good domestic products & robert langhorn’s id seniors . . .

on wednesday, may 6th, the id seniors in robert langhorn’s studio exhibited their final projects for gdp | good domestic products | the opening started at 6:00pm, at 124 washington avenue, brooklyn and went until late into the evening . . .
g.d.p. & industrial design at pratt, part one
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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 […]

happy new year . . . january 26th

the year of the ox . . . and sandra hoffmann & franco robbiani’s photographic winter stroll in switzerland

happy new year . . .

the year of the ox . . .

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/

the life of design educator extraordinaire, dan november . . .

in memoriam: daniel november, an iron man with a heart of gold . . .
pratt alumnus (a.a.s. 1963, b.id 1972) and full time professor in the department of industrial design, who had taught at pratt since 1986 died this autumn at the age of 75. a design educator extraordinaire, he was formerly with george […]

one million man hours, injury free . . .

this autumn, on friday, october 3rd, ines and i got together with the entire crew of pratt industrial design technicians on myrtle avenue to share food, drink and conversation . . . pictured from left to right: gary, seth, yours truly, julia, brendan and john . . . among other things, we talked about how […]

type studies . . . from heinz hiltbrunner’s students in basel

more about heinz hiltbrunner: résumé hiltbrunner auf deutsch

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 . . .

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 […]