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“My field of action is architectural space and everything that constitutes such space. These spaces are and remain the original media for my painting. I work “on site” each time in a different space and my work develops itself in relation to the spaces I encounter”, says Felice Varini.
What sounds pretty abstract in theory, in practice is a fascinating experience of room and view. Like at the Filiale Berlin gallery in Brunnenstr. 188. Only from one position in the room, several red lines add to a complete structure which appears even more irritating if people seem to be extra-layers in between the structure. I actually ran into this exhibition today by accident and had to enter twice to find the right corner.

But watch for yourself, pictures should open on click.

Wow.
5×5×5×5×5x on msp

Das derzeit populärste Design: Composition No.1Ich habe mal im Freundeskreis rumgefragt, wer denn so seinen iPod bekleben würde und die Reaktionen waren interessant: Die Hälfte waren Puristen, die würden nichts Klebendes in die Nähe kommen lassen, sondern schlagen das Kleinood pur in golddurchwirkte Tücher ein (oder so), die anderen waren der Idee nicht abgeneigt. Und das ist wohl genau die Zielgruppe von DeinDesign.
Hier kann man sich Folien bestellen, die sich auf iPods, Laptops und Handies kleben lassen. Auch Plattenspieler sind im Gespräch, aber dazu schweigt der Shop noch. Außerdem kann man seine eigenen Designs hochladen und von DeinDesign als Folie produzieren lassen.

Leider kann ich nicht beurteilen, wie lange die Folien halten, zwar wurde mir ein iPod-Skin zur Verfügung gestellt, aber den iPod dazu haben sie vergessen..
14,95€ kostet eine Folie für einen iPod, die große Laptop-Folie 25€. Dafür sollte sie schon ein, zwei Monate halten und sich dann problemlos lösen [...]

Happens from 12th to 20th of may, all about design, this year’s motto: Digitalability.
For further information, check the Berlin Design Blog.

Ohne Worte, vorgestern passiert.

Messis Kommentar dazu: “Ich habe einfach gesehen, dass da Platz war“. Achso, ja richtig, da war Platz. Da standen nicht etwa SECHS Gegenspieler im Weg..

For those who didn’t know, streetart is big in Berlin! Here’s a little clip that shows some protagonists, their art, some ironic commentary and a funky soundtrack!

By Reclaimyourstreets, found via Wooster collective.

And here’s a nice initiative: Youthougtwewouldntnotice, who claims copyrights of street artists whose work has been used for commercial purposes without notice. It is also a great archive on how streetart influences graphic design. [found via Agendapop]

And Merlin Bronques goes on and on, travelling the world with his camera and giving the hedonistic youth of today a face. Or: Many, many faces, pretty and sexy.

This time, he obviously met a class of young housewives who practice together. So we have sewing machines, white shirts, glasses, absinth and a deer. Cheers: Mikey’s factory on lastnightsparty.
Here’s more about lastnightsparty on stylewalker.net.

For those of you who enjoy a little wordplay from time to time and are fascinated by German zusammengesetzte Hauptwörter (Mark Twain loved them too, read his masterpiece “The awful German language“) here’s a little thought:

German composed swear words don’t sound so mean anymore if you just interchange the two main vocals, actually, they sound quite cute.
Some examples.
Schwunzlatscher – Pessnilke – Sickgesacht (haha, reminds me of Bastian Sick) and Flichwachser. Hey, here’s one that get’s even stronger: Wurmdascher!

Saidly enough, it doesn’t work with Flachzange, Vollpfosten or Kackbratze.
Any more creative ideas here?

Picture by Christian Iten & Daniel LüthiAnd here is another interactive multitouch display from the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zürich.

If you like this you might also find the following interesting:
Multitouch interaction research at NYU
and the interactive multitouch instrument Reactable