Wednesday 30 December 2009

SHAPE BY CHANCE!

I helped my mummy out to renew the flooring in her room the other day.

We were ripping the old one all off to the very last bit when suddenly we discovered this funny shape ...

So looking at the photo above you might know why suddenly I had to think of my old buddies from down south ;0)

Thursday 24 December 2009

GREETINGS...!

¡Un abrazo!.

GLÆDELIG JUL!

Thursday 5 November 2009

DOWN BY THE RIVER...



Everything is wrapped in gray. in white. in gray. Woooooh.

What a strange feeling, walking down by the river and could
almost not see the other bank of the river. Cosy novembertime
is coming...

SOME DELICIOUS STUFF FOR BREAKFAST ;0)

Although a a bowl of wholemeal cereals with some sliced fruits would have been way healthier, I had a chunky piece of chocolate cake for breakfast this morning ();o) ...

But don't worry – before you starve here's something very dainty for you guys too:

Enjoy,
n.

Saturday 31 October 2009

WHEN »MIGHTY« IS NOT »MAGIC« ENOUGH

... and if you are willing to spend 70 bucks for a new mouse – suddenly, everything clicks. And swipes. And scrolls.

Well alright – it's the new »Magic Mouse« which (after two ridiculously long weeks of waiting) I finally purchased at the Apple Store yesterday.

And what should I say other than that it works extremely neat and how nice it looks ;o)

Monday 26 October 2009

CRANE SPOTTING PT. TWO

CRANE SPOTTING PT. ONE

Saturday 17 October 2009

Wednesday 14 October 2009

ZEITGEIST INTERMEDIATE!

Even though we're working hard on our next AGDO update we haven't made it so far. Our raw material is just to immense and time is too short (as usual).

However above you may see a little preview on what we brought from sunny Portugal ...

Tuesday 13 October 2009

SUDDENLY ...

... you fall in love with something and couldn't explain it.
Do you know, what I mean?

Sunday 11 October 2009

NACH8


As I'm looking for a new piece of furniture from time to time I stumbled about this Berlin based independent label called Nach8 the other day. Above you may see what these guys assemble from oak wood or plywood panels combined with some bright coloured steel fittings ...

Nice,
n.

Pictures courtesy of Nach8/Jens Schwengel

HAMBURG ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PT. TWO

Just in case you ever intend to have a new, bright view on the city you live in why not take rather unusual places to live into consideration? An apartment located in one of the Mundburg-Towers is one of such unique places you can choose from here in Hamburg.

So I pretty much wonder what these spots in Argentina will look like? And why not kicking down a small battle on architecture? Should be fun ...

n.

Thursday 8 October 2009

CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ ...

Cumpleaños Feliz,
Te deseamos a ti,
Qué los cumplas en tu día,
Qué los cumplas feliz.

Friday 2 October 2009

HAMBURG ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PT. ONE



Every time we take a walk down the canal that slowly flows next to our apartment we pass by these five floating homes. Since I like the combination of the classic houseboat idea and modern architecture a lot I would appreciate it very much if Hamburg's politicians would give way for more projects like this.

So if you are also spending some thoughts on where to move to next you may gather some good additional information here: http://www.hamburger-hausboote.com/

Ahoi!
n.

Thursday 1 October 2009

SOMETIMES ...


... you need new inspiration or adventures. Found these days a new magazine called CUT which is published in munich. Unfortunately I missed the first issue, but like the second one very much. There might be a lot to discover for us tinkers out there ... ;o)

Sunday 27 September 2009

ERASE! START ALL OVER AGAIN!

Picture yourself sitting in front of a sheet of blank paper: Once you draw a line you already tend to erase it – starting all over again ...

This will go on for quite a while until you are happy with the result you've achieved. If – after various attempts – you are not going to be happy you will very likely also use some sources of inspiration to develop your idea.

