Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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