Studio Laucke Siebein

Studio Laucke Siebein is a design studio based in Amsterdam and Berlin. Its focus is on creative strategy, dynamic identities, graphic, book and web design within the scope of cultural and commercial projects.

http://www.studio-laucke.com/

Up, Down, Left, Right: A Brief History

Robert J Finkel

The image of the arrow is nearly everywhere we look. It suggests and controls the movement of information, people, and machines. However, the use of the arrow as a symbol is believed to be less than four hundred years old. These booklets encapsulated a historical narrative about the arrow compiled from a a variety of sources. They were displayed on a table in the gallery and could be picked up and read alongside the work providing historical context to the other pieces in the show. They also doubled as a takeaway for visitors of the show.

Robert J. Finkel is a designer in the broadest and most specific sense of the word. He was born in 1980 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology concentrating in cultural anthropology and sociological theory. He is also a graduate of the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2011 he received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Florida where he studied graphic design.

http://robertfinkel.com/

 

OK-RM

OK-RM is a London based design studio founded in 2008 by Oliver Knight & Rory McGrath. Working with a broad range of clients from individuals to institutions, the studio has a project specific approach allowing for a highly varied output that encompasses visual identity, publication design, art direction, editorial and digital projects. The studio’s methodology is built on an objective to communicate the intrinsic attributes of each commission through well-crafted, thoughtful and direct solutions. A grounding in conceptual thinking and a distinctive language based typographic approach is essential to the studio’s practice.

http://www.ok-rm.co.uk/

Rosario Florio

http://www.rosarioflorio.ch/

Povilas Utovka

http://www.povilasutovka.com/

Autumn Intrusion

Heatherwick Studio

Harvey Nichols, a renowned department store in Knightsbridge, London, commissioned the studio to produce an installation to celebrate London Fashion Week 1997.

The building dates from the 1880’s and is a well proportioned example of its style of architecture. Known for the quality of their shop window displays, these do not normally relate directly to the building within which they sit.

The studio considered the building façade as a whole, not as twelve separate shop windows. The installation was a single 200m long, veneered wooden element, woven through the façade and rising up the building, engaging with both the architecture and the street.

The installation, named Autumn Intrusion, took a studio team of makers six months to construct and was in place for eight weeks. The structure is a composite of wood and polystyrene, making it both lightweight and strong.

Heatherwick Studio exists to make extraordinary projects happen. Established by Thomas Heatherwick in 1994, it is recognized for its work in architecture, urban infrastructure, sculpture, furniture design and strategic thinking. Team members come from disciplinary backgrounds that include architecture, product design, model making, fabrication, landscape design, fine art and curation.

http://www.heatherwick.com/

Studio EMMI

Studio EMMI is a graphic design practice established by Emmi Salonen in 2005. They design identities, websites, catalogues, books and other printed matter. Over the years we have developed a strong track record and a long list of happy clients from the worlds of art, culture, commerce and academia. Said clients come in all shapes and sizes, but they are all brands with vitality, passion and direction.

http://www.emmi.co.uk/