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talking tactile

i promised several people that i would post a list of the stuff i mentioned last week at the ‘papier hier’ talk and here it is, probably a meaningless list of websites unless you were there, the topic was ‘tactile’ and these are some of the people and projects i spoke about in that context…

‘boven kamers’ book by moon brouwer

‘happy faces’ by dennis van gaalen

posters from sergio alves

the wonderful toaster project by thomas thwaites

the austria solar annual report

underwater images by alberto seveso

fictional film sets by daniel agdag

tactile photography dan tobin smith

tactile photography bela borsodi

swiss artist ‘bernard voïta’ (hard to find, google him…)

swiss artist felice varini

human trees by jody xiong

string art from gabriel dawe

toilet roll art from junior fritz jacquet

tactile typography by marian bantjes

intricate layouts and paper objects from peter nencini

nail art chen chun hao (or google him)

nail art goshka macuga

‘balancing blocks’ short by part & parcel

‘bag charms’ by christian borstlap

‘frictions’ short by steven briand

and here above is me together with mister ian wright whom i certainly would have mentioned in my talk, except that he was already invited as a guest speaker that day…
(image above courtesy of ‘willie kerkhof’)

m / 23-11-2012 10:27 - tags: , , , , , , , , , ,  

egos where next?

last night i attended the discussion evening logos where next? hosted by ‘the stone twins’ in amsterdam, speakers were ‘jacques koeweiden’, ‘maureen mooren’, ‘aad van dommelen’ & stefan pangratz’

although the initiative is great, i felt that despite having the right ingredients for a heated debate (designers with highly opposed views, client types and cultures on one stage) the evening didn’t really add much material to what should be a lively and relevant debate about issues that affect us all, perhaps the evening needed a more provocative starting point instead of the over nostalgic angle taken by declan stone

the language barrier was also a large obstacle: the whole evening was oddly (for an almost 100% dutch audience) conducted in english which affected the level of the debate heavily… still nice to see that dialogue is taking place within the profession and that the practitioners are taking the initiative themselves, thanks for the invite guys but i really am still wondering where next?

m / 22-11-2012 15:05 - tags: , ,  

apple – q

arguably one of the greatest living authors and a man whose oeuvre i admire very much quietly announced he was stopping last week: philip roth and he is sharing the following ten morsels of wisdom, amen…

1. work hard.

2. people are animals.

3. we are alone and want to be known.

4. the flesh is weak.

5. beware of ideology.

6. prejudice is alive and well.

7. New Jersey is beautiful.

8. there’s a fine line between reality, fiction, and fantasy.

9. the power of three.

10. know when to quit.

m / 14-11-2012 11:31 - tags: , ,  

views on photography

together with my good mate ‘lukas göbel’ we spent an inspiring afternoon yesterday meeting a group of enthusiastic young photography students (kabk academy, the hague) at this studio to share some experiences, view portfolios and generally share our views on the photography profession…

it was our third ‘network week’ get-together is as many years and as usual good fun…

m / 09-11-2012 15:37 - tags: , ,  

pssst…

had a good day at the ‘design academy eindhoven’ yesterday playing ‘chinese whispers’ with my group of students, some small surprises in the results too

i’ll maybe try to post some of the stuff later on this week… one student even made a video and designed/created a special t-shirt as part of the chain…

m / 07-11-2012 16:46 - tags: , ,  
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