berlin’s university of the arts open house . . .

otherwise know as, rundgang10, tage der offenen tür, universität der künste berlin, from july 16th through july 18th 2010. this was my third design school open house in three days and i was very quickly reaching a sensory overdose level, however once the udk’s product design area archives their venue this year, i would encourage […]

morphology & weißensee kunsthochschule, berlin . . .

here are a few examples from this year’s rundgang at weißensee, a design school in berlin germany. shown here are second semester product design student’s morphology explorations using nature as a reference, in particular various seed pods from different kinds fruits / vegetables.

here are also some other examples (from professor susanne schwarz-raacke’s students, among others) […]

rundgang in weimar . . .

here are a few of my impressions / images from this year’s bauhaus university’s (bauhaus-universität) rundgang from july 15th/16th/17th . . . this is only a very small sampling from all the work that was shown during rundgang, so try to visualize this small excerpt into an exponential factor of five for the full effect. […]

jackson pollock & lee krasner house, east hampton . . .

about the pollock-krasner house & study center:
the pollock-krasner house & study center was the home and studio of jackson pollock (1912-1956) and lee krasner (1908-1984), two of america’s foremost abstract expressionist painters. the last of their significant work sites, it was passed intact from Krasner’s estate to the stony brook foundation. the collections include the […]

good bye and hello again . . .

well, it’s time to say good bye to our wonderful id departmental advisor, but also hello to the new, interim assistant chair for the industrial design department for the coming academic year 2010-2011: laurel voss. i’m very please to say that i’ve truly enjoyed working with laurel and her crew of graduate and undergraduate student […]

design studios with collaborative professional partnerships . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.’’ ludwig wittgenstein
in spring semester of 2009 and again in spring semester 2010, the industrial design students at pratt had a chance to look into the future in conjunction with the colgate-palmolive company. these opportunities took the […]

esin arsan’s chair for two will be at icff . . .

“the chair has an affectionate look to it . . .
it looks like a chair that would embrace you.” mark goetz.
“in turkey you talk about the problems of your life with a person you already know, here in america in a support group for example, you might sit next to a person you don’t even […]

herman miller, empathy for culture, icff & pratt id . . .

please come & see our pratt id exhibit at icff at the jacob javits center, between
may 15th-18th 2010. pratt id is collaborating with herman miller, on this year’s theme, “empathy for culture.” the theme is intended to encourage undergraduate and graduate id students to consider the global impact of their projects. students will be challenged […]

excerpts from id seniors’ mm final critique . . .

the pratt show will have a number of the making meaning projects that were shown the week before at our final critique on may 6th and here are a few excerpts from that final review . . .

morgan street’s making meaning creature construction project

bklyn designs in dumbo with pratt id . . .

once again, at the 8th annual bklyn designs, pratt id proudly exhibits innovative furniture, lighting, tabletop and accessories at bklyn designs on friday · saturday · sunday, may 7th · 8th · 9th, at saint ann’s warehouse, 38 water street in dumbo, brooklyn . . .

other pratt id student exhibitors that are not in […]