I have been asked why I don’t show what I did with the amazing tie wraps. so here we go: (the pictures are from my old portfolio)

matylda krzykowski | chair – ‘one material’ 2006

matylda kryzkowski | collar – ‘transparency’ 2007

last year eduard sweep gave us the assignment to design a chair from one material. I used rubber foam and tie wraps. and because I go in for tie wraps I used them also for the transparent collar for frans megens. when you use so many tie wraps your hands are hurting – almost bleeding. I guess the human body is able to use 20 of them a day. not more. my total respect to the students who were part of the project in the pinakothek der moderne.

so, (maybe) the last munich story… another must-see was the installation of the interior design department of the academy of fine arts munich. in one of the exhibition areas in the pinakothek der moderne was this impressive ‘tie wrap world’. like a snow paradise. except that the snow was plastic. actually it wasn’t just a must-see also a must-touch. the students worked 16 870 h to realize this. amazing.

we love TIE WRAPS!! yeah, yeah, yeah

I met denise fort at the designparcours. I came into her showroom and was situated in an illustrated world. besides, I need to admit, I am a big fan of black and white drawings. so I felt good where I was – in denise’s world. we talked like good old friends and if I haven’t had to leave, I would have stayed longer. today I received my personal illustration from her. how nice! lalala

it’s me with sunglasses. she wrote: ‘designparcours munich- it was so nice to meet you, matylda. lalala!’
unfortunatly you can’t read it.

denise and me

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another post about munich. I have been there for 2,5 days but there was so much to see that you will read more about munich in the next days. this is an exhibition from the academy of fine arts munich in the pinakothek der moderne. works by all the graduates of the otto künzli class are on display. this ecompasses almost 80 artists, from 1990s until today. a great diversity and range of formal and conceptual approaches.

the exhibition space was full with different display cabinets

david phillips – brooch, 2006-2007
reflector (plastik), acrylic, spray-paint, stainless steel

mielle harvey – bracelet ‘city tribal’ 1998
acrylic glass, fur, nail polish

helena biermann angel – chains ‘leben’
‘tod am 28.09.05’ and ‘ leben am 28.09.05’ 2003-2005
aprox. 1500 insects, jelly capsules; 521 sorts of seeds, jelly capsules

mia maljojoki – neck jewellery
‘you 2 stay with me. we are just about to leave’, 2007
alginate, band

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this is my ‘beaming’ winner from the designparcours. the hfg karlsruhe and merten are presenting ths project about alternative solutions on power sockets and light switches. this are my top 3.

kun buchner – extended power socket

verena gompf – ‘hide’ the light switch wallpaper

jill enders – have fun and pimp your switch

I am back from munich with an overload of impressions. the city was great. the weather bad. the former ‘heizkraftwerk’ was my first adress. it’s the heart of the designparcours. here are some people I met and their work:

chris groitl – with broken arm

tobias glaser – aqua-k a water kiosk project of odeon-k67. thank you tobias, on this day we haven’t been thirsty at all

nadia el aidy – a passionate goldsmit who is making precious knitting jewellery

laura kroell – presenting her label heimatpunk. a clash of traditions with ‘liebe zur heimat’. a real bavarian girl

anke hennig – her jewellery is made from textile and is made in an dna shape. it looks stiff but is soft

sharon geschiere – she uses to make applied design. on sharon’s blog you can see pictures of the process of her work. actually she was exhibiting dishes at the designparcours, but my favourite work is this chair