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Jens Windolf
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Born in Cologne. Raised in Berlin. I learned to love in Paris. Architect by training, designer by choice.

#photography #graphicdesign

Photography: www.jnswndlf.com
Graphic design: www.jenswindolf.de
Fotoapp: https://the.fotoapp.co/jnswndlf
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#photography #hamburg
Jens Windolf – Harburg - Photo Archive Hamburg
Harburg von Jens Windolf zeigt urbane Randzonen im Zustand funktionaler Erschöpfung. Industriearchitektur, Verkehrsflächen und Brachen erscheinen entleert, nicht spektakulär ruiniert, sondern beiläufi...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Hamburg
#filmphotography #filmisnotdead #analog #hamburg #photography
Close-up of a weathered yellow wall with a single window. The glass is dirty and fogged, reflecting pale sky and warm light; rust stains and screws frame the window, with a few bare twigs blurred in the foreground. 
February 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Even though Mariola Brillowska, alias Die Frau in Blau (The woman in blue), did not draw this picture as a portrait of me, it does resemble me.

#drawing #portrait #art #mariolabrillowska
Colorful abstract drawing of a human face composed of grid patterns and expressive lines. The eyes are red and green, the face is structured with pink and blue cross-hatching, and the features appear stylized, geometric, and slightly asymmetric.
February 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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A circle without function. A surface without promise. What looks like an interface refuses interaction. Design reduced to presence: neutral, silent, and deliberately closed. An object that does nothing and insists on it.

#design #objectstudy #mockup #stilllife #photography
Minimal white circular object on a small rectangular base, centered on a glossy white surface. The front appears smooth and closed, with no visible buttons, openings, or interface elements, photographed against a soft grey background.
February 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Mariola Brillowska aka die Frau in Blau hat bei mir etwas repariert. Danke!

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#spokenword #poetryaudio #soundpoetry #germanpoetry #voiceandtext #soundcloud #audioart #mariolabrillowska
FRAU IN BLAU - OHNE STROM UND INTERNET
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Soil
Romi Kröner, 2026

Two images, one operation. A charcoal field becomes a square of soil. What is abstract in drawing is executed in space. No metaphor—just material, framing, and displacement.

#drawing #pencildrawing #soil #conceptart #art #photography
Black-and-white charcoal drawing of a dark, roughly trapezoidal field with a lighter rectangular area in the center, showing strong texture and visible pencil strokes. Black-and-white photograph of a square patch of dark soil placed directly on a smooth concrete floor inside a bright, empty interior space.
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Concrete Seeds
Romi Kröner, 2026

A seed as a unit of growth under pressure. Nature translated into structure: aggregate, repetition, permanence. Growth beginning in resistance.

#drawing #pencildrawing #sketch #concreteseeds #conceptart #minimalism #texture #art
Pencil drawing on white paper. Two small, vertical seed-like shapes float near the top. Below them sits a dense, rounded cluster made of many short, repeated pencil strokes, resembling compressed material or rough concrete texture.
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Could I please ask for a little help? Could you tell me what this figurative mark means to you?
#graphicdesign #graphic #signet #mark
Abstract graphic of two dark-blue, curved ribbon forms facing each other on a white background. Each shape is composed of layered arcs, creating a sense of rotation, flow, and mirrored balance without forming a complete circle.
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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In this context, I’ve also updated this highly irrelevant but fun side project from over 10 years ago: isittimeforanap.com
IS IT TIME FOR A NAP?
IT'S ALWAYS TIME FOR A NAP!
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February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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My daughter in Copenhagen a few years ago.
#copenhagen #denmark #photography #portraet
Rear view of a person with blonde hair loosely tied up and secured with a small hair clip, looking out over calm water. Sea and sky blend softly together, with the horizon fading in the distance. The person wears a dark top; the scene feels quiet and contemplative.
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Respekt!
Ich wünschte, unsere Regierung wäre genauso eindeutig in ihrer Kommunikation. Aber wahrscheinlich wollen sie ihre Kundschaft nicht verprellen.

