ufo sightings in bavaria . . .

regensburg, bavaria has just started a brand new program for industrial design
within the university of applied sciences (hochschule regensburg). the first year industrial design students are the following:
nadine albrecht • bianca bauer • carolin bauer • saskia deschan • david drust • felicitas enders • michael fischer • niklas forchhammer • stefanie gmach • […]

posted 10 April 2012

categories education

buchstabenmuseum, berlin . . .

recently, i had a chance to visit the buchstabenmuseum in berlin with my artist friend ruth thomas. this is an interesting, kind-of quirky place that’s located in mitte, near alexanderplatz’s ‎ U & S bahn, on the karl-liebknecht-strasse 13. the space itself is small, but it could possibly grow larger with time. teresia alfredsson, who […]

posted 1 April 2012

categories design, photos

making meaning: a march reprise . . .

i was able to be involved yesterday, in the critiques for making meaning with jeff kapec & his iD seniors. we were also joined by judy nylen, john medley and two former mm students: collin velkoff & matthew speedy. here are just a few visual impressions of the senior’s studio projects, as works in progress. […]

posted 10 March 2012

categories design, education

to capture the essence of light in space . . .

in the past week, i went to visit my two friends, nancy skolos and tom wedell, in canton massachusetts. among other things, nancy and tom are poster junkies, going strong in the 21st century, living with their cats, thor & saffy, in their house that looks like a ufo that fell to earth in the […]

posted 3 March 2012

categories design, photos

untitled, number two . . .

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.
untitled, number two . . .

jörg ratzlaff: 1984, nyc contact sheet

posted 14 February 2012

categories photos

toolloop exhibit, boston, massachusetts, 2003 revisited . . .

two original images from my photography exhibit: toolloop | wheelock college, 180 the riverway, boston, massachusetts, september through october 2003 |

& three, slightly more recent / revisited images from the original context | bill bancroft’s woodshop, 37 antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, june 2009 |

& two, more recent / revisited images of another dimension | series […]

posted 18 January 2012

categories design, photos

a life-long camera junkie . . . heather powazek champ

A life-long camera junkie, she never leaves home without a camera, hoping to capture the small moments & she does that, very very well and if you want to see &/or know more try, heather powazek champ’s website:
heather champ’s website
the image below is related to a ten second video of bongeunsa temple […]

posted 12 January 2012

categories photos

december impressions in deutschland . . .

this month, i was able to take a roadtrip in germany; to see some sights, speak with some friends and cover more than my fair share of ground in a short period of time: i call this my bwerm visit (berlin, weimar, erfurt, regensburg, münchen). here below, are just a few visual impressions of this […]

posted 24 December 2011

categories photos

a window into work from johannesburg . . .

below, is a video from kyle brand, as a window into some interesting work being shown currently from the department of industrial design’s 2011 student exhibition at the university of johannesburg, fada (faculty of art, design & architecture), south africa. along with the industrial design, there is also work from the departments of interior […]

posted 24 November 2011

categories design, education

swedish symposium at linnæus university . . .

the master of fine arts program in design at linnæus university is a 2 year advanced theoretical and applied program, located at the nexus of the university as well as the business environment. the program draws on a multidisciplinary approach, a highly qualified faculty and extensive links with leading european companies to offer the students […]

posted 21 November 2011

categories design, education