1 Jan 2012

on love _ a farewell to eva zeisel








my all-time hero, hungarian-born designer eva zeisel
passed away two days ago, on december 30th 2011,
at the age of 105.
she's one of those people i've wanted to meet, hug
and tell how much i loved.
i can't do that in person any more
but i've done it numerous times in my imagination.
her life and thoughts on beauty and design
continue to be tremendous inspiration to me.
travel safe, eva!

article on nytimes.com
pics from latimesbrooklynmuseum and gettingatattoo.
both photos of eva by talisman brolin.
quote taken from the section love
in her book, eva zeisel on design (the overlook press, 2004).

(on a different note, in hope of getting a few more hungarian readers
in addition to the now approximately 20 daily visits, from now on, i'll also try and write my blog
in hungarian, my mother tongue, all the while keeping english as the main lagnuage.
we'll see whether it will work out.)

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nem vagyok a szavak embere, de mostantól megpróbálok magyarul is írni,
azzal a nem titkolt szándékkal, hogy esetleg magyar emberkék is olvassák a blogomat,
mert az az igazság, hogy a magyar olvasottságom igencsak gyér.
meglátjuk, van-e értelme, remélem, hogy igen.


legnagyobb példaképem, a budapesti születésű new-yorki designer,
zeisel éva tegnapelőtt hunyt el, 105 évesen.
élete és könyve, az on design, nagyon nagy hatással
voltak/vannak rám. komolyan úgy gondolom,
hogy oktatni kellene ezt a könyvet a design-iskolákban.
isten véled, éva néni!


 (linkek az angol szövegben)


u.i.: nagyon boldog új évet kívánok mindenkinek!

13 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing eva zeisel's work, i didn't know her.
    And I think it's a great idea to write also in hungarian, hope you'll get lots of hungarian readers!! Maybe I had to do the same with my mother tongue in order to get more french readers ;)
    xoxo

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  2. Thanx for sharing.. Want to wish u all the best 2012!
    Hugs
    Hanna
    ..and thank u for all inspiration trough 2011;)

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  3. Thank you! And you are welcome. :) :)

    Florence... yes, maybe you could do that... i'm actually curious if i'll get a lot more readers or not... we'll see. :)

    Hanna, thank you, soooo much, you are so sweet! I wish you a wonderful year, too! :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  4. She's one of my heroes too, and I didn't know she had died. Such an extraordinary woman and gifted designer. A real pioneer! She will be missed (but I'm glad God gave her extra time on this Earth).

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  5. Justine, yes, she was a pioneer, the first industrial designer... yes, it's a blessing we had her for so long.

    xoxo
    agnes
    :)

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  6. Wow, that is really amazing. I've always loved ceramics. I think anything you have to physically create with your own hands, has soul in it as opposed to having something mass produced by a machine. Handmade things are worth every penny and some of them are priceless.

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  7. I agree, Jay, I love ceramics and handmade things, too. :) Though she made most of her works for mass production, her design process was very, very hands on, i think... she would first cut her design out of paper to refine the silhouette, then she would make clay models, refining those over and over until she would arrive at what she liked... how different is that from using CAD!

    xoxo
    agnes
    :)

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  8. Hey Agnes - she looks so lovely and her work is great - it is always so sad when great talent and people you care about passes.
    Hope 2012 brings you joy and happiness - thanks for such an awesome blog - can't wait for more inspiration from you:)
    Axxx

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  9. Thank you yo much, sweet Anya!!! :) :)

    hugs,
    agnes
    :)

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  10. thank you agnes for this post! I love her works.

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  11. :) thanks, m., i'm glad you do too.

    xoxo

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  12. Oh my, yes, she was such an amazing lady. I recall first discovering her after purchasing one of her beautiful pieces as a wedding gift for a friend of the family... such a talent :)

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  13. :) :) :) And the other day, while I was travelling to work, I was thinking how she was already walking the streets of Budapest a hundred years ago... and what it might have been like.

    xoxo
    :)

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