longoland at pratt: josh’s work & the work of his students . . .

josh longo is interested in story telling, developing characters and among other things, explorations with soft materials in his own work, as well as the work of his pratt industrial design students. last spring was the first time josh was teaching three dimensional abstraction in the industrial design department and he has approached this possibility […]

bauhaus 90: april in weimar, part two . . .

das bauhaus kommt . . .

pratt id faculty & student experiences in weimar . . .

(das bauhaus kommt) as well as pratt id students &
professor lenny bacich comes to the bauhaus . . .

laura strasser, (former bauhaus exchange student at pratt) along with sven müller (not pictured here) are assisting lenny bacich during his semester as a guest professor at the bauhaus . . . jack foley, alvaro […]

bauhaus 90: tomás maldonado reflects on ulm . . .

performance piece: “die mechanische bauhausbühne”,
theater of sound, düsseldorf, germany

a ceremonial act commemorating the 90th anniversary of the beginning of
the bauhaus, april 1st, 2009. the honorary public lecture was given by
professor tomás maldonado, from mailand, italy . . .
tomás maldonado, in the publication ulm 8/9, september 1963:
“ist das bauhaus aktuell?”

designboom, february 24, 2009: […]

lighting fires & making meaning’s mid-term critique . . .

“the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting . . .”
on listening, essays by plutarch.

the spring, mid semester preliminary critique for making meaning was held on thursday, march 12th from 6:00 pm until around 9:30 pm . . .
in addition to the seniors […]

abstraction & the graham field project results . . .

“education is a social process; education is growth; education is not
a preparation for life but is life itself.” john dewey
graham field • pratt presentation

jeff kapec (along with sergio silva) emphasized that for this project, our id students utilize abstraction to explore design through physical and visual experience to discoverer ideas that […]

gg has moved from chelsea to new mexico . . .

the third image below is from summer 2008, of tarik currimbhoy with gerald gulotta in gerald’s 26th street studio in chelsea. on february 9th this year, gerald moved to be with his family in santa fe, new mexico. we that have know gerald from many years of living & working in new york, will […]

making meaning: matthew burger / jeffrey kapec, senior studio

here is a small window into of a semester long course called making meaning. making meaning is a senior industrial design studio where the students choose individually selected design briefs and develop them with team-teaching instructors, matthew burger & jeff kapec . . .
class session & preliminary critique, autumn 2007 . . .
jeff kapec, observing […]

id thesis presentation, friday, december 12th 2008:

pratt institute’s industrial design department is proud to announce the master’s thesis presentations with a reception/celebration to follow in the design center gallery:

http://prattidthesis.blogspot.com/

brazzaville tropical house from jean prouvé, in new york

“maisons préfabriqées” a tropical house design by jean prouvé,
in long island city, new york beside the 59th street bridge . . .

in addition, here’s a link you might be interested in from 2007:
a tropical house in new haven connecticut, design by jean prouvé
lastly, a pdf excerpt from robert rubin about jean […]