happy new year . . . january 26th

the year of the ox . . . and sandra hoffmann & franco robbiani’s photographic winter stroll in switzerland

design preis schweiz in boston, until february 6th . . .

please see the small pdf file below of the schweizer fahnenschwinger
| swiss flag waver | i think you will enjoy the traditional swiss art form
with a small touch of humor . . .

schweizer fahnenschwinger, swiss flag waver
design preis schweiz review 2009
design preis schweiz at swissnex boston

making meaning: matthew burger / jeffrey kapec, senior studio

here is a small window into of a semester long course called making meaning. making meaning is a senior industrial design studio where the students choose individually selected design briefs and develop them with team-teaching instructors, matthew burger & jeff kapec . . .
class session & preliminary critique, autumn 2007 . . .
jeff kapec, observing […]

happy new year . . .

the year of the ox . . .

id thesis presentation, friday, december 12th 2008:

pratt institute’s industrial design department is proud to announce the master’s thesis presentations with a reception/celebration to follow in the design center gallery:

http://prattidthesis.blogspot.com/

visual narrative, thomas ott, scott mc cloud & understanding comics . . .

we can learn a lot about visual narrative from people like thomas ott &/or scott mc cloud, where the images speak clearer, if not louder that the words, or the words are just nonexistent, unnecessary . . .
born in berne, switzerland (in 1966) ott studied at the kunstgewerbeschule in zurich and began working in […]

brazzaville tropical house from jean prouvé, in new york

“maisons préfabriqées” a tropical house design by jean prouvé,
in long island city, new york beside the 59th street bridge . . .

in addition, here’s a link you might be interested in from 2007:
a tropical house in new haven connecticut, design by jean prouvé
lastly, a pdf excerpt from robert rubin about jean […]

anthropomorphism & morphology . . .

anthropomorphism: the face inside your head . . .
&
morphology: katrin mueller-russo’s senior studio work, 2006 . . .

an example from preston mc clanahan of a system . . .

the twenty six character system we call the alphabet . . .

a visual interpretation of a non phonic system . . .

letterform experiments from hansjakob fehr, abelardo morell, charles goodwin & grace . . .

here are a few interesting letterform experiments and in addition, if you happen to like charles goodwin’s three dimensional attempt at the word design, i would encourage you to take a look at the pdf file link below about his union square market, graphic space project. charles was in my senior studio, making meaning, graduated […]