oberpfalz architecture & . . .

a special summer architectural roadtrip through the oberpfalz that was organized by nicolette baumeister and willi koch. the roadtrip used the recently published book, “aktuelle architektur der oberpfalz, number three” as a point of departure for the sites that we visited in conjunction with individually selected architectural offices. the roadtrip was from july 20th through […]

transferzentrum’s conceptual garden . . .

the transfer center for design weimar, in conjunction the bauhaus university, celebrated three years ago the 80th anniversary of the experimental “ernst neufert house” with a conceptual garden. the house is located in the gelmeroda area of weimar and the address is rudolstädter strasse number seven. in cooperation with the neufert-fund, the transfer center for […]

material connection . . .

on wednesday, june 13th the iD students from the university of applied sciences, regensburg, bavaria, had a venue about their recent material connection project. the venue included an exhibit of material explorations with corrugated cardboard and their bistro table prototypes with 7 millimeter thick corrugated. the exhibit space was the new café “ah” in the […]

pictoplasma festival, berlin . . .

the pictoplasma contemporary character design & art festival / conference 2012 was curated by lars denicke and peter thaler:
pictoplasma contemporary character design & art festival
image references with the green boarder below are the following:
a) the bar at the babylon, rosa-luxenburg-strasse nr. 30, d-10178 berlin
b) workspace in berlin mitte at .hbc, karl-liebknecht-strasse nr. 9, d-10178 […]

buchstabenmuseum, berlin . . .

recently, i had a chance to visit the buchstabenmuseum in berlin with my artist friend ruth thomas. this is an interesting, kind-of quirky place that’s located in mitte, near alexanderplatz’s ‎ U & S bahn, on the karl-liebknecht-strasse 13. the space itself is small, but it could possibly grow larger with time. teresia alfredsson, who […]

making meaning: a march reprise . . .

i was able to be involved yesterday, in the critiques for making meaning with jeff kapec & his iD seniors. we were also joined by judy nylen, john medley and two former mm students: collin velkoff & matthew speedy. here are just a few visual impressions of the senior’s studio projects, as works in progress. […]

to capture the essence of light in space . . .

in the past week, i went to visit my two friends, nancy skolos and tom wedell, in canton massachusetts. among other things, nancy and tom are poster junkies, going strong in the 21st century, living with their cats, thor & saffy, in their house that looks like a ufo that fell to earth in the […]

toolloop exhibit, boston, massachusetts, 2003 revisited . . .

two original images from my photography exhibit: toolloop | wheelock college, 180 the riverway, boston, massachusetts, september through october 2003 |

& three, slightly more recent / revisited images from the original context | bill bancroft’s woodshop, 37 antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, june 2009 |

& two, more recent / revisited images of another dimension | series […]

a window into work from johannesburg . . .

below, is a video from kyle brand, as a window into some interesting work being shown currently from the department of industrial design’s 2011 student exhibition at the university of johannesburg, fada (faculty of art, design & architecture), south africa. along with the industrial design, there is also work from the departments of interior […]

swedish symposium at linnæus university . . .

the master of fine arts program in design at linnæus university is a 2 year advanced theoretical and applied program, located at the nexus of the university as well as the business environment. the program draws on a multidisciplinary approach, a highly qualified faculty and extensive links with leading european companies to offer the students […]