Typo Thursday
Recently, I found a magazine from 1950, a jubilee edition about "50 years of world affairs". Looking onto those ads one can see how dramatically our world has changed since then ... and how history...
View ArticleFriday food photo: pumpkin soup with sweet chestnuts
I spent a day in Luxemburg for my lecture and didn't make a single photo (which might illustrate how busy I was). But what I brought back home is a recipe, because I ate an ultimate version of pumpkin...
View Articleback home again
There were a lot of happy perfect moments during the last days, but I was on the road, mostly without internet. A photo shooting in Stuttgart, a visit in Ravensburg and a training in Ulm - and in...
View ArticleTravel log: Ulm
I know, travelling sounds like a lot of fun, but most of my journeys are work-related and not always easy. I just learned to use every free minute. And in Ulm, I was lucky enough to have the best guide...
View ArticleKunstkaufhaus
While I was away, I missed the first round of Ellen's'Kunstkaufhaus' (art store). Like last year, she had invited several artists and showed an enourmous amount of art work. And all for very reasonable...
View ArticleTypo Thursday
Even as a child, I loved the wrapping paper of mandarines. Some things don't change ...___Schon als Kind habe ich Mandarinen-Einwickelpapiere geliebt. Manche Dinge ändern sich nicht ...
View ArticleFriday food photo: Sweet potato spirals
Sweet potatoes are not only healthy, they have this incredible color. That's why they are one of my favourite dishes during fall and winter. For some extra fun, I used a radish cutter - I don't know...
View ArticleThis week on tumblr
Sorry, my last week kind of overran me completely, so for today just a few photos from my tumblr blog. Have a great weekend, everybody!____Tut mir leid, aber die letzte Woche hat mich komplett...
View ArticleSunday
I urgently need to rebuild my workspace for a new project, but it's always too much to do. While writing some questions down for tomorrow's interview about the "imaginary shop" I thought: why not have...
View ArticleMacro Monday
Today is the day I took all of my plant from my terrace into my flat. The first night they have to spend in my bathtub - so I can check whether unwelcome roommates try to get a cosy home over winter,...
View ArticleTravel log: Lautern
We have all those Romantic poets who wrote about the beauty of Germany. It took me a while to understand them, but during fall, when I see untouched and unspoiled landscapes, I definitely see the...
View ArticleTypo/ Pattern Wednesday
Over there at Michaela's lovely blog, Wednesday alway is pattern day. And this week's topic is typography. For me, letters always are patterns, because they create strong black and white structures....
View ArticleTypo Thursday: Arman
I love Arman's assemblages, but when we visited in Venedig the Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna (Ca'Pesaro/ International Gallery for Modern Art), they had the ultimate one: made in 1928 from...
View ArticleKitchen experiments: topinambur
I'm not patient enough for receipes, so I'm always cooking freestyle. I found topinambur on the market and tried to come up with an idea for topinambur fritters - which turned out to be very easy, fast...
View Article2 min Advent's season DIY
I'm - finally - renovating my workspace, so I didn't have time for any advent's decoration. This is what I managed today inbetween - I cut out some stars, put them onto vintage book pages and covered...
View ArticleBusy Sunday
I finished the first part of my workspace renovation. This is the only photo I took today - a little still life I made while putting things from here to there. Now I'm ready for this year's finish....
View ArticleTravel log: Ravensburg townscapes
Here are a few city impressions from my last trip to Ravensburg, the city. At lightmakesmusic you'll find beautiful photos from a castle which is called Ravensburg, too. ______Hier sind ein paar...
View ArticleMore letterheads
Ellen invited me to show some of my artwork during her second 'Kunstkaufhaus' exhibition next weekend, so I made some more of my 'letterheads'. I'm going to give another lecture on Saturday, but can't...
View ArticleNew illustrations
These are illustrations I made recently for a flyer about health (we won't use them, so without my blog, nobody ever would have seen them - one of the many reasons why I love blogging). My client wrote...
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