Posts in the category design

george bernard shaw quote . . .

george bernard shaw quote:

if you have an apple &i have an apple & weexchange these apples thenyou & i will still each haveone apple.but if you have an idea &i have an idea & we exchangethese ideas, theneach of us will have two ideas.

george bernard shaw | *1856 †1950 |

george bernard shaw […]

posted 24 November 2024

categories design, education

“kith & kin” wins the golden lion in venice . . .

the ny times | archie moore, wins top prize at venice biennale . . .moore, an indigenous australian artist, won the golden lion for “kith & kin,” which draws on what he says is 65,000 years of family history . . .

book | archie moore: kith and kin,

ellie buttrose & […]

posted 9 November 2024

categories design, education, photos

design fribourg | fanny dreyer, vamille & line rime

design fribourg | exposition:du 25 octobre au 3 novembre 2024, l’association design fribourg présente une exposition autour de trois illustratrices fribourgeoises: fanny dreyer, vamille et line rime. elle aura lieu à l’atelier | ancien musée gutenberg, au coeur de la ville de fribourg. entre les planches subtiles et poétiques de fanny dreyer, les aventures du […]

posted 31 October 2024

categories design, education

untitled, number ninety-two . . .

untitled, number ninety-two . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (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.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects.

image: an ingenious mimot tote bag by thomas im with a longoland creature by joshua ben longo along for the […]

posted 10 October 2024

categories design, photos

the art of taking it slow . . .

“In the simplest terms, I think of bicycles as rideable artthat can just about save the world,or at least make you happy . . .”

grant petersen | founder rivendell bicycle

the new yorker | annals of design | the art of taking it slow,by anna wiener, september 16, 2024

grant petersen’s rivendell bicycle blog . […]

posted 24 September 2024

categories design, education

an asymmetrical chair & . . .

4th & 3rd avenues in brooklyn: among other things, one can find an asymmetrical ownerless thonet type wooden chair, slimák café, 4110 fourth avenue (at 41st street), a 1957 bel air chevorlet and industry city at the edge of sunset park . . .

kamala harris: you go girl . . . !

posted 21 July 2024

categories design, photos

untitled, number eighty-nine . . .

untitled, number eighty-nine . . .

untitled |ˌənˈtītld|adjective1 (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.

mio:matthew’s inanimate objects.

image from fritz & frieda, bahnhofstrasse 10, 3600 thun, switzerland

shepard fairey | make art not war . . .

posted 1 May 2024

categories design, photos

toshiko takaezu | artists produce mystery . . .

you are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. an artist is a poet in his or her own medium.& when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery,an unsaid quality; it is alive . . .

in my life i see no difference between making […]

posted 18 March 2024

categories design, education