maastricht. netherlands. I don’t know where this is from because there is nothing than a picture of somebody hiding his face behind his hands. the topic could be moral courage or human rights. maybe discrimination or racism. who knows? several versions are spreaded in the hole city. in my opinion the campaign strives for the goal to let people think about the meaning. I just can say: they got me.
fun, fun, fun
that’s how we went to the supermarkt on this loving day
giel waterval on heggenstraat in maastricht. he has the style, he has the looks, he has the boots. and of course he has the bow tie.
isn’t it a comme des garcons?
düsseldorf. germany. fashion again. yesterday I was at the fashion show from the amd – academy fashion & design. the show was at the cpd. unfortunately we came too late ( damn, I hate rush hours in big cities ) and were far away from the scene. in fact, we had to stand. and what also means that the photos are not from the first row or second row, either. here are the favourites. the men’s wear was which we liked a lot. ( aka the men we liked to watch )
julia schmidt – man(n)kind
lang wang – pas de coincidénce
anna vogt – eisenhans
try to google them – maybe you will have more luck
I spotted that on the way out of the fair – isn’t that patent-registered?
Düsseldorf. Germany. the CPD is going on. another fashion fair. rosner invited the fashion scene to celebrate 40 years of being in the biz. the location was an old factory building, the topic was ‘chic jail’.
to summarise: to me this was another event about appearance. lot’s of people who’s main interest is to appear as somebody they are not. so the photos you see show what I liked about the show. and on purpose there are not so many people on the pictures:
isn’t it 40 years?
chain the soap
for people who don’t find the way to the loo
itchy and scratchy?
the woman did this for 5 minutes. maybe she just likes her ass
she looks like: ‘officer, am I really a bad girl?’
Berlin. Germany. Marian Meder is an actor. 6 days ago he moved into his new appartment and bought a mini washingmaschine.
why should we go for supersize when mini is becoming the new abstinence?
| Eumenia Babynova 1000F Compact Washing Machine |
| marian meder |
Berlin. Germany. On my way to catch a subway I saw this.
In the alexanderplatz, in the hallway to the U2 and U8, you see this small ‘retrospective’ on salvador dali’s artwork. hmm, dali (again), you may say, matylda, get original. Wait a moment. It’s not that I am an admirer of surrealism or under heavy influence of “düsseldorf/münchen/maastricht” art conformity – I just like unusual ideas and here is one.
what I like about it: there is no one claiming this piece of work.
there is no indication of who did it. I haven’t seen a personal note, either. somebody just put dali’s work on this dirty, yellow construction site wall. it’s accessible for everybody.
the advert:
“dali – the exhibition. economy. smaller…. but for free! ‘dali has never been presented like this before!’, exclaims one of the private loaners of the exhibition in joy.”
Most websites are made without a characteristic style, in my opinion. Most of the time there is a certain dominating arche-type. You see the same fonts (verdana, arial, trebuchet ms etc.) and in the majority of cases the same composition.
Here’s a case which goes for more individuality:
| oliver voss |
It’s the Homepage of Oliver Voss – one of Jung van Matt’s creative heads. He is inventor of the slogans ‘Du bist Deutschland’ ( You are Germany ) and ‘3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . meins!’ – Ebay ( 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . mine!) who are 2 of the most known slogans in Germany. Oliver likes it short with a likeable directness. That’s how advertising should be. And I think you also see it in the style of his website.
hm.. I would really like to show you something else. But this is what I’ve been doing since friday.
daniel
derya and jonas
valentin
lonneke and femke
branko
theda and me
paul
mizzi
Maastricht. Netherlands. Carneval is going on. That means that we have one week holidays, because the South of the Netherlands is crazy about it. (Look out Cologne! Maastricht is coming!) The City is full of people from everywhere. Everybody is drunk or trys to get drunk. You see people with strange costums. Clowns, different sorts of animals, hundred princesses and the smurf parade.
