Posts in the category 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

categories photos

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

an asphalt installation in the fields of the oberpfalz . . .

recently i made a visit to the “baukunstwerk” of the asphalt chapel from willi koch in the fields of the oberpfalz (etsdorf) and the visit was well worth the traveling troubles. interestingly enough, eventhough etsdorf is in the middle of nowhere, not only does it have an asphalt chapel, but it also has a temple […]

posted 9 June 2012

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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

carolina in my mind’s eye . . .

here are just a few impressions from my visit this spring to raleigh, north carolina & the college of design at north carolina state university, for more information,
please try this link: design at north carolina state university

posted 1 May 2012

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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