Nice: Lella Vignelli presents

We had the great opportunity to hear Lella Vignella speak of her great design work and philosophy.

Nice: Bedtime

The view of downtown Nice on our way back from Antibes.

Nice: Taking in the view

Tom, Marion, Silvano and John taking a deserved break.

Nice: Who are the people?

So far I have not mentioned the others here with me. Standing up we have Denise Lowery, Maureen Lynch, Elisabetta D’Affara, Petra Müller, Silvano Vidale, Greg Cunneyworth and Dan Pocock. The rest of us squatting are: Marion Digel, Elle Yoon, John Walsh, Tom Gloesener and Angela Haggman.

Nice: Antibes

What better way to celebrate the logo presentation than by going to a city on the Mediterranean Ocean? Armando, Cynthia, Petra and Beti, our usual drivers, took us to the city of Antibes where we walked around for a while, saw some incredible yachts, and ate mussels and french fries.
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Nice: Armando Milani presents

It was Armando Milani’s turn to present his work and design philosophy. He is clearly a master of metaphorical interpretations in graphic design.

Nice: My logo proposal

This was my logo proposal for the MAEGHT foundation. Having worked with architects for a while now, I really did not want to use the building’s architectural detail in a separate iconic manner. Instead, I brought the detail into the name of the foundation, creating more of a symbiotic relation between the foundation and the architecture.

Nice: Towards the first crit

After having done research at the MAEGHT foundation, it was time for work. Our project… create a new identity system for the museum, starting with the logo and moving out to cover all possible applications. Originally, we were all supposed to work on an individual logo, to later have one selected by the group and worked on by everyone. In the long run, we each ended up working on our own projects with our own logos.
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Nice: It’s working time!

Nice: St Paul

After some of our research at the MAEGHT, we went to the nearby town of St. Paul. I was betrayed by the sun yet again… cloudy, cloudy and more cloudy. Nonetheless, it was a great town.
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Nice: Our work place

Nice: Pretty

Nice: MAEGHT

As part of the project this week we have to design a new identity for the FONDATION MARGUERITE ET AIMÉ MAEGHT. As such, we went to document and research on site.
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Nice: The kitchen

This is the kitchen where Cynthia Milani cooks for us everyday. Ain’t it cool?

Nice: Moulin des Trois Arcs

This is the setting for this Dialogues in Design experience with Massimo & Leila Vignelli and Armando & Cynthia Milani. This is Armando Milani’s home in France which he calls Moulin des Trois Arcs because of three arcs that supported an old aqueduct system that ran through the property in the 1500′s…
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Nice: Getting acquainted

The second day was about meeting the people, seeing Armando Milani’s home for the first time, and meeting the chicken who keeps the water for us… ;)
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Nice: The vicinity walking left

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Nice: The vicinity walking right

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Nice: Exploring around

Upon arrival, my room was not ready so I decided to do a small walk around to see what was around. Honestly, I thought we were closer to Nice in a way that would allow me to visit the city, but such was not the case.
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You know you have arrived when…

You know you have arrived when you are told you have to carry all of your luggage up these stairs… and 15 mins later, when you explore through the hotel, you realize that you had another option that was easier and shorter… ;)

Row, row, row your boat

Photos from Madrid, Spain

And so the sun betrays me yet again. After a few days of anticipation, I finally arrived to Madrid, only to experience 6 days of grey cloudy skies. My original intentions of spending my time there making beautiful photographs had to be tweaked a little… Here a first sample of some of the images made…

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Catching Up: Studio Life

A little bit of fun while we counted down to final review with Marty Maxwell Lane, Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Sam Kim and our temporary studio mate, the air conditioner.
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Catching Up: Representation

My concept map on representation.

Catching Up: Blog Scalability

As part of the independent study, I had understand how to scale a system such as a blogging platform across the NC State curriculum. This chart presents one of the proposals suggested for a possible implementation.