Sonnwendfeuer Ingolstadt 21.12.12

Freunde der Donau

Logo design for local initiative to better connect the Danube to city life.

http://freundederdonau.blogspot.de

Hug - Medical Tubing Manager

Hug wins reddot design award 2012!!

http://commons.bcit.ca/update/2012/11/bcit-designed-medical-device-wins-red-dot-life-sciences-award/

one year and one baby later...

This year's challenge will be to resuscitate my blog - wish me luck. Other goals include starting new medical device design projects and developing some stuffed animal concepts. The motto for the year is "reconnect and engage"!

Design Competition THE INTELLIGENT HAND

http://www.designboom.com/contest/winner.php?contest_pk=30

I submitted, I waited and I sweat it out... checking email with an obsession that shaved a few years off my laptop and now the results are in!! I didn't win! But I was shortlisted (150 of 3000), which is really very fabulous for a product that has little to do with "home accessories, tableware, utensils, small furniture..." But has everything to do with the other criteria as outlined in this beautiful sentence: "craftsmanship produces superior quality products, with attention to detail that reflect the careful artisan precision. by combining skill, commitment and judgment, the craftsman establishes a close relationship between head and hand, man and machine, which is vital to our physical, mental and societal well-being". This small endorsement is a nice push to explore the possibilites of these designs as products. The question remains: Cat, Croc or Mobile???

350 action in support of Copenhagen negotiations

Wether you "believe" the 350 ppm science (safe level of CO2 in our atmosphere) or not, you can't help but see that it's time for less pollution in our air. We had a small candlelight vigil here in Ingolstadt in support of this movement. In attendance were local citizens, their children, the Bundnaturschutz (Nature Protection society), the local newspaper, and suprisingly city and provincial politicians.

The Scruffy Baby series

All the things you need and don't need when you have a baby... hmmmm, quite a list - on both sides of the equation. But imagine how that changes when you make things yourself. I have had hits and misses. Here are a few of the hits.

First up, his wool coat. I know many would say I was crazy for considering wool - hard to clean, itchy etc. The wonderful thing about wool is that it cleans itself; those oily little natural fibres resist dirt and smears and seam to shake off the brunt of what is thrown at them. The pattern was developed on the go and the coat itself changed a lot throughout the process - starting as a peacoat. The lining is satin, which is not so very dirt resistant, but smooth; making it easy to put on. The buttons are various colours of leather.