alphabets for the blind & asphalt: mcvey hardware

if you are interested in disparate dialogue about the nature of things related to the arts, the sciences, design and technology, in the character of james burke’s * book, the pinball effect, then i would encourage you to look at john mc vey’s website called hardware. i have known john for about ten years as […]

urban mobility & bicycles . . .

don’t miss the exhibit, our cities ourselves: the future of transportation in urban life, at the center for architecture, 536 la guardia place, new york, ny 10012. the exhibit will be closing on in about two weeks on wednesday, september 15, 2010.
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=exhibitions&expid=119
nick foley, who graduated from the industrial design department at pratt this […]

somewhat ephemeral images as a point of departure for seeing painting anew . . .

landscape auto body painting, brooklyn new york

dubonnet bleu, pas raphaël rouge, elsasse (alsace), france
&
crowley, old saybrooke, connecticut
railroad car, olten, switzerland . . .
&
a foggy summer scene in a refrigeration unit at rustica, somerville, massachusetts.

wood flooring, used for the montreal jazz festival, painted blue . . .
&
a sign in peterborough road, sw6 london, uk.
paint fragments […]

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 […]

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 […]

hands on projects, mm continued . . .

kyle solá has been working on an inline skate concept for making meaning both autumn and spring this year as well as hand related products for protection . . .
with id view today marking the official end of our studio work together and the pratt show at the manhattan center just around the corner […]

pratt id crystal competition with nachtmann • riedel . . .

the industrial design department’s crystal competition with nachtmann crystal, a division of the world renowned riedel glassworks, will have its final presentation this coming monday, april 12th in the design center gallery. among the jury will be maximilian & georg riedel as well as richard voit, managing director of the nachtmann division worldwide.
pratt nachtmann […]

emily pilloton’s design roadshow comes to brooklyn . . .

industrial design chair matthew burger: “everything comes full circle; the avant
garde will eventually become the old guard.” (on progress in design and hearing victor papanek speak about a revolution in industrial design at cooper union in 1978) quote from the road, when: march 22nd, 1:23 p.m., where: lecture hall
at pratt institute in brooklyn, new york