March 9th, 2010
This shopping center can be found in the ‘Marzahn’ district of Berlin (former East Berlin). It’s surroundings are endless stacks of apartment housing blocks so I guess this was meant to counteract and bring some sway into the area. It was opened in 2005 and planned by architects Peek & Cloppenburg.
Categories: Architecture
March 2nd, 2010
Wig store (Name unknown) - New York, Spanish Harlem 1995.
Perückengeschäft “Die Perücke” - Berlin, Neukölln 2010.
Categories: General
February 23rd, 2010
Since 17 October 2009 the ‘Neues Museum’ has opened its doors to the public once again. This key work in the history of the arts was designed by the architect Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1843 and 1855. After being badly damaged in the Second World War, the building has been restored and recreated under the direction of the British star architect David Chipperfield.
The restoration planning devoted particular attention to the variability of the state of conservation. The range of conditions stretches from almost completely preserved rooms to room sequences, whose surfaces are partly destroyed due to weathering, to the exposure of Stüler’s shell construction and the loss of whole building elements.
The restoration design was developed individually for each room and reviewed in context of the room sequence. In some instances the damaged building offers an obvious design solution to a question of architectural completeness or resolution. In others, the damaged condition is of such significance, that within a context of careful debate, a balance had to be devised between the methods - from repair to conservation culminating in restoration.
Categories: Architecture, Art
February 17th, 2010
This ist the fourth in a series of posts exploring the use of neon signs and display windows in both cities. Times Square New York. Shot in 1996, before Rudi Guiliani’s ‘Quality of life campaign’ converted ‘Old time square’ into ‘New Time Square’ (They should have called it Disney World instead … would have been more suitable). The second image was shot in 2009 near Kurfürstendamm, located in the Tiergarten district of Berlin.
Categories: Typography
February 9th, 2010
These towers are located on the corner of ‘Rüdersdorfer Strasse’ and ‘Strasse der Pariser Kommune’ in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. (Images taken in August, 2009).
Categories: Architecture
February 4th, 2010
Sewing machines like the “Singer”, “Pfaff” and “Magnus” which are shown here in details, were manufactured during the beginning of the last century in the United States, Germany and Austria. Found in our grandfather’s previous workshop in Satteins, Austria.
Categories: Design, Typography
January 28th, 2010
This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future.
Categories: Design
January 21st, 2010
Fashion Week - 20th January, 2010. Mercedes Benz, Bebelplatz Berlin.
Categories: General
January 13th, 2010
From the discovery of the 1898 International Dictionary to linotyping the entries to printing the last print on the vandercook to cutting the fingertabs of the deluxe edition, this video gives a quick overview of the process of creating the Pictorial Webster’s fine press edition.
Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.
Categories: Typography
January 5th, 2010
The railway station in Feldkirch, Austria was originally opened in 1872 as part of the Emperor Franz Josef’s ‘Vorarlbergbahn’. In 1969 it underwent a complete remake. Parts of the station concourse remained in that style even after a major upgrade to the station in the early 2000’s. An interesting and noteworthy incident happened here to James Joyce in 1915. As an Irishman (thus part of the British) he was considered an enemy and therefore harassed in the border-town of Feldkirch when trying to escape to Switzerland during World War I via railway. The conclusion of his novel “Ulysses” is linked to this occasion …
Categories: Architecture, Typography
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