I will attent on a Woodstock party tonight. Pictures on how the average creative masquerade are coming tomorrow.
In this spirit: 1 night of peace & music
I’ve still got some material from the Amsterdam and Cologne Events I want to show you.
The average buisness card is credit card sized and from white paperboard with black font ( best fonts are Helvetica, Rotis or Arial ).
This is Stephan Siepermann‘s idea of a buisness card:
‘Business candle’
| mocoloco.com |
– Stephan Sieprmann’s latest lightning work at imm cologne
Couple days ago, while surfing the www, I found an article over the Lilium Tower project in Warsaw on dezeen design magazine. Zaha Hadids architecture is like the most specific design a ‘love it-or hate’ it thing. And I am not the biggest fan of Zaha. But I want you to show what made me laugh…
my 3 favourite comments on the article:
That’s the common blog we know: (Wikipedia abstract)
A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
That’s Stephanie Rudolph’s idea of it:
The place (or www)
Her friends (or subscribers)
The experiences she makes (or her posts)
The possibilty to meet people (or to network)
Each visitor gets an entry card (to count her traffic) – I was nr. 51
| sinakatherina |
– stephanie is building her own ‘blog’ – pics of the process
food and tv in my sleepingroom. thank god there is a mc donald’s everywhere.
miriam, me, ingo
Maastricht. Netherlands. Academy of Fine Arts.
academy of fine arts | architect – wiel arets
student companies
| weer | graphic design
| jemoder! |
yvonne, suus, mirjam & emel
| wedovoodoo | visuals
daniel & leo
product department
| magdalena reiter – shelter |
fashion department
art
nicole michniewski
this world needs us
(slogan of the Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht)
jonas, miriam, hansen, valentin, me & leo
When I was in Amsterdam 3 days ago, I get off the train and saw the Bijenkorf ( netherlands famous department store ) shop window…
…that’s what I saw
window decoration | bijenkorf | ? | 2008 – approx. $100
…that’s what I was thinking about
rag chair | droog design | tejo remy | 1991 – approx. $4,200.00
so what about cutting-edge design?
| david report blog | Interview with tejo remy
Amsterdam. Netherlands. The Fashion Week is going on. On the ouderzijds achterburgwal (street name) in the city centre you can buy the latest couture party dress in the red light district of Amsterdam. Some of the former prostitution establishments are temporarily available for sixteen fashion designers. It’s a cultural clash of fashion and prostitution, they say.
In one shop front window a ‘women’ (rather a girl) in garish lingerie is advertising her body to passers-by and in the next front window you find one of the hippest designers the dutch fashion avantgarde has thesedays – a brave performance somehow, I must admit.
But possibly it was me who was the bravest on that day. 5 to 10 prostitutes yelled at me and some more showed me their middlefingers (no photos of that) . I guess they don’t like it when people take pictures of them… just for you guys, just for you.
window girl
| sjaak hullekes | – arnheim fashion
| mada van gaans | suddenly men are interested in fashion
| jan taminiau |
wanna go for a walk?
| redlight fashion |
That will get a little bit messy. I’ve still got some cool stories to tell from both Cologne and Amsterdam. Here’s one from the IMM Cologne. The [d³] contest attracts 450 product submissions every year. Entrants must be students or recent graduates who completed their studies no longer than three years ago. This year there were 35 prototypes on display. Here are three of them.
raphael van allmen
This year, first place went to raphael von allmen from switzerland for his chair with flexible backrest. Raphael studied at ECAL University of art and design Lausanne. I like his chair and the fact that he speaks polish (learned it because of his girlfriend).
jordi canudas
Jordi Canudas is born in Barcelona but works and lives in London. His sofa is a piece of interactive Architecture. A wall and a place to sit or to lounge. Movement, sound and touch hint at what might be happening on the other side.
aylin kayser & christian metzner
The two Germans developed a wax lamp which melts when it is used… good design and marketing.
