an important part of the educational system in germany usually involves the successful completion of an entrance exam at the university level. here are a few visual impressions of the recent rite of passage, in the department of architecture, for the new hybrid industrial design program at the university of applied sciences regensburg. the following […]
posted 1 October 2012
autumn on sweden’s beautiful öland island . . .
matthew burger visits ölands folkhögskola in october, 2011
i was asked by a enthusiastic, versatile, instructor, louise häggberg, to visit her design students and colleagues at ölands folkhögskola (öland folk high school). here’s a very brief description of the basår design program. the duration of the […]
posted 7 November 2011
categories education
this is an example how a good school design project can become the transitional bridge into professional practice. in 2008, sallyann corn and joe kent wanted to
do a group project in our making meaning design studio about the dynamic food culture in new york, related to food vending trucks and kiosks. they called the project, […]
posted 14 February 2011
congratulations to all of the students from pratt institute’s school of art & design that participated with ralph pucci international on their conceptual paper project. i would especially like to congratulate all the id graduate & id undergraduate students, along with their industrial design faculty advisor, josh longo, for the quality of work that […]
posted 9 December 2010
here are a few of my impressions / images from this year’s bauhaus university’s (bauhaus-universität) rundgang from july 15th/16th/17th . . . this is only a very small sampling from all the work that was shown during rundgang, so try to visualize this small excerpt into an exponential factor of five for the full effect. […]
posted 17 July 2010
categories education
“the chair has an affectionate look to it . . .
it looks like a chair that would embrace you.” mark goetz.
“in turkey you talk about the problems of your life with a person you already know, here in america in a support group for example, you might sit next to a person you don’t even […]
posted 16 May 2010
kyle solá has been working on an inline skate concept for making meaning both autumn and spring this year as well as hand related products for protection . . .
with id view today marking the official end of our studio work together and the pratt show at the manhattan center just around the corner […]
posted 6 May 2010
the industrial design department’s crystal competition with nachtmann crystal, a division of the world renowned riedel glassworks, will have its final presentation this coming monday, april 12th in the design center gallery. among the jury will be maximilian & georg riedel as well as richard voit, managing director of the nachtmann division worldwide.
pratt nachtmann […]
posted 15 April 2010
categories design
industrial design chair matthew burger: “everything comes full circle; the avant
garde will eventually become the old guard.” (on progress in design and hearing victor papanek speak about a revolution in industrial design at cooper union in 1978) quote from the road, when: march 22nd, 1:23 p.m., where: lecture hall
at pratt institute in brooklyn, new york
posted 25 March 2010
pratt studios room 59, is the home this semester to twelve id juniors in jeanne pfordresher’s studio section and the entrance is not just the approach to the shared work space, but also a graphic portrayal in images to the individual characters that are setting their sights on becoming designers and how they see themselves. […]
posted 16 November 2009
categories photos
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