Posts in the category design

frost’s road not taken, iD students & sketchbooks . . .

the road not taken by robert frost
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two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
and sorry i could not travel both
and be one traveler, long i stood
and looked down one as far as i could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim,
because it was grassy and […]

posted 8 July 2022

categories design, education

ambience & atelier peter engel . . .

regensburg: a visit in the mellow month of may to atelier peter engel;
what a wonderful, improvised ambience. . .
julia weigl wagner | geister oder: ein malerhimmel für peter engel

posted 29 May 2022

categories design, photos

the swiss vegetable peeler, rex . . .

the swiss zena rex vegetable peeler, created by
alfred neweczerzal |*1899 †1959| . . .
in the early 1930s, a young man by the name of alfred neweczerzal started making small kitchen tools in his basement in zurich. alfred was born in davos, switzerland. his parents were czech immigrants to switzerland. his family moved to zurich […]

posted 4 April 2022

categories design

everyday hero: improvisation . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 13 •
everyday design hero:
improvisation . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”
philosopher ludwig wittgenstein
01) lightness . . .
02) enhancing civility . . .
03) beautility . . .
04) robust, resilient & […]

posted 13 March 2022

categories design, education

everyday hero: wabi-sabi . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 12 •
everyday design hero:
wabi-sabi . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”
philosopher ludwig wittgenstein
01) lightness . . .
02) enhancing civility . . .
03) beautility . . .
04) robust, resilient & repairable […]

posted 13 February 2022

categories design, education

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .
we live in a world full of expectations, and if you have the courage,
you ignore the expectations. and you can look forward to trouble . . .
saul leiter
i happen to believe in the beauty of simple things. i believe that
the most uninteresting thing can […]

posted 1 February 2022

categories design, photos

happy lunar new year & . . .

february first; the year of the tiger . . .
“love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole . . .”
plato, the symposium
for the coming year there are a number of important creative questions that
an individual could address in twenty, twenty-two . . .
here’s a small sampling from […]

posted 28 January 2022

categories design, photos

ohio means, it is beautiful . . .

the name “ohio” is an iroquoian word which came from the seneca name for the ohio river, ohiyo, which means “it is beautiful.”
the indigenous tribes of the area now called *ohio, included among others: the hopewell, the shawnee, the chippewa, the ojibwa, the delaware, the wyandot, the eel river people, the kaskaskia, the miami and […]

posted 24 January 2022

categories design, education

everyday hero: ephemeral . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 11 •
everyday design hero:
ephemeral . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”
philosopher ludwig wittgenstein
01) lightness . . .
02) enhancing civility . . .
03) beautility . . .
04) robust, resilient & repairable . . .
05) […]

posted 13 January 2022

categories design, education