To commemorate their 25th anniversary, Luhring Augustine Gallery in New York has produced a new monograph of all their gallery shows and accompanying printed material since 1985. Throughout that period, partner Keith Helmetag designed numerous printed pieces for the shows of contemporary artists from Christopher Wool and Richard Prince to Rachel Whiteread. Congratulations to our friends at Luhring Augustine, and here’s to the next 25!
Partner Keith Helmetag was proud to see that the Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle exhibit at the Museum of Art & Design features two of Mike Flanigan’s A.N.T. hand-crafted commuter bicycles. Keith commutes daily from Carroll Gardens to our studio on an A.N.T. with the same Major Taylor-inspired truss frame featured in MAD’s current exhibit. And there is one piece of design innovation we can call our own: Keith collaborated with Mike to add a historic under-the-seat shifter (look above the rear wheel).
The firm’s work for the offices of Major League Baseball, a collaboration with MLB and architects Butler Rogers Baskett (BRB), appeared this week in the blog of Architects Newspaper.
The project was led by partner Keith Helmetag with Craig Gephart and Mika Owens.
A new permanent interactive exhibit for the Annapolis (MD) Maritime Museum, “Oysters on the Half Shell,” led by partner Keith Helmetag, opened to the public this week. A tasty article in Hometown Annapolis appeared today. From the article:
The exhibit focuses on the natural history of the innocuous bivalve crossostrea virginica and why it’s so important to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. It also celebrates the cultural history of the people who worked in the once-thriving oyster industry, either harvesting oysters or shucking and packing them at McNasby’s, which operated from 1919 to 1986.
The C&G Partners team for this project, which has been years in the making, has included Keith Helmetag, Daniel Fouad, Mika Owens, Brandon Downing, Justine Gaxotte, and Bob Callahan.
Our recent project for Yankee Stadium appears in the initial issue of segdDESIGN in 2010 with a six page spread entitled, “Yankees Go Home.” In the article, the Stadium’s signage, graphics, and museum are discussed from a vantage point about how our firm provided “context in another kind of American monument: the baseball cathedral.”
Read the article in full online and read past press about the Yankee Stadium on Fresh.
Our signage and wayfinding system for the RBS headquarters in Stamford CT, designed by a C&G Partners team led by Keith Helmetag and Amy Siegel, appeared recently in the New York Times. Below, top executives of the Bank posing beneath the monumental lobby sign wall.
Read a past Fresh post on RBS and find out more about the project on our portfolio page.
One visible new part of the firm’s ongoing signage and wayfinding design project at One Bryant Park recently attracted attention from real estate blog Curbed NY. The write up wryly notes that these “simple letters in stainless steel” not only identify the location of Bank of America’s new HQ on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, but also “remind everyone who’s in charge” and mark “where the money can be found.” Below, some images of part of the work in progress: the main sign in dimensional steel, with the inside surfaces of the letterforms in stark white.
The project, developed by the Durst Organization with collaborating architects Cook+Fox, and led on our side by Partner Keith Helmetag and Associate Partner Amy Siegel, also includes the newly reopened and revamped Henry Miller’s Theatre.
Read the full article on Curbed NY. Read more detail on the overall project here and recent Fresh posts on Henry Miller’s Theatre here.
Partner Keith Helmetag was called one of 2010’s “People to Watch” in January’s Graphic Design USA.
In the interview, Keith discusses his background, his design process, what inspires him creatively, a list of favorites, and what he would be if he weren’t a designer. Read the whole article here.
Photo: Red de Leon
Two of the firm’s recent projects will be showcased in the exhibit “Retooling Industrial Sites” at the Center for Architecture in Philadelphia starting this month. The exhibit, which “will serve as a forum for the growing interest in industrial sites and urban manufacturing” will feature the recently completed Erie Canal Commercial Slip project (shown here), and the West Point Foundry Reserve project, both led by partner Keith Helmetag.
There will be a reception on opening night, February 5th, and the exhibit runs through March 26. Read more about the exhibit and the opening night event here.
The Yankees solidified their 27th World Series title in their new stadium last night against the Phillies, with a final score of 7 to 3. In response, we’ve updated our video chronicling the the firm’s design process for Yankee Stadium’s graphics, signage and wayfinding program, and museum exhibits, with a new ending: 2009 Champs.
C&G Partners design work for 2009 World Series Winners, the Yankees from C&G Partners on Vimeo.
This video was prepared for an AIGA/NY lecture just a few weeks ago, but seems even more appropriate to post here during the current playoffs. C&G Partners created the graphics, signage, wayfinding and museum exhibits at the all-new Yankee Stadium in New York City. This short, fast-paced piece shows how the entire design program comes together across the entire Stadium. (Go Yankees!)
C&G Partners design work at Yankee Stadium from C&G Partners on Vimeo.
C&G Partners’ project for Henry Miller’s Theatre is profiled in the most recent East edition of the Architect’s Newspaper. The article mentions the firm’s engagement to design the signage and wayfinding throughout and around this New York institution, including the curtain of “kinetic sequins” displaying Miller’s visage located in the through-block by the theater.
Read the full article online here. Read a past Fresh post on the project here.
The firm’s graphics, signage program and museum for Yankee Stadium were profiled in the September 2009 issue of GDUSA magazine. Excerpts: the firm “captured the origins of the 1923 stadium in a contemporary setting,” and “the Yankee brand experience was apparent in every aspect of the venue.”
See all Fresh posts on Yankee Stadium here.
The signage, architectural graphics and museum exhibits designed by the firm for Yankee Stadium appear in the September 2009 issue of Interior Design magazine. As the Yankees continue a successful 2009 season, we are honored to have collaborated with them and with the design and construction team — Populous, Tishman Speyer, Turner Construction and many others — that created the new Stadium.
Henry Miller’s Theatre in New York City opens tonight to much fanfare with the first preview performance of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Working closely with the architects, Cook+Fox, C&G Partners created a sign program for this state of the art theater housed behind a restored landmark facade.
Among the many financial services mergers to take place in 2009, the combining of Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney in early summer created an industry-leading global wealth manager with over 1,000 branches in the United States and significant international presence. The debut of this combined financial entity was rolled out with its new brand identity, created by C&G Partners.
The current issue of SEGDdesign, the magazine of SEGD, is a special 25th issue that looks back on the success of the magazine, first launched 7 years ago. Since its inception, the magazine always has showcased the winners of the annual SEGD Design Awards; in the current issue, all those winners appear again in print. C&G Partners is honored that 7 projects led by the people of the firm have won over those past 7 years. Here is a recap.
The Jefferson Library at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC:
The current issue of SEGDdesign Magazine features the firm’s Erie Commercial Slip project, winner of an SEGD Design Award for 2009. Download the article as a PDF here.
Read other Fresh posts about the project, which was led by partner Keith Helmetag, here and here.
Partner Keith Helmetag led the recently installed exhibit in the Miami branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The exhibit covers Floridian financial and economic history in the 20th century, including the Bank’s oversight of Latin American financial exchange. The exhibit also intertwines finance with the indisputable influence of Miami’s rich cultural heritage.
See the winning entry (and the other winners, a great group of projects from around the world) online at SEGD’s site here.
