nemo propheta in patria . . .

nemo propheta in patria (no-one is a prophet in their own land) . . .
attributed to alvar aalto
artek & the aaltos information. bard graduate center gallery
artek & the aaltos: creating a modern world, exibition at the bard graduate center from april 22nd until october 2nd, 2016:artek & the aaltos at the bard

posted 21 August 2016

categories design

art & design venues in nuremberg . . .

the academy of fine arts, nürnberg, july 11th 2016:
an excerpt: summer celebration at the academy of fine arts
the new museum; the bavarian state museum for art & design, nürnberg:
an excerpt: we transForm exhibition 2016 & light sculptures

posted 12 July 2016

categories photos

brooklyn sitooterie . . .

“i had 3 chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
walden; henry david thoreau
brooklyn sitooterie* . . .
pronunciation | \sit-oot-er-E\

“i had 3 chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”walden; henry david thoreau
* sitooterie
world wide words: sitooterie
sitooterie: his […]

posted 11 June 2016

categories design, photos

mariscal’s bavarian venues . . .

javier mariscal came to visit regensburg in conjunction with two special venues; the screening of his film, chico & rita, as well as the opening of a one man exhibit at leeren beutel called, mariscal’s world. monday may 30th; 150th day of the year in the gregorian calendar was the third special venue. on that […]

posted 31 May 2016

categories design, education

immersion workshop week 2016 . . .

this year for the third year in a row, immersion workshop week 2016 (iww. 2016) was held as an alternative to an excursion away venue (i.e. to see luis barragán’s work in mexico, vist the capital of sweden’s architecture, among others). iww. 2016 was open to all of the university of applied sciences’ department of […]

posted 21 May 2016

categories education

lubok in bavaria . . .

this past week i went to schwandorf’s oberpfälzer künstlerhaus to see lubok book’s bavarian exhibit twice (once with daniela d. and jnés b. and again with bernhard l.). the first time i became aware of lubok was at the museum of modern art’s ps1 art books fair in new york. then i was able to […]

posted 15 May 2016

categories design, photos

vienna design venues . . .

from casual conversations this week came improvised invitations from professor erich pröd and viennese designer katharina erich to participate in current venues in vienna. the first suggestion was to participate in the forward festival for creativity, design & communication, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible. the second suggestion was listening to pentagram’s michael bierut talk for […]

posted 10 April 2016

categories design

advice for students . . .

charles eames • advice for students:
make a list of books . . .
develop a curiosity . . .
look at things as though for the first time . . .
think of things in relation to each other . . .
always think of the next larger thing . . .
avoid the “pat” answer-the formula . . […]

posted 21 March 2016

categories education

less is more than more . . .

less > more:
iD bachelor projects at the municipal museum leerer beutel, in regensburg, bavaria
iD participants:
aaron vander bee • andreas wagner • anna knaut • benedikt bandtlow • bianca bauer jörg • ina turinsky • jinny martens • jonna breitenhuber • johanna brunner • kevin • konstantin beitsch • laura wittmann • lukas walzer • lukas […]

posted 9 March 2016

categories design, education

design concepts • work in progress . . .

four from twenty-three design concepts • work in progress of iD bachelor projects at gallery konstantin b., regensburg bavaria:
• konstantin beitsch
• simon budich
• ina turinsky
• laura wittmann
design, as a primary form of artistic invention and expression, embraces not only artifact making, but also the meaning we associate with objects through their shaping of our […]

posted 26 February 2016

categories design, education