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Chicano Now! American Expressions

The eclectic and rich visual language of Chicano culture sets the tone for an exciting 5,000 sq. ft. traveling show of art, history and lifestyle. Included active supergraphic walls Inspired by multiple Chicano artists, the exhibit’s environment comes alive thru active graphics and interactive media For Wyatt Design Group and… Read more »

Electropolis

Graphics design as part of a major renovation of a 6,500 sq. ft. exhibit exploring the world of electricity, Mexico City. Dramatic color, typography and graphics Interactive demonstrations of the generation, transmission and distribution of energy in your home With Fricker & Radetsky

Color-coded Curbs

Wayfinding designers often employ color-coding to help organize information. But usually, such colors have no intrinsic meaning, only learned associations, i.e., the colors differentiating levels in a parking garage. Other colors have strong associations with expected or desired behaviors. Here we have both the learned meaning blue, for accessible parking… Read more »

Public Message Center

In the ever-increasing world of virtual information, web sites and apps, it’s nice to see and experience actual posted notices, flyers, ads posters, and other ephemera. And the color and slightly chaotic appearance adds much to the streetscape. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Sign for Reading (and Riding)

Bike racks come in all shapes and sizes, but this one is a call-to-action sign. The elegant READ BOOKS letters mounted in the plaza at Salt Lake City’s new library not only function as bicycle racks and invite you to read, but also form an engaging civic sculpture.

Big Structure; Small Info

It’s always good to present interpretive panels in protective and flattering enclosures, but this overbuilt structure in Oregon could house a family of four. Over 280 (!) linear feet of 12×12 timber, raftered roof system on a decorative concrete plaza – all to bring the visitor eight modest and monochrome… Read more »

Enough Signs?

Here’s a 3,000 sq.ft. two-store retail building in exclusive Newport Beach, California. We can’t even count all the signs degrading the humble structure — and the neighborhood. How many of the signs are strictly legal? Probably the freestanding pylon and two or three on the building. Another example of declining… Read more »