Posts in the category education

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 […]

posted 21 May 2012

categories education, photos

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 […]

posted 21 April 2012

categories design, education, photos

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 • […]

posted 10 April 2012

categories education

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. […]

posted 10 March 2012

categories design, education

a window into work from johannesburg . . .

below, is a video from kyle brand, as a window into some interesting work being shown currently from the department of industrial design’s 2011 student exhibition at the university of johannesburg, fada (faculty of art, design & architecture), south africa. along with the industrial design, there is also work from the departments of interior […]

posted 24 November 2011

categories design, education

swedish symposium at linnæus university . . .

the master of fine arts program in design at linnæus university is a 2 year advanced theoretical and applied program, located at the nexus of the university as well as the business environment. the program draws on a multidisciplinary approach, a highly qualified faculty and extensive links with leading european companies to offer the students […]

posted 21 November 2011

categories design, education

oh, öland ! . . .

autumn on sweden’s beautiful öland island . . .
matthew burger visits ölands folkhögskola in october, 2011
i was asked by a enthusiastic, versatile, instructor, louise häggberg, to visit her design students and colleagues at ölands folkhögskola (öland folk high school). here’s a very brief description of the basår design program. the duration of the […]

posted 7 November 2011

categories education

exhibit in brooklyn: starved for attention

i would encourage you to see the photo exhibit from doctors without borders • médecins sans frontières, about child malnutrition called, “starved for attention,” at grand army plaza [prospect park west and eastern parkway], wednesday, thursday and friday, between 9:30am and 5:00pm, september 21st through the 23rd. starved for attention, brooklyn
doctors without borders […]

posted 16 September 2011

categories education, photos

design interventions in south africa: the taxi workshop . . .

“johannesburg is one of the worst cities in the world in which to commute.”
[ the guardian ] are you stuck in traffic?
the economist • january 2011:
south africa’s dreadful drivers & the danger on the roads: watch out !
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the guardian and the economist are addressing road safety world-wide, in general and in particular, […]

posted 8 September 2011

categories design, education