a reflection about a few good teachers . . .

thomas g. brereton | social sciences • barbara cleary | english •
annabelle h. cummings | cultural context • roy (bud) davis | art & design •
maria t. ferraro | mathematics • betsy m. hughes | english • noel vaughn | english •
the miami valley school • immersion course description • 1974
it is still cause […]

gallery konstantin b. aboutForm & exhibit . . .

about form &: a design exhibit in regensburg, bavaria at gallery konstantin b.
a collaborative design project with bauhaus university weimar and the oth: university of applied sciences regensburg in conjunction with gallery curator, bernhard löffler, from konstantin b. regensburg . . .

bauhaus university weimar & oth: university of applied sciences regensburg,
students of […]

*corita kent-john cage’s rules & hints for student & teachers . . .

i can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
i’m frightened of the old ones . . .
john cage
one of the greatest blessings that the united states could receive in the near future would be to have her industries halted, her business discontinued, her people speechless, a great pause in her world affairs created . […]

a design dialogue with kevin henry . . .

a rather interesting discussion with the chicago designer/educator kevin henry about visualizing the future(s) that started on wednesday, december 3rd in halle a, at the oth: university of applied sciences regensburg, department of architecture and continued on thursday, december 4th at the design academy regensburg with the oth’s iD1 crew in conjunction with students from […]

design (education) quo vadis . . .

gestalten lehren – auf der kippe ?
the institute for art education at the university of regensburg
paraphrasing rather that translating the german title (for the venue held this week by institute for art education in conjunction with other partners*) could be close to “art and design education at the tipping point”
or “art & […]

platonic solids: earth, air, water & fire . . .

dodecahedron
an excerpt from the above link:
the dodecahedron has been a source of metaphysical interest for at least two thousand years. like a crystal or gem, its facets and symmetries compel our eyes
& hearts to observe life more deeply. some have believed that the dodecahedron represents an idealized form of divine thought, will, or […]

aboutForm & exhibit in weimar . . .

aboutForm & – porcelain / function / meaning
bauhaus university weimar: summaery 2014
here are a few examples of the student’s process guides:
group 12: | knufmann, pauthner, siemens & turinsky |
group 11: | brunner, groß, hanke & kainz |
group 10: | baum, martens, pielmeier & vander bee |
group 09: | […]

an interaction of color & geometry . . .

the bavarian state government officially opened a 20th-century state museum in nuremberg on on april 15, 2000. the new museum, was design by berlin-based architect volker staab. today, the iD1 cew visited the current exhibit of amish quilts and american artist james turrell’s installations and graphic art. here are just a few visual impressions from […]

will design for food . . .

people who love to eat are always the best people . . .
julia child
will design for food: a workshop linking food to your design metabolism . . .
the work method for this venue was a combination of an iterative, trial / error and prototyping process toward the culmination of a final design […]

the power tool project . . .

at the university of applied sciences regensburg on tuesday, june 17th, there was an opening for an industrial design exhibit called, “akkutools” (the power tool project). the work was generated last semester by the iD3 crew in conjunction with the department of architecture’s own jakob timpe and the bavarian manufacturer einhell in a semester long […]