Posts in the category photos

indian summer & autumn . . .

indian summer and the beginnings of autumn in brooklyn, brandenburg, berlin and bavaria. in memoriam of my good friend doug mulaire who died on september 8th; ines and i will miss him dearly and all the good times we shared together . . .

posted 8 September 2014

categories photos

the ennobling of objects with time . . .

there is an ennobling process of objects (animate & inanimate) with time. one term used, in german, to describe the outcome of this process is edelrost. i happen to personally like this german term because it reminds me of an excerpt from johann wolfgang von goethe’s, das göttliche: edel sei der mensch, hilfreich und gut! […]

posted 8 July 2014

categories design, photos

a new york state of mind . . .

here is a collage triptych of a new york state of mind, just in time for this year’s saint patrick day. even while visiting boston, massachusetts a lot of the thoughts in the conversations touched on new york city and brooklyn in particular. brooklyn is usually a good vantage point for a majestic view of […]

posted 15 March 2014

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dutch design roadtrip week & . . .

one mere week is a rather brief moment in the flow of time. nonetheless, about two thirds of the iD3 crew connected 2000 kilometers of land between regenburg’s blue danube and the waters of rotterdam’s harbor with a bosnian bus driver, his sixty passenger bus and thousands of sensory design experiences. carly brandelius schmitt, ina […]

posted 27 October 2013

categories design, photos

dungeness echo of summer . . .

august 25th is ian hossack’s birthday. we were invited by karin and ian to join them in dungeness (kent), england with other friends and family members for a few days of relaxing on the ocean’s edge. it was an enjoyable time of catching up with rather interesting conversations, good food and spacial (architectural) experiences. […]

posted 25 August 2013

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zeitgeist semiotics . . .

stadtzeit zeitstadt (time cannot be summed up), regensburg 1995:
maria maier is a painter, draftswoman, and graphic artist, not a photographer. it is astonishing how her works often recognizably juxtapose painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, photography, reproduction and original, found objects, decided signals, the most basic artistic means of composing, and the use of the most […]

posted 10 April 2013

categories design, photos

by design: nature’s color harmony . . .

carly brandelius schmitt has added a new spin on the discussion about the role of color in the development of a product designer. some impressions from a recent experiment with the process of creating natural pigmentation from herbs, fruits and vegetables. the following first year iD students, at the university of applied sciences regensburg, explored […]

posted 26 March 2013

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oberpfalz architecture & . . .

a special summer architectural roadtrip through the oberpfalz that was organized by nicolette baumeister and willi koch. the roadtrip used the recently published book, “aktuelle architektur der oberpfalz, number three” as a point of departure for the sites that we visited in conjunction with individually selected architectural offices. the roadtrip was from july 20th through […]

posted 7 August 2012

categories design, photos

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 […]

posted 4 July 2012

categories design, education, photos

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 […]

posted 1 July 2012

categories education, photos