THE THROW AWAY SHOW #1

Ja Servus! While getting rid of unecessary stuff, I found these, they were made while at college.

MATIAS IS SEEING FREEDOM WRITERS FILM...

Freedom Writers. Awesome, powerful, uplifting film, based on a real life story. Another prodigy around us. Great music selection too (80's I reckon, jazzy rap vibes in it). Enjoy! ¡Saludos!
http://www.freedomwriters.com/

NIELS IS LISTENING TO THE NEW PRODIGY RECORD ...

... so what about you – are you ravin' or are you behavin'!?

;-) n.

I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE

I come across this office from time to time... do you recognize the brand? ¡Saludos!

WINTERZEIT #2

Wintertime on my everyday way to work...

DAMN YUMMY!

... it took us quite a while to figure out how to make a proper fresh pasta ourselves (the first few attemps ended up with way too thick and half-baked dough and a strong desire for a fatty Big Mac).

But as our last try was quite tasty it seems we are getting better slowly but steadily ;o)

Salute ...

WINTERZEIT #1

Brrrrh – freezin' cold but so beautiful it was – this morning's walk next to the river banks!

Much love from the Elbe ...

N+J

SOMMERZEIT #2

It's green but also it's vibranting deep blue. ¡Saludos!

SOMMERZEIT #1

Shiny, soft, fresh. My morning's little adventure: feeling the grass through my fingers.

IT'S SUMMER

After summer comes autumn, after winter comes spring, and I like this. I usually get tired by the end of each, and my anxiety calms down as the next one comes in. I'll try to explore this season on my comming uploads.

Maybe as a reminder of what will eventually come back to you once more, again a warm breeze and all is green, again different scents and different food, again the relaxed outfits and the sun, again the long evenings.

Maybe as a reminder to me, to enjoy (with less anxiety) this moment. Here and now.

¡Abrazo! (slightly sweaty, also with a summer scent you won't miss!, tranpiration ;)

PAST IN PRESENT

I came accross these hand-painted brands the other day. They reminded me of some of the images I often looked at as a child. These were probably left unchanged.

HAMBURG BREAKING NEWS

After one year of patience and many expensive taxi-rides finally we can reach Hamburg Airport quick and convenient using an eastbound suburban train ;-)

WILD THING

Into the Wild. You've seen it I reckon?. It's a great film. Good character performances, refreshing landscapes, and thrilling helicopter shots!... no, I'm afraid it doesn't have expensive cars, supermodels, or explosions though... sorry. It's a tragic story, but real and impressive. The above scene with its afternoon light was soothing. Even though it lacked expensive cars, supermodels and explosions!. ¡Saludos!
http://www.intothewild.com/

ELISENLEBKUCHEN

"Disappear... disappear..." just like the lyrics from the Australian band INXS, der wunderbar Sehr lecker Elisenlebkuchen mit Zartbitterschokolade was shared and gone! Another nice experience on the list, thanks to Simone, coming out of the Magic Box.
Hhhmmm... ¡Saludos!

VISIT OF A SOLAR LIVING AREA

I was wondering these days, what was happening in the city-center of Munich. Just in three days there was built a new house next to the cityhall.

Look here http://www.solardecathlon.de/

I AM A YES MAN!

Yes!, I wanted to see that film. Yes, I hope you'd seen it. Yes, I'd recommend it if you haven't done so yet. And yes it's one of the best comedy films I've seen in a long time, there's even a positive message in it, even if it's somehow only mentioned.

Yes!, the soundtrack is interesting as a reminder of the film, due to Munchausen by Proxy, a band depicted on the film, with a nice couple of songs such as Uh-Huh. Quite '80s. Sweet voice belongs to Zooey Deschanel, actress on the film, looking a bit as Meg Ryan maybe.

YES!, YES!, Yes Man, gets you wired just like a RedBull I reckon.

¡Saludos!

TODAY

Rainy, early, dark summer morning in the city, but the bakery is there, open, and there's some sunlight coming out!

Today's breakfast menu: Bread and Marzipan ;)

¡Saludos!

PS: There's a bit of Photoshop in the city's view... ooops... to try get a better exposure for sky and earth. Layers, layers, layers, what can images do without you?

THE MAGIC BOX

And along it came, on a magical day hard to forget. Wortlos, I can only thank you. But then I can say... watch out dudes!, you are gonna get what you give! ;)

First impressions: wonder, happyness, suprise. Life is ever surprising. Second impression: I though I was nuts, but now I see my friends are somewhat crazy too. Third one: the amazing and vibrating feeling of not knowing. And particularly in this case, not knowing what's inside. Fourth, handwritten wishes, memories, love. Fifth, Maaaarzipan! Genau!. Still more of theese to come... some new, such as the Elisenlebkuchen from Bavarian Nürnberg.

To both of you and to Simone, ¡un abrazo grande!, thinking of you, hope all is well.

Matias.

YOU LOOSE WHAT YOU DON'T HOLD™

Do you know this strange feeling that a present you just bought gives you when it's something so fancy that you would rather love to keep it to yourself?

To be honest, in case of this beautifully crafted felt pouch holding computer stuff such as a mouse or a power plug, excactly that feeling occured to me ;-)

But due to the the wonderful positioning saying: »You loose what you don't hold™« I suppose somehow it's ok ;-)

So if anybody is interested in buying some superb accessories for your Mac – these Austrian guys definitely will be able to supply them!

Check this remarkable website: http://www.hard-graft.com

YES, HE CAN!

Do to the given fact that from tommorow on hopefully there will be someone in charge who stands for »change« – here are two things to be mentioned from a designers perpective:

Amongst others Shepard Fairey and Robert Indiana, two of my favourite artist, did contibute their stuff to ManifestHOPE. 

An amazing collaboration of art can be traced here: http://www.manifesthope.com.

On http://www.vsapartners.com you shall be able find an inspiring interwiev in which Sol Sanders, CD of this Chicago based design agency, will give you some nice insights on the development of probably one of the mightiest brands in the world: Obama '08.

Enjoy and keep in mind: Yes, we can ;0)

n.