A way which to me is absolutely okay since probably nobody will never be able to reinvent the wheel whatsoever! [Anyway you of course should be very sensitive on this issue – »Yes sir, very certainly, sir! I'll never copy anything, sir!« ;o)]

Well, all the above is part of a process which should be very common to all us designers out there and even though sometimes it's hard to find the right idea it's fun and the only one basis that applies to every kind of creative work we do ...

Now, if you are ever about to create a new logo here's probably one of the best résumés on recent logo-design (short, simple and quite much to the point) you may find on the web just in order to verify sketch.

So cross-check you work and keep on scribbling ;o)

SOME REED SWAYING IN THE WIND ...

Tuesday 22 September 2009

A BEAUTIFUL E-PAPER ...


... so here's a little "colour" for our "grey" desktops ;o)

Check out
castle magazin from good old munich ...

Thursday 17 September 2009

A BEAUTIFUL WALLPAPER ...

... should be used to decorate naked concrete! The result one will achieve when papering walls is a cosy home! Very simple!

But why is it that lately you guys don't show up with any decorative ideas for this blog nor leaving any comments!?

Come on you fools – life's too short for grey concrete only, is it? Bring in some colour again, please!

Cheers ...
n.

Tuesday 15 September 2009

HOLY CRAP!

Click here to have a big grin on Marc's odd sense of humour and get exited about what you can express by using a pencil and a watercolour set the way he does!

Thanks Marc!

SEASONS CHANGE!

Although the sky is tinted so blue days here in Hamburg are growing shorter and shorter! Very soon all the leaves will change their colour once before they start to fall!

But hey – there's no need to bow your head for it's only autumn not winter. If you are lucky there're some bright afternoons left before nasty drizzle comes ;-)

Thursday 3 September 2009

356 SPEEDOLINO ;o)

CHOCOLINO ;o)

Friday 28 August 2009

VIENNA REVIEW

Uploading some impressions from sunny Vienna to AGDO was on my agenda all the time! Now I'm glad to announce that these pics are finally online ...

See you there ...
n

Thursday 27 August 2009

ART IN THE CITY




When you stroll through the Hafencity these days you will suddenly discover some large stacks of rusty containers – irregularly arranged and beautifully lit. A faint smell of a hearty BBQ will be in the air as well as some subwoofers will be pumping low. Finally you will learn that you are on subvision art festival.

For one week a good bunch of young artists are showcasing their work on 33.1 m³ each at this special site right next to the Elbe. Some works are really inspiring and it rather should be fun to meet up some friends having a small chat ...

Wednesday 26 August 2009

RAP IN THE CITY

While Jule is listening to a lot of Jazz recently I decided to have a closer look on Hip-Hop music again.

Since I wanted to see whether there is some progress in some artists careers I bought amongst others the latest records by Mos Def and B-Real two artists I used to listen to all my younger days.

I learned that they indeed were undergoing a certain development. But even though they for sure came up with two nicely-mixed records – to me their music is not that thrilling any longer.

Or is it that I simply like the older records so much more because they trip me down a dim memory lane ;o)

Make your mind up yourself – this is just if you like to ...

n.

Tuesday 25 August 2009

JAZZ IN THE CITY





What a sunny day. Have a look here ...

Saturday 22 August 2009

CONGRAT'S EVERYBODY!

22 August 2008 – the day we started this!

Thank you all for bringing this forth with all your contributions, ideas, shouts and love! It has been so much fun to me!

Looking forward to our next anniversary,
N.

Thursday 20 August 2009

... AND EVEN MORE!


Ok, then here's another post on graffity! It's a piece I found when we stayed in the Netherlands a few month ago. A piece – which even though it seems to be a commercial work – I pretty much like!
This dutch guy also has a quite nice portfolio ...

Enjoy ...
n

Tuesday 18 August 2009

GRAFFITI... SOME MORE.




Found them around town... the four previous were better...

Saturday 15 August 2009

4 4 N




For N, four artforms found on the street.