alphabets for the blind & asphalt: mcvey hardware

if you are interested in disparate dialogue about the nature of things related to the arts, the sciences, design and technology, in the character of james burke’s * book, the pinball effect, then i would encourage you to look at john mc vey’s website called hardware. i have known john for about ten years as […]

design apprenticeships & the educational experience . . .

design schools in the united states, usually value curriculum structures that place strong emphasis on the individual’s ability to enter the profession immediately upon graduation. at wentworth institute of technology and the university of cincinnati, the schools’ educational models and curricula take internships into account with graduation requirements. in vocations where craftsmanship is of […]

urban mobility & bicycles . . .

don’t miss the exhibit, our cities ourselves: the future of transportation in urban life, at the center for architecture, 536 la guardia place, new york, ny 10012. the exhibit will be closing on in about two weeks on wednesday, september 15, 2010.
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=exhibitions&expid=119
nick foley, who graduated from the industrial design department at pratt this […]

good bye and hello again . . .

well, it’s time to say good bye to our wonderful id departmental advisor, but also hello to the new, interim assistant chair for the industrial design department for the coming academic year 2010-2011: laurel voss. i’m very please to say that i’ve truly enjoyed working with laurel and her crew of graduate and undergraduate student […]

design studios with collaborative professional partnerships . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.’’ ludwig wittgenstein
in spring semester of 2009 and again in spring semester 2010, the industrial design students at pratt had a chance to look into the future in conjunction with the colgate-palmolive company. these opportunities took the […]

bklyn designs in dumbo with pratt id . . .

once again, at the 8th annual bklyn designs, pratt id proudly exhibits innovative furniture, lighting, tabletop and accessories at bklyn designs on friday · saturday · sunday, may 7th · 8th · 9th, at saint ann’s warehouse, 38 water street in dumbo, brooklyn . . .

other pratt id student exhibitors that are not in […]

an open invitation to the preliminary critique for making meaning . . .

an open invitation to the preliminary critique for making meaning . . .
this is an invitation from our 17 id students, jeff kapec & yours truly for you to join us next tuesday, october 27th, 2009 at 5:30 pm in pratt studios, rooms 42 & 43, for our preliminary critique for making meaning . […]

sbb cff ffs brünig panorama . . .

composer felix mendelssohn once wrote, “if you haven’t seen the interlaken countryside, you haven’t seen switzerland.” the brünig pass, 1008 meters (3307 feet above sea level), is at the eastern end of the interlaken region and the brünig rail line connects interlaken to lucerne. lucerne is a junction railway station of both standard […]

bauhaus 90: vom labor zum projekt . . .

the venue “from laboratory to project” (from october 15th until november 29th, 2009) is a symposium & an exhibit of the design department, bauhaus university weimar. it is part of this year’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the bauhaus.
dear professor dr. siegfried gronert & thomas von taschitzki m.a.,
the department of industrial design at […]

connections, sbb cff ffs & thinking about systems . . .

charles & ray eames use to talk about connections all the time in their references to design . . . in fact, before there was the retrospective book of their life’s work, eames design | © 1989 john neuhart, marilyn neuhart & ray eames, harry abrams inc. |, there was a small brochure from the […]