KLAUS. Dispatches from the GSD – 75 years of design

In September, during the Alumni Weekend at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the exhibition “Dispatches from the GSD: 075 Years of Design” was officially inaugurated. In the GSD Website you can find all the information regarding the events that took place.

Happy World Architecture Day 2011 ["happy", he said...].© Klaus

I want to bring attention to one of the guests, Klaus. His drawings and some of his writings we have found particularly interesting on his blog (which I recommend, is very good). For some more info and a few pics (including the stand where some of the cartoons from this blog are exhibited) you can scroll down or just click here.

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About

KLAUS was born somewhere in Western Europe at some point in the mid seventies. For some years, he suffered from a syndrome called architecture, from which he has not yet recovered. Showing an early passion for drawing, he was introduced to comic books at a young age by his family and educators, to their later regret. As an illustrator, Klaus has always believed in the importance of having a distinctive style, which explains why he has been systematically copying the styles of the most distinctive comics artists, such as André Franquín. Only his complete lack of success in doing so has prevented him from being effectively sued for plagiarism. Klaus’s works in this blog show a clear improvement in this sense.

In his words: "this time he will be sued for sure". In his words, "this time surely there is demand." Although not the first time the judges give reason to the "reinterpretation", as with many artists of the 1970s. Klaus luck and Congratulations, great works!, Pointed hat!

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iGod. “The magic of Steve was that while others simply accepted the status quo, he saw the true potential in everything he touched and never compromised on that vision.” — George Lucas.© Klaus

God Save the King [Steve Jobs, in Memoriam]. Steven Paul Jobs, February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011. © Klaus

Harvard Exhibition: Dispatches from the GSD – 75 years of design (Some Klaus inside)

Harvard Exhibition: Dispatches from the GSD – 75 years of design (Some Klaus ins

Harvard Exposición: Dispatches from the GSD – 75 years of design (Reprise). © Klaus

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. Klaus

Klaus es un dibujante frustrado que vive en un viejo castillo en Europa, subiendo intermitente sus caricaturas en el Blog de Klaustoon desde 2009. Para su sorpresa, su obra se publica a menudo en las publicaciones de arquitectura: como The New City Reader, Aequus, eVolo (In)forma, Clog, (Dis)Courses, Harvard Design Magazine, The Harvard Satyrical Press, MAS Context, Conditions, Studio, Project International, or Volume. Además, también ha expuesto en lugares como: Barcelona, Cambridge, Chicago, Londres, Nápoles, Nueva York, Portimao, o, el que es más importante, la cantina de OMA. Actualmente, se publica una caricatura mensualmente en la sección "Klaus’s Cube" de la revista uncube y aún le debe dibujos a Sanford Kwinter. Él no es Rem Koolhaas.

Koldo Lus Arana

Koldo Lus Arana, PhD es arquitecto, urbanista y estudioso (Universidad de Navarra / IUAV / Harvard GSD), cuyos dos principales líneas de investigación son las interacciones entre la arquitectura y los medios de comunicación, y la Historia de Planificación utópica. Es autor de "Futuropolis", una historia de la evolución de la imagen de la ciudad futura, y su trabajo de investigación ha sido publicado en revistas como Menhir, Aequus, (Dis)Courses, (In)Forma, Lars: Arquitectura y Ciudad, URBES, Clog, Flow Platform o RA, así como los libros, como En busca de la Ciudad: Visionarios en los márgenes (2008), Ecological Urbanism (2010), o Once Upon A Place (2013). En la actualidad es profesor de Teoría e Historia de la Post-Guerra y Arquitectura Contemporánea en la Universidad de Zaragoza (España).

Published on: November 18, 2011

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