Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks :-) Amities Philippe > Le 28 nov. 2018 ? 12:14, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > > Merci Philippe! Just to answer your question about the name: ?Polin? is > the Yiddish word for ?Poland?. It was chosen as the name of the museum > since Yiddish was the main language of most of Poland?s jews before the > Holocaust. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 28 Nov 2018, at 10:24, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> Last one is my favorite too - it is visual evidence that you can be both >> a successful designer, and a winner when it comes to finding your >> matching clothes by touch, half awake in the dark ? >> >> The architecture smacks of Gaudi, lovely lines overall. >> >> And congrats to the Chief Economist! :-) >> The XE-2 rules in his hands. >> >> OTT : Is ? Pol-in ? an echo sent back to Br-exit(eers) ? >> >> Keep documenting and sharing >> >> >> Amities >> >> Zubrowka-ly yours, Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 28 nov. 2018 ? 10:12, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a >>> ?crit : >>> >>> Every two years, our office sponsors an award for the best industrial >>> design by a European company. There are two categories: one for small >>> companies, and one for large ones, plus a lifetime achievement award to >>> an eminent designer. This year we are held the event in Warsaw >>> yesterday, part of the celebrations of the country?s 100th anniversary >>> of independence and hence also the 100th anniversary of the Polish >>> Patent Office. The venue was at first sight a bit curious: POLIN, the >>> magnificent museum of Jewish history, at the heart of what was Warsaw?s >>> ghetto until 1943. What does POLIN have to do with designs? Nothing in >>> particular, except that it is a fantastic building, and also, like many >>> museums, it is always looking for additional income sources, and making >>> its auditorium available for this kind of event is one such source. It >>> was a very nice event, and here are six images from the ceremony. >>> >>> The lobby of the museum: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RXWh4z2/A >>> >>> Colours and shapes: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QDCZkjf/A >>> >>> The event gets under way, moderated by professional moderators: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rcS3LrS/A >>> >>> To kick things off, a video about the value of industrial design is >>> played, including a short blurb from yours truly about the importance of >>> designs to the economy and to individual companies: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k8pVNw8/A >>> >>> The winner of the small company award, to my great pleasure, was a >>> Danish company that has designed a new kind of automatic self-service >>> automatic luggage drop-off for airports: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-x9bjVtH/A >>> >>> And the ceremony ended with a lifetime achievement award to a German >>> designer who has worked with some of best known companies in the world, >>> such as Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Lufthance and numerous others: >>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WgxbzQK/A >>> >>> This last one is probably my favourite image of the event. >>> >>> My week in Warsaw continues. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information