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James Turrell – Place-making through Art

James Turrell

Visitors lie on their backs to enjoy the spectacular Turrell installation at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Looming overhead, the ethereal and mysterious light-based work dominates the museum’s huge atrium space. Serious art fans, families, hipsters – everyone finds something to enjoy as the light and colors slowly change, creating and… Read more »

Hot Dogs meet Light-emitting Diodes (LED)

Adding a touch of Times Square vibe, many of New York’s century-old street vending carts now feature animated LED signage. Apparently it’s not enough to be covered edge to edge in colorful product photos and static marketing messages. Up-selling, product line extension, attracting impulse purchases – the dancing electronic images… Read more »

Termite Tent or Public Art?

Its not Christo wrapping the Reichstag, but the large colorful wrappings deployed by exterminators could double as public installation art. These graphic tents not only enliven and decorate a sleepy street, they signal either that a house is in escrow or someone is fixing a bad problem.  

Idaho Falls Wayfinding

This historic Idaho city selected Hunt Design for citywide wayfinding. The assignment includes their popular zoo.

Big Letters, No Sign

big letters

Sometimes a sign needs only letters – no actual sign panel. Think Hollywood Sign. And these sets of large letters not only provide identification, they lend an artistic, even sculptural feel to the streetscape.   Armory Arts Center and Cisco Home, both in Pasadena

What time is it?

Beautiful decorative clocks once enhanced downtown streets across America. Many of these architectural-scale timepieces were installed in the public way by jewelry stores and served as advertisements for an adjacent business. But the streetscape was the beneficiary – the clocks provided intermediate scale between buildings and people and like awnings… Read more »