HUSH

Pop quiz, hotshot…

Which sketch became the selected direction?

Behavioral psych >> Human rituals >> Elements of perception >> Design systems.

What’s the simplest unit we can design that can have the most impact on our audiences?

These are some studies from a mixed use real estate and transit project in which placemaking interventions will engender individual and communal wellbeing.

The more diagrams, the better. Always.

There are so many ideas that don’t get selected. But they still have value - for use the future in another context, or as learning input to get to the next, better idea.

Here’s a concept for an art installation on some islands in the Middle East seeking to celebrate the shifting sands (literally) of the environment by night, and providing some much needed utility in the form of a shade structure by day.

Actually: we never heard back from the client on this one. Maybe the award email is stuck in their outbox? 🤷‍♂️🤞

On 2024 we’re reminding the world of our firm’s sustainability challenge, and our framework for improvement…

Experience design, placemaking and site specific artwork - especially our niche area of practice seeking to strategical utilize creative technologies, new materials, and hardware - begins with an unsustainable bias. After all, we’re creating things and spaces from nothing, new to the planet, and some of those things use energy, have carbon costs and will likely be on Earth forever…

A few years ago this challenge became an opportunity - and an epiphany: we CAN improve our design and minimize our impact in collaboration with our clients. And, we can do it proactively and transparently.

Our framework and methodology is simple:

Uphold creativity while seeking to improve these three factors in every iteration of our designs:

- Energy Use
- Material Use
- Lifecycle

What is the optimal balance of these factors which allows us to maximize both creativity AND sustainability?

Now thats a worthy design pursuit. 🌍⚡️🪵🧠

First create jam of the year - and it’ll be hard to beat! Thanks to the team at .design.nyc
for showing off your work and explaining the history of the Standards Manuals we’ve had on our shelves for years. Very impressive - and you were dressed to kill!

If you are a motion graphics pro - with interest in designing minimalist, graphic systems - please apply, or tag a friend. We’d love to hear from you! Link in bio.