2021 was a serious, heads down kind of year. Our studio has been involved in many projects across the country and world. We feel grateful that our work has contributed to activating spaces and bringing people together in an extraordinary time of uncertainty.
We are thankful for the trust our clients, collaborators and students have placed in us. We are fortunate to be surrounded by optimistic people who believe in the future of creativity, beauty, craft and the power of shared public space.
We are excited to share an update on things before taking a break for the New Year … the making of magical things in complex times, the many lovely and talented people involved, the extraordinary materials and colors, the space, the light, the sound. We wish you the best in the new year!
Cheers, Jason & Nataly
JUST COMPLETED \\
COSMOS:A dynamic shade canopy that fosters pedestrian interactions and establishes a lively collective focal point in Sunnyvale, CA. image credit: Matthew Millman
ORBITAL:A contemporary garden folly, exploring geometric and material exuberance located at the Uber HQ public space in San Francisco, CA. image credit: Matthew Millman
RADIANCE:Radiance is a new sculptural shade canopy inviting pedestrians to gather, play, and meet in the recently pedestrianized Patten Place in Chattanooga, TN. image credit: Karen Culp
CONSTELLATIONS:An immersive LED light sculpture animated by flowing patterns of light and shadow at UWF’s Center for Fine & Performing Arts in Pensacola, FL.
We were excited to be finally back in person for final reviews at the California College of the Arts! It is great to be engaging in discussions about design, architecture and art together again! Nataly and Jason will be busy teaching again in the Spring. Jason is also in the midst of planning a new Digital Craft Lab space in CCA’s new “Double Ground” buildings designed by the amazing Studio Gang.
We would not be able to do any of this without the incredibly talented and dedicated team of people working in our studio. To say it has been a “challenging year” is a serious understatement. After enduring stay-at-home orders and various shutdowns - we have somehow mostly stayed sane, healthy and hopeful.
Brian McKinney and Clayton Williams, in addition to both getting married this year, have been managing extraordinary projects near and far. Nat Abbott has been keeping our fabrication on track and our shop in shape. Carlos Sabogal is now leading our computational design efforts from his outpost in New Mexico. Chris Leo has been designing, making, crafting and dabbling with robots in his free time. Sam Higgwe has been visualizing our world using all the AR and VR tricks he can conjure up, Ki Schmidt has been busy with fabrication and assembling anything out of metal, while Eve Tobey has made some beautiful models and will be joining us full time in the new year! We also send out greetings to Valerie Tse who left us to pursue an MArch degree at UPenn in Philadelphia, and Lee Marom who relocated to NYC! And we cannot forget Tschumi …. our pet mascot! It has been a while since we have been able to give a shout out to them all!
THANK YOU!
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