zeitgeist semiotics . . .

stadtzeit zeitstadt (time cannot be summed up), regensburg 1995:
maria maier is a painter, draftswoman, and graphic artist, not a photographer. it is astonishing how her works often recognizably juxtapose painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, photography, reproduction and original, found objects, decided signals, the most basic artistic means of composing, and the use of the most […]

posted 10 April 2013

categories design, photos

by design: nature’s color harmony . . .

carly brandelius schmitt has added a new spin on the discussion about the role of color in the development of a product designer. some impressions from a recent experiment with the process of creating natural pigmentation from herbs, fruits and vegetables. the following first year iD students, at the university of applied sciences regensburg, explored […]

posted 26 March 2013

categories photos

ihk: iD exhibit with professional partners . . .

an iD exhibit with professional partners at the ihk (industrie- und handelskammer) with the new program for industrial design at the university of applied sciences regensburg. the exhibit is open to the public, from today until next tuesday, march 19th at 4:00pm. address: dr. martin luther straße number 12, 93047 regensburg.
the industry & […]

posted 14 March 2013

categories design

i came to see a museum & i found a school . . .

lenny bacich was a catalyst for artistic curiosity, creative design practice and a strong advocate of international cultural exchange in education. over a six year period of time, lenny nurtured a very active involvement between his home institution, pratt institute in brooklyn, new york and the bauhaus university in weimar, germany. this rather amazing source […]

posted 4 February 2013

categories education

commodity, firmness & delight . . .

“well-building hat three conditions. commodity, firmness & delight.” sir henry wotton’s 1624 translated version of the de architectura is a plain and accurate translation of vitruvius’s work. in addition to architecture, this quote has long been used as a reference for good design standards; in essence, purpose, form, and meaning. these ideas and regensburg medieval […]

posted 24 January 2013

categories design, education

five times five . . .

five times five is an exhibit of work from iD students at the university of applied sciences regensburg. the point of departure for the exhibit was a two and three dimensional visual exploration in the area of semiotics. the individual projects were developed on interrelated levels. first, as a flat composition of 25 correlating fields […]

posted 14 January 2013

categories design, education

bavarian manifest memorials . . .

according to brand eines magazine, poland had 227 memorials for johannes paul ll in 2005 and as of 2011, they now have 440. i have noticed that bavaria, also seems to have a very interesting relationship to its memorials. this is only based on my own personal observations as a designer after being in the […]

posted 6 December 2012

categories design

materials & structures . . .

this autumn in regensburg jakob timpe, michael salberg and myself have engaged
our first semester industrial design students in materials and structures exercises (during both werkstoffe and grundlagen classes) that can be considered a kind of three dimensional sketching process. we have been working with cardboard, foam, basal wood and wire on spheres, towers, transitional units, […]

posted 28 November 2012

categories education

cyan capital of catalonia: barcelona . . .

for our project week this semester, we took a design roadtip to barcelona to learn about spanish design. jakob timpe orchestrated a wonderful expedition for our twenty-eight industrial design students in their 3rd semester to the capital of catalonia. carolin bauer and charlotte klein organized the travel plans and we were also able to persuade […]

posted 31 October 2012

categories design, education

rite of passage in regensburg . . .

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 October 2012

categories design, education