Zeitgeist Studios

About

“Zeitgeist”, meaning simply, “spirit of the times”, was the inspiration for our collaborative website. We felt a need for a website that brought unique, talented individuals, like yourself, together; to share ideas, showcase each others work and learn something new each day.

Our website acts as hub to form associations with other creative companies and individuals throughout the world. This collective is made up of architects, artist, musicians, writers, fashion designers, builders, and more, each sharing ideas, designs and projects.

In a fast paced global society we foresee a need for advanced concepts while protecting the art of living. Thus we feel that online collaboration with an international community is key to that success. We hope you like what you see, and would love some feedback!

Tyler J. Barnard

Co-Founder, Publisher, Editor, Architectural Designer

In addition to Zeitgeist Studios, Tyler maintains his own freelance company, Analog Design Studios, which has provided architecture and design services since 2006. As a recent graduate of the Master of Architectural Design at The Bartlett in London in 2009, Tyler is heavily influenced by his recent graduate work dealing with our current addiction to media, technology, and its resulting disconnect in our current world. Some of his recent video work can be found here or by checking out his website.

Tyler is currently sitting for his Architectural License in Chicago, IL. He has had 7 years of experience in architecture, working in Colorado. His portfolio includes a diverse range of projects, including high-end residential, retail, and commercial. Experience also includes several years of general contracting on high-end custom residential.

In addition to Architecture, Tyler has a vast experience in web site design, graphic design, photography, furniture design, and book creation.

If you are interested in hiring Analog Design Studios, or have a collaborative project for Zeitgeist Studios, please contact us.

Valter Foschini

Co-Founder, Publisher, Editor, Architect

In addition to Zeitgeist Studios, Valter is a part another partnership called The Art of Living, which was formed in 1998 with Martina Foschini. As an international couple they spend their time living and working in the US, Brazil and Germany. Current Valter is working on a Film festival in Berlin, Germany called the Radical Frame. The festival deals with progressive, leftist, radical, anti-racist, experimental, and visionary films that address issues including, but not limited to, the environment, human rights, social injustice, anti-globalization, etc…

As an Architect, Valter has over 20 years of experience in architecture and urban development, working in New York, Florida and Colorado. Licensed in New York, Denver and Brazil, his portfolio includes a wide range of project types and scales including high-end residential, commercial, retail, health-care, recreational, governmental and city planning.

If you are interested in hiring The Art of Living, or have a collaborative project for Zeitgeist Studios, please contact us.

Past and Current Collaborators

Lauren Sabel

Chief Editor, Writer, Professor
Lauren is currently living in Chicago as a professor and full time writer. Lauren loves to travel, and is known for her adventurous spirit. You can find her with her at a cafe with her nose either in a book or furiously typing away.

Jim Tze-Chun Wei

Architectural Designer, Collaborator

Born in Taiwan, Jim is currently working in London after graduating with his MARCH in Design at The Bartlett, UCL. Jim’s goals were not to become and architect but his path has continued there since finishing his Bachelor degree in architecture. In order to go abroad and continue his architecture career he built a tea pavilion for his parents in-trade. Jim also spent a year in the Taiwan Marine Corps for army service before coming to the UK.

Gretchen Jones

Fashion Designer, Collaborator

Designer Gretchen Jones’ rural, western roots bring inspiration from the organic and natural, while her musings linger from the romantic 1970s aesthetic. Based on minimal and conceptual art principles, MothLove is ethereal and sexy in its very simplicity.Bohemian in lifestyle and design, Jones aims to create collections that beg to be worn and fallen in love with…

While noted for its luxurious but minimalist aesthetics, MothLove consciously creates modern and sustainable designs. In addition, nearly all Jones’ fabrics are environmentally conscious. Each collection includes organic cottons, silk, bamboo and soy blends, with low impact & natural dye processes.

Effortlessness is the trademark, purity is the design and conscious is the production- MothLove re-defines.

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You can find Gretchen working on a her record collection, daydreaming about rides on a 67′ BMW R60/2 600, contemplating the metaphysical, playing with her long hair, wearing pretty lingerie, working too late, trying to eat healthy and somehow, always wishing she was sun bathing by the river…Mostly in her mind, and sometimes outside of her studio.

Rebal Knayzeh

Architectural Designer, Collaborator
As an architect, considering the space of action is vital; as a global nomad, the space of the narrative is essential. Maintaining interest in both spaces, Rebal works with www.3plus1collective.com on design projects of different scales and in different mediums from building to film (spaces of action and spaces of narrative)

Rodrigo Pantoja

Architect, Collaborator

Rodrigo was born in Mexico. Rodrigo was trained as an architect in the USA and Greece. Then, he chose to learn the counterpart of the architect’s education as an intern in Shigeru Ban’s office – Tokyo, Japan. After his undergraduate education, he worked as an intern architect at Wiel Arets Architect & Associates in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

These experiences helped Rodrigo understand techniques and standards only passed through generations of apprenticeship and “doing”. Studying, living and working abroad reaffirmed his academic interests and lead him to strive for innovation and experimentation his own practice. Therefore, he has the desire to learn from the world, to improve it and to enjoy it.

Currently, Rodrigo lives in Mexico, where several challenges such as poverty, lack of infrastructure, pollution, limited budgets and conformism. These are the realities, which are an obvious gap between my foreign experiences and the challenges that he faces as a young architect, college professor and architectural writer

Jaime Martin

Architectural Designer, Collaborator

Jaime Martin was born in Toledo, Spain in 1982. Interested in architecture since a very young age began creating models of historic buildings at the age of 14 and got his first semi-professional project in 1999 for the Toledo’s Circle of Art.

Studied at ETSAM 2000-2006, finishing the Graduation Project in March 2008 and thus gaining the title of Architect (BSc+MSc under EU Bologna Process). During this time he became interested in structures and construction, taking part in most of the complementary subjects available to extend the knowledge on this field.

Took part in UCL MArch 2008-2009 trying to balance the previous “too technical” education. MArch is a different approach to architecture, where any concept related to architecture, technology, design or even biology are analyzed and used to create a variety of outcomes (architectural or otherwise).

Work experience 2004-2007: as an assistant in an architectural office, dealing mostly with housing, some minor competitions a major competition.

Other education: Toledo Conservatoire of Music, on the instruments classical guitar (main) and piano (complementary) 1991-2000.

Erin Donnelly

Artist, Interior Designer, Collaborator

Erin is a painter, art teacher and designer currently living in the Shenandoah Valley. She misses the urban art scene but loves the fact that she can start a community garden in her own large backyard.