design, society & the public realm . . .

in an urban environment, humanitarian values are characterized by people’s behavior within public spaces. a sense of life’s quality is reflected in society’s collective interactions within the public realm. changing perceptions of shared public space and enhancing the context of the quality of life can be achieved through the use of design.
in the spring of […]

walk on the wild side: strollology . . .

lou reed’s walk on the wild side, 1973 . . .
lou reed’s website . . .
2G13: the 20th anniversary of the faculty of art & design, weimar
twenty years ago, the late swiss sociologist, theorist and urbanist lucius burckhardt, was the founding dean of the then new department of art & design […]

iD curriculum development . . .

this week, the first tangible indication was given to the possibility of a dialogue / development of a curriculum for a master of industrial design degree offering at the oth (ostbayerische technische hochschuleregensburg). during the department of architecture’s regularly scheduled faculty meeting, a proposal was put forth by iD professors and co-founders, matthew burger and […]

the importance of coffee (drinking rituals) & beth fuller’s • michael weaker’s nespresso concepts

the importance of coffee: beth fuller’s & michael weaker’s nespresso coffee concepts, which are at the end of all the other images and worth seeing . . .
the milk brother, from po-chih lai
the milk brother • moka milk frother is inherited from the moka pot, also known as a macchinetta (literally “small […]

workshop: soft landing prototypes . . .

“life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.” george bernard shaw
a summer workshop at bauhaus university weimar: soft landing prototypes . . .
in their own words: comments, thoughts & reflections from participants, bauhaus summer school in weimar 2013

01) here are some examples from our workshop:
lina zatceliapina’s & […]

hommage at kiosk 6: leonard r. bacich . . .

lenny bacich liked to talk with anybody who was willing to share an interesting conversation. one cold winter day in 2004, lenny and i were catching up on the telephone. he was telling me in detail about an unexpected, rather wonderful connection he had made during a recent trip to germany at bauhaus university, weimar. […]

prototype testing . . .

this post is a educational design homage to the late head & faculty member of the industrial design department at rhode island school of design, kenneth hunnibell. i adopted this assignment after seeing ken in action with his iD students during a cook-off, in the spring of 1998 at risd. four years later in boston, […]

exhibits in vienna . . .

on a recent visit to vienna, we were able to visit close friends that we haven’t seen for some time and see some interesting exhibits about art and design. the first viennese katarina actually lives now in manhattan; she was able to share her holiday with us at some of her favorite home town spots. […]

art, science & technology: iD regensburg . . .

the students from the new, hybrid iD program at the university of applied sciences regensburg had their second annual exhibit this week. the work on display was a mixture of art, science & technology, spanning the broad topic areas from mechanical engineering fundamentals, to the history of design, on to digital visualization, product design, even […]

i came to see a museum & i found a school . . .

lenny bacich was a catalyst for artistic curiosity, creative design practice and a strong advocate of international cultural exchange in education. over a six year period of time, lenny nurtured a very active involvement between his home institution, pratt institute in brooklyn, new york and the bauhaus university in weimar, germany. this rather amazing source […]