Work, work, work
1/18/21 •
Have been working on an artists book using the ‘Dutch Mountains’ photo series. Lot of work! Here is what I have already done: – went through my picture archive and archived more systematically;– picked best image for each site and optimized through photoshop (color, crop);– ordered prints;– selected best prints for inclusion in book;– made […]
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Lies
1/18/21 •
Been to Kinderdijk – iconic, unesco world heritage, no more than 40 km from home. I did see it before, but never as part of a long walk along the river. It came home to me how very much the windmill area is embedded in the urban sprawl of Rotterdam – I chose my vantage […]
Postcards
1/10/21 •
Been walking a lot these last few weeks – working towards the goal of being able to walk 20 km in a day. Which translates to five hours on the hoof! As I’ve been having a lot of problems with my feet, it is a miraculous feeling to be able to walk without pain. We’re […]
Precision folding
12/10/20 •
I send out best-wishes-for-the-new-year cards of my own design every year. This year, inspiriation struck early – I traditionally send out new years cards because christmas wille have come and gone before I get going. Not so this year – was inspired by the exhibition at Stedelijk Museum we visited, and tried various fold-out-card options […]
Blimp
12/10/20 •
And museums are open again – reason to take husband and youngest to Amsterdam to visit the Stedelijk. They do an exhibition on design, and they do it well. Youngest started Industrial Design in Delft and has become much more furniture-conscious. She’s in the process of designing a stool, and has to do research. Let […]
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4/20/20 •
Kicked into gear4/09/20 •
Delicate balancing7/15/18 •
Next spring5/11/18 •
Villa Augustus1/31/18 •
Head-butting3/26/17 •
Thanks, Theo!9/06/15 •
Sources8/29/15 •
Itching2/21/14 •
A system that does not produce uniformity2/12/14 •
En Avant6/10/13 •
Warm embraces2/05/13 •
To transfer harmony9/09/12 •
Elegance11/23/11 •
Books11/13/11 •
Aldo van Eyck – Amsterdam nov 20115/29/11 •
Value for money – Utrecht sept 20111/29/11 •
Sometimes doing something leads to nothing – Brussel jan 20114/26/10 •
Sophie Calle’s algorithms3/14/10 •
Brilliant, orange meta-perception2/15/10 •
Huizinga: Homo Ludens2/09/10 •
Carsten Höller at Boijmans1/14/10 •
Zaccagnini’s Playground ‘made for the curious’.