peter keetman’s photographs of vw’s factory in wolfsburg

if you’re not familiar with peter keetman’s photographs (from 1948 until 1974) of the vw factory in wolfsburg, germany, you might want to take a look at this pdf file:
vw werk wolfsburg, peter keetman
steidl publishing: gestaltete welt | designed world | peter keetman

abstraction & the graham field project results . . .

“education is a social process; education is growth; education is not
a preparation for life but is life itself.” john dewey
graham field • pratt presentation

jeff kapec (along with sergio silva) emphasized that for this project, our id students utilize abstraction to explore design through physical and visual experience to discoverer ideas that […]

gg has moved from chelsea to new mexico . . .

the third image below is from summer 2008, of tarik currimbhoy with gerald gulotta in gerald’s 26th street studio in chelsea. on february 9th this year, gerald moved to be with his family in santa fe, new mexico. we that have know gerald from many years of living & working in new york, will […]

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

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 […]