“The essential function of our profession [design] in our society is to enhance and cultivate communications toward an easier understanding of ideas and complex problems, in the shortest possible time for higher visual and auditory retention of data.”
“For design is about the making of things: things that are memorable and have presence in the world of the mind. It makes demands upon our ability both to consolidate information as knowledge and to deploy it imaginatively to creative purpose in the pursuit of fresh information.”
“To design is to plan and to organize, to order, to relate and to control. In short it embraces all means of opposing disorder and accident. Therefore it signifies a human need and qualifies man’s thinking and doing.”
“To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit; it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry.”
We had visited the Red Dot Museum 10 years ago, on a tour with our son (who was studying industrial design).Set within a renovated factory, with amazing visual juxtopositions.
The red dot design museum is unique. It displays the world's largest and surely also the most unusual...
We had heard about this museum for years, and looked forward to seeing an exhibtion of both paintings and design, but alas, on the day of our visit the majority of the musume space was taken up with other works. Still, it was an interesting experience. Here is a bit of background:
The...
We were happy to have the opportunity to meet with two knowledable archivist/librarians ( Berthold Eberhard, Bibliothekar and Wencke Clausnitzer-Paschold, Archivarian)who explained the status of the documentation of the collection. The digitized parts of their catalog are included in a larger...
Our Folkwang guide told us not to miss this museum, and she was right! An incredible documentaion of the apt attention which was paid to Design in 20th C Germany. Centered on the Deutcher Werkbund,
Since summer 2007...
We wouldn't ordinarily include a hotel in our Find Design inventory, but the Hotel Q in Berlin exceeded expectations.It provided a wonderful visual retreat after a busy day, as well as custom dining on demand. A "Design Hotel" it was also staffed by helpful and generous people.
In case you need design supplies in Berlin: Visited Modulor Planet – a materials supply shop. Amazing place which sells everything from office supplies to every kind of model making material, paper, etc. On Moritzplatz.
This visit was one of the hightlights of the trip.Johan claims it is the most beautiful brick buidling he has ever seen.
The Mies van der Rohe Haus (Landhaus Lemke, 1932/33) is a gem of classical modernism. With this house, built for printing works owner Karl Lemke, Ludwig Mies van...
We saw a great Marcel Breuer exhibtion, and took the tour of the MasterHouses, but the most exciting part of this visit was our stay in the original Bauhaus student accomodations:
"Spend the night like the Bauhaus students – since their general renovation and refurbishment, the studio...
The Archiv at Dessau is located in the renovated brewery about 500 meters from the Bauhuas central building. The Archives were not open on the day we visited, but we got info on the archivist. She is Fau Ziegner, email ziegner@bauhaus-dessau.de. ...
Zaha Hadid designed the new BMW plant in Leipzig. It brings a new visual perspective to factory work and organization, as described on their website:
"Is it possible that a certain kind of architecture can positively influence teamwork and productivity within a plant? The Central...