This is my life!The future is what you do with your own life. The ideas in our minds. Ideas we believe in and try to realize. Here are some people who had an idea, held onto it and managed to carry it out. They all contributed to the development of the Utopia Station as well as this magazine. ICAF ICAF International Child Art Foundation ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces ICAF International Comic Arts Festival ICAF International Capoeira Angola Foundation ICAF International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue ICAF Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation would like to thank each and every one of you very much! Ralf Hahne, Photodesigner. Studied in Dortmund Dortmund (dôrt`m  nt), city (1994 pop. 602,000), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a port on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. It is an industrial center in the Ruhr district. , worked in Berlin for many years and now lives in Munich Munich (my `nĭk), Ger. München (mün`khən), city (1994 pop. 1,255,623), capital of Bavaria, S Germany, on the Isar River near the Bavarian Alps. as a freelance photographer. Ralf contributed to the work of ICAF e.V. with his fantastic photos from the early stages onward--even though he is a very busy man. He is a photographer for advertising and architecture and has many projects in addition to ICAF. For instance he traveled to Vietnam Vietnam (vēĕt`näm), officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, republic (v), 128,400 sq mi (332,642 sq km), Southeast Asia. Occupying the eastern coastline of the Southeast Asian peninsula, Vietnam is bounded by China on the north, by Laos with a team of doctors from Interplast to document their work in pictures. Interplast coordinates medical doctors for free reconstructive re·con·struc·tive adj. 1. Relating to or characterized by reconstruction. 2. Serving to rebuild, restore, or correct the appearance and function of defective, damaged, or misshaped body structures or parts: plastic surgery for needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. children and adults who have nowhere else to turn for help. All of the pictures in this magazine were digitally reproduced by him. Thank you Ralf! www.hahne-fotodesign.de www.hahne-fotodesign.de/vietnam/vietnam.htm Mark Fandre, Online Consultant/Project Manager. Born in Rhineland, earned his first money as a designer in Berlin. He has now found his home in Munich and has supported many ICAF projects with his creative ideas and handy skills. Without Mark, many things would not have been possible. Thank you Mark! www.fandre.de Ruth Meros lives alternately in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest and Munich. She took over one of the most important of the ICAF projects: She realized Utopia in Israel and thereby helped enable children to express their wishes for a more peaceful world Peaceful World is a double-LP by rock band The Rascals, which was released in 1971. In August of 1970, Eddie Brigati left the band, and guitarist Gene Cornish left the following month. . The children in that region demand a world without any borders, a message that is clearly conveyed in their pictures. Thank you Ruth! Rainer Janicki is the father of two children. A freelance copywriter and creative director for various German advertising agencies, he is also a founding member of ICAF, Germany. He spends all of his spare time on creating a better world for the children. And not all of it is spent on great and costly projects. Freedom and understanding start small, at your own doorstep. "Future only stands a chance if children develop an understanding for each other." Thank you Rainer. www.wonderworld-production.de Antje Tesche-Mentzen, painter and sculptor, lives in Munich, Venice and Hafendorf. She has made a name for herself with many exhibitions in Germany and abroad. In Munich she runs Germany's oldest school of painting for children. Her motto: A child's imagination is unlimited. It soars into realms that have long since become inaccessible inaccessible Surgery adjective Unreachable; referring to a lesion that unmanageable by standard surgical techniques–eg, lesions deep in the brain or adjacent to vital structures–ie, not accessible. See Accessible. to us adults. Children link the most incredible things with one another, as though doing so were perfectly natural and logical. Antje Tesche-Mentzen is a Honorary Board Member of ICAF e.V. Thank you Antje! www.antje-tesche-mentzen.de Peter Eduard Meier, who runs with his sister Brigitte the well-known and family-owned Eduard Meier Shoe Company in the 13th generation, is involved in a lot of cultural and social projects. He has an exhibition area in one of the most heavily frequented subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. stations in Munich, which he is happy to place at the disposal of ICAR "The exhibition in the Odeonsplatz subway station with pictures by children from all over the world, who took part in this competition, is a think-tank of the future. With the aid of our imaginations we can use them to learn how to transcend boundaries, destroy prejudices and develop alternative models to the sterile sterile /ster·ile/ (ster´il) 1. unable to produce offspring. 2. aseptic. ster·ile adj. 1. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. 2. virtual world of computers and the media. We want to use this action to give everyone, not just children, the courage and enthusiasm to participate actively in shaping the world of tomorrow". Peter Eduard Meier is a Honorary Board Member of ICAF e.V. Thank you Peter! www.edmeier.de Martina Borkner and Christof Feinweber are two freelance architects from Munich. They decided to help found ICAF e.V. because they were so impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: by the quality and diversity of the children's work. "There is a unique force in a child's fantasy which might be explained by the fact that there are no words to express those highly intense feelings. And it is precisely this loss for words which offers the opportunity to communicate beyond the limits of language and to understand and appreciate the hopes, wishes and fears of previously unfamiliar cultures." Thank you Martina and Christof! www.bft-architekten.de |
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