Posts in the category education

three examples of exchange experiences at pratt

this should be the beginning of a rather long but very colorful journey, here are just three examples from the students that have visited / studied at pratt’s industrial design department from bauhaus universität weimar:

1) laura strasser, our first student from the bauhaus, was greatly inspired by ceramics instructor, irv tepper, which led to […]

posted 10 August 2008

categories design, education

the essence of spaces evokes . . .

thirty spokes meet in the hub . . . lao tse

spaces evoke emotion . . .

posted 8 August 2008

categories design, education

id view images . . . spring 2008

here’s the link to the id view, spring ’08 powerpoint presentation:
id view images spring 2008
karen auster from bklyn designs & pratt id students . . .

posted 1 August 2008

categories education

some thoughts on design education from charles eames . . .

1977 | charles & ray eames; thinking in the the powers of ten . . . 

thoughts on design education from charles eames . . .
that the objective be limited & specfic: the danger in many problems is that limits are so broad that it is impossible for the student to isolate the prime objective […]

posted 24 July 2008

categories education

visual narrative by eames demetrios: 77 steps . . .

in 2007 dan fogelson, vice president of sales / marketing at emeco (an abbreviation for: the electrical machine & equipment company) came to the industrial design department at pratt to talk about some of emeco’s recent project with designers / architects like, philippe starck, frank gehry, norman foster and ettore sottsass. besides a line of […]

posted 21 July 2008

categories design, education