everyday hero: embracing aspects of homo ludens . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 05 •
everyday design hero:
embracing aspects
of homo ludens . . .

“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 & […]

everyday hero: robust, resilient & repairable . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 04 •
everyday design hero:
robust, resilient
& repairable . . .

“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 . . […]

everyday hero: beautility . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 03 •
everyday design hero:
beautility . . .

“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 & […]

women in design & abstraction . . .

rowena reed kostellow (* july 6, 1900 † september 17, 1988) was an american industrial designer and professor of design. in cooperation with her husband, alexander jusserand kostellow, fidsa (* 1897 † 1954), and alongside other designers &/or artists, she co-founded one of the first industrial design educational courses in the united states, at pratt […]

necessity is the mother of invention . . .

iD2 crew: elements of design 2 | mother earth day poster designs for april 22, 2021
iD: elements of design two, earth day poster designs . . .
full scale dimensions: 594 mm × 841 mm
participants: elements of design two, the university of applied sciences regensburg, the department of architecture, the iD program: […]

everyday hero: enhancing civility . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 02 •
everyday design hero:
enhancing civility . . .

“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 & […]

everyday hero: lightness . . .

ubiquitous quality factor number 01 •everyday design hero:lightness . . .

“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 . […]

viaduc de grandfey & maillart extended . . .

the grandfey viaduct is on the swiss federal railways (sbb cff ffs) line from fribourg to bern, switzerland. grandfey is one of the largest bridges in switzerland. in 1856, the then lausanne fribourg bern railway company commissioned engineer leopold blotnitzki to carry out studies for this most complex construction project in its network. built from […]

regensburg’s cultural inventory project . . .

video: 573 cultural mugshots in 4 & 3/4 minutes . . .
regensburg’s cultural inventory project 2020 . . .

new york city transit & the vignelli diagram’s new life . . .

an interesting viewpoint from allen hillery about one of vignelli’s most important legacies; the nyc transit signage system and the design of the nyc subway diagram:
how vignelli’s design still influences nyc’s subway maps today . . .
a film by gary hustwit, about a developing digital version of the nyc transit’s current map, which inherits […]