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Boston Public Library New Wayfinding: Unveiled
Please join us on Monday, June 16 at 5:30 to learn about the new wayfinding program we’ve been working on for the BPL. I will be speaking with Bob Lowe and Nathan Hall of APCO Signs. The event is being hosted by SEGD Boston and will include a tour of the new wayfinding program, as well as the amazing art & architecture at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in historic Copley Square. This event is free and open to the public.
Go Red Sox!
If we have to work during Opening Day at Fenway, at least we have ice cream.
East Boston Public Library in the Globe
If you read the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe this past weekend, you may have come across the article about the new East Boston branch of the Boston Public Library. Arrowstreet Graphic Design served as the environmental graphics consultant to William Rawn Associates. We designed the engraved pavers, mentioned in the article, along with the interpretive panels in the library’s stormwater garden. I attended the opening of the library with my family this past November where my son examined the finished product. Thankfully, it passed inspection.
ArrowstreetLive at the SMPS Awards Gala
I recently had the pleasure of attending the SMPS “Recognizing Outstanding Communication” (ROC) Awards Gala to see the best of the AEC industry’s marketing material for the year. Among the nominees this year in the Website category was ArrowstreetLive – incidentally, the only blog among the nominees! The submissions were undeniably inspiring, and we were honored to be included among such company.
Yulia Brodskaya’s Papergraphics
In my constant search for new forms of inspiration, I recently came across the artist Yulia Brodskaya who creates innovative papergraphics using thin strips of paper to make intricate, mesmerizing illustrations—a process also known as quilling….
New Graphics at the Seaport World Trade Center
Over the past year, Bob Lowe and I have been working with Pembroke Real Estate on a new environmental graphics program for the Seaport World Trade Center. In addition to other changes happening around Seaport Place, Pembroke Real Estate wanted to breathe some new life into the 98 year old building. Along with new banners, awnings and tenant signage, the heart of the program will include nods to the pier’s rich history…