Tag Archives: Inspirations

Digital Fingerprints

January 17, 2012 – 8:00 am

During the development of Bothell City Hall the design team was charged by the Historic Preservation & Landmarks Board to relate our use of masonry to the historic brick facades of Downtown Bothell. These buildings were constructed at a time when bricks shared both structural and ornamental functions. The facades reflect an understanding of the [...]

By Cory Mattheis | Posted in Community, Observations, Projects | Also tagged , | Comments (1)

Paint Chips

October 4, 2011 – 12:04 pm

I used to collect paint color swatches from the local home center paint color display and arrange them on the floor by color. Once I’d collected enough I’d start to tear and assemble them, setting out to take something ubiquitous and off-the-shelf and give it new meaning. I’d always admired the way Marcel Duchamp, with [...]

By Mike Jobes, Principal | Posted in Art, Observations | Comments (0)

Miller Hull Short Film: Left & Right Brain Reviewed

September 28, 2011 – 11:54 am

A picture is worth a thousand words. The roots of this adage spring from the world of advertising a number of decades before Mad Men’s Don Draper launched his career on Madison Avenue in the 1960′s. If this adage captures the power of the two dimensional image, then what phrase most aptly captures the power [...]

By Jay Martin, LEED AP | Posted in Observations, Projects | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Putting the Public in Public Works

September 6, 2011 – 3:58 pm

I recently watched Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1962 film Red Desert set in hyper-industrial post-World War II Ravenna, Italy. The film’s characters are placed in close proximity to the industrial machinery of the factory landscape, living, loving and losing it among the awe-inspiring factory works. This nearness to the inner workings of the industrial infrastructure in the [...]

By Mike Jobes, Principal | Posted in Observations, Projects | Also tagged , | Comments (2)
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