bauhaus 90: vom labor zum projekt . . .

the venue “from laboratory to project” (from october 15th until november 29th, 2009) is a symposium & an exhibit of the design department, bauhaus university weimar. it is part of this year’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the bauhaus.
dear professor dr. siegfried gronert & thomas von taschitzki m.a.,
the department of industrial design at […]

shigeru uchida speaks on “the design of weakness” at pratt

opening reception(s) thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm:
ippodo gallery • 521 west 26th street b1, (between 10th & 11th avenues)
new york, new york 10001, telephone: 212 / 967-4899
opening reception thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
shigeru uchida & ippodo gallery
design indaba: shigeru uchida & the power of weakness . . .
gana […]

brooklyn & berlin: pratt id & university of the arts, berlin collaborate . . .

design as dialogues at pratt . . .

on september 25th, i had a design as dialogue talk about pratt institute’s industrial design department, future tense, namely our new sophomores class. . . we did this during their studio session on friday with their instructors for sophomore studio: jeanne pfordresher, jonathan thayer, patrick fenton, scott lundberg & willy schwenzfeier. i think we all […]

hammers photographed by achillie castiglioni, tools by walker evens & . . .

besides the utility poster (with images of hammers, from achillie castiglioni and other, individual hand tools, photographed by walker evens) here are some more recent hand tool compositions, from june 2009, that i photographed at thirty-seven antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, at bill bancroft’s neighbor, named john. as an artisans & a craftsman, john’s arrangement of […]

family in the kingdon of crystal, sweden . . .

family: celebrating character & unity in högskolan i kalmar, pukeberg, sweden by kyle solá. kyle, who is currently one of my id seniors in my studio class, making meaning, recently returned from an exchange semester abroad in sweden in the region they call, “the kingdon of crystal” . . . please take a look at […]

swedish excellence: design s exhibit . . .

http://www.swedishdesignaward.se/page/221
please see below link from newsweek regarding the swedish design award at pratt:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215169

http://www.carmamail.com/mail/OBS?muid=1WBtqe284018470
on thursday, june 18th, the department of industrial design at pratt, in conjunction with consulate general of sweden in new york & the director of exhibitions at pratt, hosted an opening reception & panel discussion for design s: […]

connections, sbb cff ffs & thinking about systems . . .

charles & ray eames use to talk about connections all the time in their references to design . . . in fact, before there was the retrospective book of their life’s work, eames design | © 1989 john neuhart, marilyn neuhart & ray eames, harry abrams inc. |, there was a small brochure from the […]

icff 2009 • design for a dollar’s after life . . .

pratt id’s design for a dollar, concept brief: icff may 2009
please see the link below for an example of pratt institute’s department of industrial design, design for a dollar exhibit “after life” from the international contemporary furniture fair / icff, from may 16th through the 19th, 2009 found in the september ’09 issue of […]

thomas keller & caspar david friedrich . . .

there’s a interesting (unfortunatley rather unknown, at least in america) book from swiss photographer thomas keller called, take this longing. the title comes from references to music from leonard cohen’s, take this longing and johnny cash’s, i walk the line. a number of the photographs were taken in berlin as well as other locations in […]