Posts in the category education
the kitchen of the future . . .
fifty years ago, marc harrison, earned his bachelor of industrial design at pratt institute. harrison went on to become a professor and later, department head in industrial design, at rhode island school of design. in addition to his well known work with the dlc-x cuisinart food processor, harrison worked closely with lead faculty member, jane […]
posted 21 March 2011
15 students & 15 design topics . . .
on the first official day of the spring semester’s holiday break, about thirty-five people gathered in the design center gallery to have a dialogue with our making meaning studio. the guest critics included brain kerr & jess fügler from quirky, as well as mm alumni endrit hajno & ian ciesla. the conversation shifted from topics […]
posted 13 March 2011
fruitsuper design’s information kiosk . . .
this is an example how a good school design project can become the transitional bridge into professional practice. in 2008, sallyann corn and joe kent wanted to
do a group project in our making meaning design studio about the dynamic food culture in new york, related to food vending trucks and kiosks. they called the project, […]
posted 14 February 2011
sunstar bicycles, design & looking towards the future . . .
sunstar & pratt id bicycle workshop 2007:
in the summer of 2006 in copenhagen denmark, i met with rieko ito (of ixi s.r.l., located in milan, italy), to discuss the possibility of a year long industry-sponsored mobility project with pratt’s id students. rieko, with her counterparts in japan at sunstar, were interested developing a new […]
posted 6 February 2011
small is beautiful & an urban mobility project . . .
an industrial design studio project from the archives and wentworth institute of technology, in boston, massachusetts. in the spring and summer of 2004, the smart (swiss designed, daimler owned) wasn’t allowed in the united states yet. (smart will tell you that if every every vehicle sold in the united state was a smart, this would […]
posted 18 January 2011
categories education
hank de ricco’s sculpture in the snow & otherwise
david weinrib’s notes* about hank de ricco’s 27 pole piece:
think totem poles . . .
think brancusi . . .
think david smith forged shaft series . . .
walter de maria lighting field project . . .
out west & west . . .
broadway dia centimeters room . . .
one hundred buddhas in kyoto . . .
arlington […]
posted 26 December 2010
winter design solstice . . .
mm: making meaning
industrial design studio: matthew burger • jeff kapec
december 11th – 15th, autumn semester 2010
pratt studios 43, pratt institute, brooklyn, nyc.
id seniors & project topics:
mayang anggraeni • headphones
jessica doutrich • hybrid animals
elice ferrell • hats
kousaku haruguchi • patient room
chia-lin hsu • stomach monsters
chelsea johnson • emotional dolls
taehoon kim • trash can
adam miller • […]
posted 16 December 2010
categories education
form, texture & pattern inceptions in paper, for ralph pucci . . .
congratulations to all of the students from pratt institute’s school of art & design that participated with ralph pucci international on their conceptual paper project. i would especially like to congratulate all the id graduate & id undergraduate students, along with their industrial design faculty advisor, josh longo, for the quality of work that […]
posted 9 December 2010
walking the earth . . .
people put their foot to the ground everyday without even thinking about it or being consciously aware of what’s happening; the behavior that we call walking can also be described as a physical repetitive motion of a body falling forward. usually people are wearing some sort of boot, shoe or sandal and if their inside, […]
posted 15 November 2010
bruce mau & institutional education . . .
a superb story teller and design provocateur, bruce mau was in brooklyn last night to discuss the future of institutional education and how to advance development at bastions of higher learning at an exponential rate. i encourage you to take a look at the (unfortunately slightly off center, poorly focused in the dark room) short […]
posted 5 November 2010
categories education
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