#Irmela-Mensah-Schramm #noafd #nocdu #beiderspdhabeichdiehoffnungnochnichtaufgegeben
Kampagne für toom Baumarkt. An einer verglasten Bushaltestelle entfernt Irmela Mensah-Schramm mit einer Handbürste ein Hakenkreuz von der Scheibe. Eingeblendeter Werbetext „Holzbürste 3,79“ sowie erklärender Text über das Entfernen von Hasssymbolen; unten das toom-Baumarkt-Logo mit dem Slogan „Respekt, wer’s selber macht.“
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Vor genau einem Jahr, letzte Nacht, weckte mich die Feuerwehr um 2:30 Uhr morgens, weil die Wohnung meiner Nachbarin in Flammen stand. Seit jener Nacht ist meine Wohnung unbewohnbar. Seitdem lebe ich mal hier, mal da. Vier Fünftel meines Besitzes waren Schrott. (1/2)
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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@fotoapp.co now has a public profile-sharing link. Here is mine:

the.fotoapp.co/jnswndlf

#photography
Screenshot of my foto profile showing some of my photographs. The images depict sober, carefully framed scenes: a sealed building façade, a beige desk telephone on a table, an industrial yard with a blue roller door and barbed wire, an empty basement room with ventilation pipes and boxes, a single striped chair against a wall, and a bathroom detail with tiled walls, a mirror edge, and a wall lamp. The visual language is quiet, detached, and restrained, focusing on everyday architecture, objects, and traces of use.
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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I am delighted that my ‘Harburg’ series will be included in the Photoarchiv Hamburg. I will share more information in February.

#photography #hamburg #harburg #industriallandscape #urbanspaces #periphery

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A grid of 16 photographs showing fog-covered industrial and harbor areas: empty roads, cobblestone streets, warehouses, silos, rail tracks, fences, cranes, and shipping containers. The scenes are quiet and desolate, with muted colors, damp surfaces, and low visibility, conveying an atmosphere of stillness, abandonment, and early-morning haze in an industrial landscape.
January 24, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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That's a fantastic book cover.
#madelinecash #books #cover #design #graphicdesign
Hand-drawn lettering on a pale yellow background reads “Lost Lambs Madeline Cash A Novel.” Below the text, a small illustrated girl with a red bow in her hair looks slightly startled, one hand on her chest. The drawing and text appear sketchy, as if done with colored pencil or crayon.
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Although it resembles a garage, it is an architectural feature. It is a facade with no street and a room with no purpose. The utility has been stripped of its function. It is a form that pretends to be neutral while making a claim.

#architecture #mockup #photography #PaperModel #ArchitecturalModel
White, minimalist structure resembling an open garage: a rectangular frame with horizontal slats on top, smooth paneled sides, and an empty interior. Inside, a small abstract wall-mounted form interrupts the otherwise bare, grey-toned space.
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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House 6
When the solution is more complex than the problem itself.

#architecture #minimalism #mockup #conceptual #photography #PaperModel #ArchitecturalModel
Abstract paper house model on a light pink background. Red walls with a blue-grey window frame. The beige roof is folded open, revealing the interior structure; one side of the house is open and hollow.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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This is the flag of Greenland. A tremendous flag. Really beautiful. Some people are saying the most beautiful flag anywhere in the world. Incredible design. Strong, simple, very smart. No reason to change it. Nobody does flags better than this. We should absolutely keep it. Believe me.
#Greenland
The flag of Greenland (Greenlandic: Erfalasorput or Kalaallit erfalasuat, Danish: Grønlands flag) was designed by Greenlandic politician Thue Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a counter-changed red-and-white disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe measures 6 parts; the disk is 8 parts in diameter, horizontally offset by 7 parts from the hoist to the centre of the circle, and vertically centered.
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Chair 2
How little use must an object have before it can be given a name?

#design #furnituredesign #prototype #mockup #photography
A small sculptural object made from folded ochre-colored cardboard, resembling a minimalist chair or architectural model, with vertical panel-like elements rising from the seat and a geometric cut-out at the base, photographed against a neutral background.
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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They describe their actions using the word for its opposite. This throws the language game off balance. Language no longer reveals anything here; it conceals. What cannot be shown should no longer be said.

#language #power #ideology #meaning #doublespeak #dysfunctional
January 14, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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@yannoehl.bsky.social I really enjoy your feed. Thansks for the reposts.
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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January 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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This object pretends to be functional, but refuses usefulness. A container that holds nothing, a mast without signal. Design reduced until meaning becomes unstable.
#design #minimalism #sculpture #conceptualdesign #object #form #geometry #abstract #studioobject #photography
White sculptural object on a neutral grey background: a simple rectangular box with an open top. From its center rises a vertical column, crowned by short radial rods forming a star-like shape. The object appears minimal, abstract, and non-functional, casting a soft shadow to the right.
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Hamburg today
#hamburg #winter
A building façade in Hamburg with barred windows is covered in long, vertical icicles, forming a frozen curtain. Leafless branches in the foreground are encased in clear ice, bending under the weight, while snow rests at the base of the wall.
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM