dialogue debut in johannesburg . . .
last week i had the pleasure of making my debut in johannesburg, south africa for the department of industrial design at the university of johannesburg. my host was chris bradnum, the head of the industrial design department at the university of johannesburg. industrial design is part of the faculty of art design and architecture. the […]
posted 15 June 2011
categories education
meaning, objects & understanding come to fruition . . .
the academic year 2010 • 2011 comes to a close for our making meaning design studio, as the diverse interweavings of interactions, exhibits, nutrition, packaging, vehicles, sustainability, systems, objects and understanding come to fruition for our graduating seniors. at id view, during our end of the semester mm critique, we were joined by a number […]
posted 11 May 2011
making meaning venues for april & may . . .
there are a few making meaning venues in the next few weeks & here are some details. first and foremost, you are welcome to join us for our mm design dialogue venue at copia on thursday evening, april 28th. will will begin around 6:00pm and should be there until around nine or ten. copia is […]
posted 16 April 2011
reThink shelter . . .
more than 500,000 people have been made homeless by the earthquake / tsunami combo about a month ago in japan. it was heartening to see japanese architect, shigeru ban, respond as he has many times in the past. in february 2003, i heard ban speak at harvard’s school of graduate design and at that time, […]
posted 11 April 2011
pattern: variations on a theme in red & white . . .
i would encourage you to go and see infinite variety. it’s a special
free exhibit from the american folk art museum of 650 red & whites
quilts that span 300 years, on loan from joanna rose’s collection. this
rather unique exhibit is only up until this wednesday, the 30th of march,
between 66th & 67th streets and park avenue: […]
posted 26 March 2011
the kitchen of the future . . .
fifty years ago, marc harrison, earned his bachelor of industrial design at pratt institute. harrison went on to become a professor and later, department head in industrial design, at rhode island school of design. in addition to his well known work with the dlc-x cuisinart food processor, harrison worked closely with lead faculty member, jane […]
posted 21 March 2011
15 students & 15 design topics . . .
on the first official day of the spring semester’s holiday break, about thirty-five people gathered in the design center gallery to have a dialogue with our making meaning studio. the guest critics included brain kerr & jess fügler from quirky, as well as mm alumni endrit hajno & ian ciesla. the conversation shifted from topics […]
posted 13 March 2011
fruitsuper design’s information kiosk . . .
this is an example how a good school design project can become the transitional bridge into professional practice. in 2008, sallyann corn and joe kent wanted to
do a group project in our making meaning design studio about the dynamic food culture in new york, related to food vending trucks and kiosks. they called the project, […]
posted 14 February 2011
sunstar bicycles, design & looking towards the future . . .
sunstar & pratt id bicycle workshop 2007:
in the summer of 2006 in copenhagen denmark, i met with rieko ito (of ixi s.r.l., located in milan, italy), to discuss the possibility of a year long industry-sponsored mobility project with pratt’s id students. rieko, with her counterparts in japan at sunstar, were interested developing a new […]
posted 6 February 2011
small is beautiful & an urban mobility project . . .
an industrial design studio project from the archives and wentworth institute of technology, in boston, massachusetts. in the spring and summer of 2004, the smart (swiss designed, daimler owned) wasn’t allowed in the united states yet. (smart will tell you that if every every vehicle sold in the united state was a smart, this would […]
posted 18 January 2011
categories education
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