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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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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. 

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. 

Hamburg
#filmphotography #filmisnotdead #analog #hamburg #photography

14.02.2026 09:15 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Let it collapse.

13.02.2026 11:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Which year was the photograph taken?

08.02.2026 10:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Man sammelt hierzulande höchstens Schlagzeilen.
Die Schäden bleiben bei denen hängen, die keine sind.

08.02.2026 09:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

06.02.2026 22:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

06.02.2026 22:20 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FRAU IN BLAU - OHNE STROM UND INTERNET Stream FRAU IN BLAU - OHNE STROM UND INTERNET by Mariola Brillowska on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

Mariola Brillowska aka die Frau in Blau hat bei mir etwas repariert. Danke!

m.soundcloud.com/mariolabrill...

#spokenword #poetryaudio #soundpoetry #germanpoetry #voiceandtext #soundcloud #audioart #mariolabrillowska

06.02.2026 19:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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 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.

Black-and-white photograph of a square patch of dark soil placed directly on a smooth concrete floor inside a bright, empty interior space.

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

06.02.2026 09:06 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

05.02.2026 00:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@susannerell.bsky.social @spiritusloci.bsky.social

Thank you! It wanted to be a number.

03.02.2026 22:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

Could I please ask for a little help? Could you tell me what this figurative mark means to you?
#graphicdesign #graphic #signet #mark

02.02.2026 22:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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IS IT TIME FOR A NAP? IT'S ALWAYS TIME FOR A NAP!

In this context, I’ve also updated this highly irrelevant but fun side project from over 10 years ago: isittimeforanap.com

02.02.2026 15:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The beauty of death.

01.02.2026 14:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Das wird wohl erst zum Ende des Jahres sein.

01.02.2026 10:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Danke!

01.02.2026 10:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

My daughter in Copenhagen a few years ago.
#copenhagen #denmark #photography #portraet

01.02.2026 10:27 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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.“

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.“

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

01.02.2026 09:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mehrstöckige helle Hausfassade mit stark verrußten Bereichen um mehrere Fenster; zwei Fenster sind ausgebrannt und ohne Scheiben, schwarze Brandspuren ziehen sich vertikal nach oben. Davor kahle, überwuchernde Äste, im Hintergrund ein heller Himmel.

Mehrstöckige helle Hausfassade mit stark verrußten Bereichen um mehrere Fenster; zwei Fenster sind ausgebrannt und ohne Scheiben, schwarze Brandspuren ziehen sich vertikal nach oben. Davor kahle, überwuchernde Äste, im Hintergrund ein heller Himmel.

01.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

(2/2) Bei dem Feuer starben zwei Menschen. Wir anderen konnten das Haus entweder allein oder mit Hilfe der Feuerwehr verlassen. Und manchmal frage ich mich, ob ich traurig darüber sein darf, dass ich nicht in „meinem“ Bett schlafen und nicht an „meinem“ Tisch sitzen kann.

01.02.2026 08:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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)

01.02.2026 08:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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.

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.

@fotoapp.co now has a public profile-sharing link. Here is mine:

the.fotoapp.co/jnswndlf

#photography

28.01.2026 08:05 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The sculpture, the space, the light, the shadow, and the photographic distance carry equal weight. None explains the others. The object becomes precise, the shadow becomes unstable, the room becomes a stage. Meaning emerges in their balance from how form, space, and light are held together. Love it!

24.01.2026 11:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

www.photoarchivehamburg.com

24.01.2026 08:22 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

That's a fantastic book cover.
#madelinecash #books #cover #design #graphicdesign

21.01.2026 22:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If they have no brains in their heads, how can they ask?

19.01.2026 22:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

19.01.2026 21:09 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

House 6
When the solution is more complex than the problem itself.

#architecture #minimalism #mockup #conceptual #photography #PaperModel #ArchitecturalModel

14.01.2026 23:14 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

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

14.01.2026 23:11 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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.

Chair 2
How little use must an object have before it can be given a name?

#design #furnituredesign #prototype #mockup #photography

14.01.2026 12:04 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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