platonic solids: earth, air, water & fire . . .

dodecahedron
an excerpt from the above link:
the dodecahedron has been a source of metaphysical interest for at least two thousand years. like a crystal or gem, its facets and symmetries compel our eyes
& hearts to observe life more deeply. some have believed that the dodecahedron represents an idealized form of divine thought, will, or […]

aboutForm & exhibit in weimar . . .

aboutForm & – porcelain / function / meaning
bauhaus university weimar: summaery 2014
here are a few examples of the student’s process guides:
group 12: | knufmann, pauthner, siemens & turinsky |
group 11: | brunner, groß, hanke & kainz |
group 10: | baum, martens, pielmeier & vander bee |
group 09: | […]

an interaction of color & geometry . . .

the bavarian state government officially opened a 20th-century state museum in nuremberg on on april 15, 2000. the new museum, was design by berlin-based architect volker staab. today, the iD1 cew visited the current exhibit of amish quilts and american artist james turrell’s installations and graphic art. here are just a few visual impressions from […]

museum lothar fischer, neumarkt . . . .

in 2004 at the age of 71, a native son and artist, lothar fischer, died just days before his new museum in neumarkt, opened. his life’s work lives on in the lothar fischer museum, located at weiherstraße number 7a, neumarkt, oberpfalz, along with other varied creations from notable artists. the collection is housed in […]

indian summer & autumn . . .

indian summer and the beginnings of autumn in brooklyn, brandenburg, berlin and bavaria. in memoriam of my good friend doug mulaire who died on september 8th; ines and i will miss him dearly and all the good times we shared together . . .

forms in space . . . ian hossack’s architecture, london

here are two interesting examples of ian hossack’s architecture in england. the first is a public building with a rather striking visual presence of forms in space . . .

http://www.a3associates.net/

the second example here is a thorough design rejuvenation of a private residence in south west london. for more information, please use the address link […]

will design for food . . .

people who love to eat are always the best people . . .
julia child
will design for food: a workshop linking food to your design metabolism . . .
the work method for this venue was a combination of an iterative, trial / error and prototyping process toward the culmination of a final design […]

the ennobling of objects with time . . .

there is an ennobling process of objects (animate & inanimate) with time. one term used, in german, to describe the outcome of this process is edelrost. i happen to personally like this german term because it reminds me of an excerpt from johann wolfgang von goethe’s, das göttliche: edel sei der mensch, hilfreich und gut! […]

the power tool project . . .

at the university of applied sciences regensburg on tuesday, june 17th, there was an opening for an industrial design exhibit called, “akkutools” (the power tool project). the work was generated last semester by the iD3 crew in conjunction with the department of architecture’s own jakob timpe and the bavarian manufacturer einhell in a semester long […]

aboutForm & hard ware workshop . . .

june 2nd / 3rd / 4th 2014 the product design program from bauhaus university weimar and the university of applied sciences regensburg’s iD4 crew had a work in progress venue for their aboutForm & hard ware project . . .