miles davis quote . . .

an interesting miles davis quote that i received from one of my students . . .

thanks lisa for the encouragement . . .

posted 9 May 2020

categories education

found objects alphabets & letterforms . . .

an important part of the educational system in germany usually involves the successful completion of an entrance exam at the university level. here are a few visual impressions of the recent rite of passage, in the department of architecture, for the new hybrid industrial design program at the university of applied sciences regensburg. the following […]

posted 1 May 2020

categories education

untitled, number thirty-eight . . .

untitled, number thirty-eight . . .
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.
yo & oy; the brooklyn museum in crown heights, brooklyn . . .

posted 1 May 2020

categories photos

we don’t need another hero . . .

follow your bliss . . .
if you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track
that has been there all the while waiting for you and the life
you ought to be living is the one you are living. when you can
see that, you begin to meet people who are in the […]

posted 10 April 2020

categories design, education

untitled, number thirty-seven . . .

untitled, number thirty-seven . . .
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.
patina for marcel breuer’s building at 945 madison avenue, manhattan, new york

posted 6 April 2020

categories photos

the language of form & concavity . . .

the following is an excerpt from the rowena reed kostellow fund’s website,
problem three: concavity
the sculptural exercise that emphasizes concavity explores a relationship which is seldom understood. a talented and intuitive designer may well arrive at sensitive, positive volumes, but unless the important relationship of the negative volumes, or concavities, to the positive forms are […]

posted 1 March 2020

categories education

untitled, number thirty-six . . .

untitled, number thirty-six . . .
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.
small scale manufacturing at the school of art & design in plzeň,
ladislav sutnar, in the czech republic . . […]

posted 8 February 2020

categories photos

untitled, number thirty-five . . .

untitled, number thirty-five . . .
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.
frau phleps’s world view and it’s also lunar new year . . .

posted 25 January 2020

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the year of the rat & . . .

the lunar new year and coronavirus (w.w.m.d. = what would mao do?) . . .

posted 24 January 2020

categories photos

untitled, number thirty-four . . .

untitled, number thirty-four . . .
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.
melanie rengstl-ipfelkofer’s camera obscura poster at café 190°
*sehnsucht nach der zukunft heimweh nach der fremde
*an excerpt from the lyrics […]

posted 30 December 2019

categories photos