rite of passage in regensburg . . .

an important part of the educational system in germany usually involves the successful completion of an entrance exam at the university level. here are a few visual impressions of the recent rite of passage, in the department of architecture, for the new hybrid industrial design program at the university of applied sciences regensburg. the following […]

on deconstructing objects . . .

for example, doc martins shoes & nzz folio zerlegt
or from the images series for the thames & hudson book, things come apart:
todd mc lellan images for things come apart

above: edythe wright’s deconstructed vacuum cleaner, brandeis university &
edythe f. wright, the institute of domestic archaeology:
wonderbra ®, january 2010

lindsey mason’s, deconstructing a […]

light, design & spacial ambience . . .

“for the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting . . .”
on listening, essays by plutarch, translation by robin waterfield.
light, design & spacial ambience participants:
alfonso copé gómez-aguado • arancha lorenzana • asimina koutsogianni • cynthia khor • daniela hoffrichter • danuta kril • denisa marinescu […]

transferzentrum’s conceptual garden . . .

the transfer center for design weimar, in conjunction the bauhaus university, celebrated three years ago the 80th anniversary of the experimental “ernst neufert house” with a conceptual garden. the house is located in the gelmeroda area of weimar and the address is rudolstädter strasse number seven. in cooperation with the neufert-fund, the transfer center for […]

inside the cube . . .

the instructor for fachgrundlagen produktdesign’s
inside the cube project is lutz koebele . . .
the inside the cube design student at kunsthochschule weissensee:
doga büyükcan • judith glaser • elisabeth hammann • benedict hübener •
valentin lindau • khanh-troung ly • maximilian mahal • svenja nesch • lucas rex •
julia schmidt • jonas schneider • julia […]

material connection . . .

on wednesday, june 13th the iD students from the university of applied sciences, regensburg, bavaria, had a venue about their recent material connection project. the venue included an exhibit of material explorations with corrugated cardboard and their bistro table prototypes with 7 millimeter thick corrugated. the exhibit space was the new café “ah” in the […]

freehand drawing with jakob . . .

freehand drawing with the two jakes, j.t. and saint jacob. the scottish church of saint jacob,* or the “schottenkirche” of regensburg, has great stone monsters its north portal . . . during the month of may, design professor jakob timpe took his drawing class of first year industrial design students from the university of applied […]

pictoplasma festival, berlin . . .

the pictoplasma contemporary character design & art festival / conference 2012 was curated by lars denicke and peter thaler:
pictoplasma contemporary character design & art festival
image references with the green boarder below are the following:
a) the bar at the babylon, rosa-luxenburg-strasse nr. 30, d-10178 berlin
b) workspace in berlin mitte at .hbc, karl-liebknecht-strasse nr. 9, d-10178 […]

ufo sightings in bavaria . . .

regensburg, bavaria has just started a brand new program for industrial design
within the university of applied sciences (hochschule regensburg). the first year industrial design students are the following:
nadine albrecht • bianca bauer • carolin bauer • saskia deschan • david drust • felicitas enders • michael fischer • niklas forchhammer • stefanie gmach • […]

making meaning: a march reprise . . .

i was able to be involved yesterday, in the critiques for making meaning with jeff kapec & his iD seniors. we were also joined by judy nylen, john medley and two former mm students: collin velkoff & matthew speedy. here are just a few visual impressions of the senior’s studio projects, as works in progress. […]