have been better for our all day excursion in the hudson river valley, what a wonderful […]

posted 11 September 2010

categories education, photos

design apprenticeships & the educational experience . . .

design schools in the united states, usually value curriculum structures that place strong emphasis on the individual’s ability to enter the profession immediately upon graduation. at wentworth institute of technology and the university of cincinnati, the schools’ educational models and curricula take internships into account with graduation requirements. in vocations where craftsmanship is of […]

posted 3 September 2010

categories education