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19.12.14

selou fragt

warum

  • wird soviel urdeutsches oder jedenfalls den hiesigen klimatischen bedingungen gewachsenes gemüse, wie zb rote beete ( ♥ ), importiert?
  • hat man eine bessere schufa, wenn man in raten kauft?
  • gibt es im angrenzenden ausland fast nur ausschließlich tampons mit applikatoren?
  • ist glück und pech so ungerecht verteilt?
  • haben lesben und schwule so wenig miteinander zu tun, partys etc.?
  • gibt es in südeuropäischen ländern so viele pharmacies?
  • sind servicekräfte in deutschland fast ausschließlich weiblich und zb in spanien fast nur männlich?


translation

why

  • are there so many imports of german vegetables, eg beetroot ♥ )?
  • do you have a more positive schufa if you are buying on easy terms instead of one time cash?
  • are there nearly only tampons with applications available in the neighbouring foreign countries?
  • is luck and unluck distributed in such an unfair way?
  • is there no connection between lesbian and gays regarding party life etc.?
  • are there so many pharmacies in south european countries?
  • are waitperson (café/ restaurant...) in germany almost female only and eg spain almost male?

07.12.14

what has inspired you recently?

“what has inspired you recently?” was the question to a big group i was part of this week.
the truth is, i didn’t know an answer. no idea what was more surprising, the fact nothing came into my mind or i could be an inspiredless person somehow. by contrast the others mentioned interesting homepages, passed incidents with other people on their travels or some events in their daily life and work.
i thought and thought and really nothing came into my mind.
i was very relieved that i wasn’t called upon to say something. 
such a simple question and my mind is empty…

under the line i was just surprised.
in fact i feel inspired by a lot – from friends and good conversations, observations of others and their conversations, foreigners on the street, public transport, office, wherever… travelling, other cultures, museum, art, internet, tumblrs, good books, simple series, a lot of pictures, fashion… i could continue a few lines more.
but an answer to that simple question… mention something explicit “what inspired you recently” i still couldn’t describe that ONE inspiration.

during the rest of that one day, there were a lot of design presentations. i had time to think and time to do nothing. time to tapping around on my device, time to do some socialising and time to let inspire myself from design presentations. time. time at a moment i have no time.

time passed.

so many things became clear to me, what i should start doing and stop doing, what a great team and company i work with. what we can improve and how we can help each other with the richness of knowledge we all have in ourselves and different teams. what i want to change, what we have to change, what we should change… 

“what has inspired you recently?” 
i thought about that questions the last days too. i don’t know!
maybe i don’t understand the question right… is there a right understanding necessary at least?
what is inspiration? and regarding what at all?
please be more specific my answer could have been. typically german some colleagues would have thought. Am i maybe creativeless, inspiredless?  typically you some friends would have thought.
i am german, i am myself.

so and what has been inspired me recently now?
obviously the question “what has inspired you recently?”.

ha!

here a picture i found while i have written this article…

source

21.09.14

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vom suchen und finden,
mitternachtsspontanshopping
neuem schmuck und tiefenentspannten bekannten.
wochenendnachtregen und urban berlin.
liebe kommt und geht,
freundschaften überdauern.
party musik menschen,
tanzen.
bauchgefühle und verklemmung hemmung.
wo fängt schicksal an und verpasste chancen auf.
komplimente geschenke.
loslassen und sich finden,
gegenseitig.
von verallgemeinerung 
und reglementierungen.
deine meinung ist nicht meine meinung ist nicht deine meinung.
worte, wohltuend und so sehr verletzend.
was gesagt ist, ist gesagt.
von oberflächlichkeiten und tiefe.
sonnenbrillen.
gemeinsam einsam und einsam gemeinsam.
kommunikation und monolog. kommunikationsmonolog.
nerds. 
reden und nichts sagen.
die kunst des zuhörens.
nebeneinander, miteinander.
durcheinander.
schuldgefühl, nötig unötig.
time is running.
teatime.
ab wann ist man allein.
wann ist jetzt.
leichtigkeit und schwere.
leere.

16.09.14

spiegelspiegelanderwand

es ist in den berliner clubs inzswischen fast gang und gäbe, dass es auf den toiletten keine spiegel gibt. der große hat es vorgemacht, die anderen ziehen nach. freiwillig oder unfreiwillig (weil was nicht da ist kann auch nicht wieder kaputt gehen...). was beim großen vorzüglich funktioniert und einfach passt, nervt mich hin und wieder bei den anderen. naja, ganz manchmal auch bei ersterem...
es ist ja nicht so, dass ich unentwegt an spiegel denke. aber hin und wieder und gerade in klimatisch unbeständiger umgebung würde ich doch gerne mal einen kurzen check machen. check check. ich erwarte auch gar nicht viel, ein simpler kleiner spiegel reicht da völlig. ort muss auch nicht zwangsläufig auf der toilette sein, da bin ich sehr flexibel und unbefangen.
am wochenende war ich seit langem in einem von mir weniger stark frequentierten club. die toiletten, ein traum. klo, seife, waschbecken(!) und ja, ein spiegel (alles innerhalb der klokabine!). die ersten male bin ich noch durchgehuscht, dann gegen später habe ich es genossen. ich kam mir vor wie daheim. haare, augen, alles... lippenstift habe ich auch gleich mal nachgezogen. mir ist dann aber auch wieder eingefallen, warum vielleicht doch alles ganz gut ist wie es ist.





01.08.14


guess what one of my all time favorite color is.
for some things i will never feel too old and adult like.
and that's totaly fucking all right!



and if i could always get what i want
i would take one of such a drink right now!

26.06.14

that topic again...


as so often i'm ahead of time ;)

18.06.14

***

the day after tomorrow i will be off for my first so called future maps team off side. that means instead of working we all will go out for two days somewhere in the nature. very romantic in a castel next to a lake. 
everyone should bring any kind of map with a personal or whatever realtionship and talk about around 5 minutes. so i crap (gnihihihihi) ran through my old stuff, found some other interesting souvenirs of the past (i will show them maybe soon) and one old map i want to write about now.

it was end of 2007, i was back from hamburg to karlsruhe again, a shitty town in south germany, and just decided to break off almost everything and move to berlin. in december i flew togehter with a friend for a couple of days to barcelona. just beacause. there i found this map. a costless one. it's with a strong skater related thematic - and i like! everthing fits togheter perfectly, even the advertimsement. there is that map, very reduced and in an very interesting map design, nearly as sketched. from a cartographic point of view very courageous. bravery for a gap (i know that's obviously wrong english...*). anyway. i like the colors, the black and the saturated colors as a kind of accent. find the color story in the map, in the text and a little in the underground map again. at the first moment the small colored areas on the other side of the map look similar to a map key, but with a closer look you can see it's advertisement again. like that kind of interaction. 
summarized i can say it's an overall harmonic map design with that "bravery for a gap" regarding the map itself and no need to be always so serious. in one of the text is written "(...) tomorrow will be another day and the route will be different. enjoy it!!". so far. 

a few (unperfect**) photos attached:







* sorry for that in general(I have to improve!)
** today i want to be just unperfect
*** why i wrote this: it's my theorteical exercise for my practiacal presentation!

22.05.14

lost


lost one of my most favorite tops ↑ last weekend in the wood (and so much more...). wääääh!





(seems this LOSLASSEN is my new challenge... don't like!!!)

20.04.14

break



...because of live a little.