This past week, via Jason Alejandro of Made by Archetype, I was made aware of this wonderful creation which, in more than one instance, made me question the truthfulness of the reality that it presented. It is remarkable to see the work of someone who can manipulate softwares to generate such great work. If you have not seen it, give yourself 10mins of peaceful watching…
In my first night around Seville I made one significant stop (which was non-food related). I visited the Cathedral in Seville, final resting place of Christopher Columbus. Read the rest of this entry »
I arrived at Seville. I have to admit I was exhausted from the long travel, flying into Madrid and then, only 2 hours later, taking a train. Once here, I decided to get myself out into the old city. It was a two-fold strategy. I have never visited before and this might be my only chance to do so on this trip. My work schedule begins tomorrow morning at 9:00am. Walking around would also ensure that I would wear myself out completely to sleep through the night.
Of course, first thing is first. I have to hunt down some nice typography.
I am always surprised that more typography like this is not found in Puerto Rico.
Maybe I am the only person who finds this odd, but a young man searching to take care of older people… hmm, suspicious in my book.
Bar Europa. Strongly recommended by my father, mother and uncle. After enjoying it, I fully endorse their recommendation.
Small, cozy place.
Menu of this bar. It had some of the tastiest ham croquettes I have had in my life. (and if you know me, you are aware of my experience on the topic. jeje)
This past thursday 3M Company of Puerto Rico held a fashion show to promote some of their Post-it products. For the event, I was commissioned by my friend Lorna Ramos to execute the event’s decoration… all of it made out of Post-its.
This video documents, in under 2 mins, the 15 hours spent playing with squares of colored paper. For photos of the setup, see here.
I want to point out that frame after frame you will consistently notice the collaboration of Miguel Ortiz, a young architect with whom I am currently working on a series of projects. I also want to thank Lorna, Juan Carlos Rubayo, Denisse Rodríguez and Sofía Acevedo who came out to help.
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To make the video more interesting, I used the music track Again and Again by The Bird and the Bee. As of October 11, 2009, the official website of the band is offline and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine was not useful in accessing its contact information. I will keep trying so that I can ask for a formal permit to keep the song in the video. If it is not granted, the song will be removed immediately.
Recently I have been playing with a new toy that has me thinking I am Eadweard Muybridge. So far I am only playing to learn the features and its quirks (as in the timer is always on). Here a small peek into this morning’s sunset.
This group of Puerto Rican military personnel works to exterminate rats, and every other kind of rodents, via asphyxiating gases. From Puerto Rico Ilustrado, 1921, No. 582
During the past few days I have been pulling together a small amount of my photography. Today I am happy to share the publishing of http://photo.estudiointerlinea.com/.
I hope you enjoy the glimpse into one of the ways that I look at the world. You can count on updates as my next shooting adventures come along…
(from top left to bottom right: Cady Bean-Smith, Ryan Clifford, Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Lauren Waugh, Caroline Prietz, Marty Maxwell Lane and Alberto Rigau.)
In the lobby of the event, there was small setup with an iMac running the Photobooh application, so that we could take pictures with our friends to create a visual guest-book of the conference attendees (I so wish we had thought for our symposium last year).
It was a great conference on many accounts, but most importantly it gave some of us the opportunity to share with students and academics from other institutions.
Having learned my lesson during the Boston conference (where i did not take my camera), I can now tell a selected visual story of the event. If you are interested for a detailed account, see Louise Sandhaus’ blog where she has some very interesting and detailed notes of many of the sessions, panels, and lectures. Read the rest of this entry »
Armando Rigau holds a degree in Philosophy from Georgetown University. Currently he studies at the M.Arch. 1 program at the School of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University. Alberto Rigau recently completed his graduate studies in Design at the College of Design in NC State University. Currently he runs a multidisciplinary design studio in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
On Thursday October 8 2009 3M Company of Puerto Rico held a fashion show to promote some of their Post-it products. For the event, estudio interlínea was commissioned to design and execute the event’s visual language… of course, all of it made out of Post-its. —— To make the video more interesting, I used the […]
Alberto Rigau designed the commemorative object that was given to the recipients of the 2009 medals in architecture. Puerto Rico’s professional college of architects and landscape architects honors individuals and/or entities who are not directly related to the discipline of architecture but who have contributed to the field in a way that can be evidenced [. […]
Alberto Rigau was recognized by Marvin J Malecha, FAIA and Denise Gonzales Crisp for his contributions to the NC State University College of Design community. He was recognized for his roles as a T.A., a teacher at the College’s Design Camp for aspiring design students, as a designer for the Student Publication and for the […]
