Vincent Van Uffelen

Design the Symbol of the power of Ideas

novazembla — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:11:50 +0000

The growth of a service economy extracts design from the system of material production and makes it a symbol of power of ideas

Sarah Zukin (Landscapes of Power)

Fear

novazembla — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:34:59 +0000

Never fight fear head-on. That rot about pulling yourself

together, and the harder you pull the worse it gets. Let it in

and look at it. You will see it by what it does.

William S Burroughs

Wolkenbugel by El Lissitzky

novazembla — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:35:30 +0000

Photomontage of the Wolkenbugel by El Lissitzky

Karakuri ningyō

novazembla — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:16:50 +0000

“Karakuri ningyō … are mechanized puppets or automata from Japan from the 18th century to 19th century. The word ‘karakuri’ means a “mechanical device to tease, trick, or take a person by surprise”. It implies hidden magic, or an element of mystery. In Japanese ningyō is written as two separate characters, meaning person and shape. It may be translated as puppet, but also by doll or effigy.[1] The dolls’ gestures provided a form of entertainment.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakuri_ningyo

Polnische Luster (polish chandeliers)

novazembla — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:58:39 +0000

Here is one example of the typical non-modernistic German/Austrian last centurie’s design. Polnische Luster (polish chandeliers) are found quite often in grannies dining/living room and might be accompanied by, some furniture in the lovely post WWII “Gelsenkirchener Barock” style, such as this cupboard.

Quote Urban Space

novazembla — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:26:24 +0000

Recently I’ve been reading Maria Balshaw and Liam Kennedie’s “Urban Space and Representation” (2000, London, Pluto Press) and would like to remember the following quote:

The production of urban space is simultaneously real, symbolic and imaginary; what it produces is a material environment, a visual culture and a psychic space.

Drawing with Light

novazembla — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:07:04 +0000

I stumbled over this forum thread on which some guys discussed the playfull technique to draw with light. All you need to do is to set your camera to a very long exposure time and “draw” with a light source, such as a flash light, in front of it.

Well, other people had the same idea.

Hikikomori

novazembla — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:44:18 +0000

“Hikikomori … is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive individuals who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement due to various personal and social factors in their lives. The term hikikomori refers to both the sociological phenomenon in general as well as to individuals belonging to this societal group.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori

Bilder

novazembla — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:44:24 +0000

Ich habe es heute dann auch geschafft eine Auswahl meiner Indienbilder online zu stellen.

Bildgallerie

Viel Spaß beim anschauen!

und schwupps da war ich wieder weg …

novazembla — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:22:08 +0000

Langsam geht meine Reise dem Ende zu, daher habe ich mir vorgenommen doch auch etwas entspannendes zu machen. Nachdem ich mir in den letzten Tagen das entspannend ruhige und mystyisch schoene Hampi angesehen habe werde ich morgen frueh zu einem Strandort namens Gorkana aufbrechen. Dort soll es etwas weiter suedlich einen Strand mit ein paar Bambushuetten und wenigen Restaurants geben. Wie es scheint werde ich dann dort auch Sylvester verbringen.

Da es auf dem Strand eher keinen Strom und Internet geben wird, werde ich wohl nicht mehr viel von mir hoeren lassen. Daher schon einmal, FROHES NEUES!