Category: Amy Siegel

Fresh Project: LearningSpring School

C&G Partners was hired in 2011 by the Simons Foundation to create a brochure commemorating ten years of the LearningSpring School. This innovation institution was conceived by an active group of parents and volunteers as a place to teach children on the autism spectrum.

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9/11: Honored to Serve

C&G Partners is deeply honored to serve the 9/11 Memorial and project team, continuing to help plan wayfinding and signage for the plaza, visitor pavilion and museum. We were moved by the front page of the New York Times on September 11 this year, featuring the latest design for the names commemoration at the memorial, designed by Michael Arad with contributions from Local Projects and data artist Jer Thorp.

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The image below is from our project archives: a snapshot of an early prototype that C&G Partners created for the design of the names. Over time, the design has evolved and is now an extraordinary experience. We are honored to have been among those able to help shape this powerful design for generations to come.

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New Sondheim Theatre Unveiled

Our work at One Bryant Park is back in the limelight with the newly-renamed Stephen Sondheim Theatre opening last week in midtown. Formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre, the venue also unveiled a new look to go with its new name – in addition to the marquee, we have updated our interpretive thru-block timeline mural, as well as added many new operational signs. Raise the curtain on a successful fall season!

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Fresh Press: Two New Partners in UnBeige

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Announcing Two New Partners

We are very pleased to announce two new Partners of the firm: Maya Kopytman and Amy Siegel.

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Maya Kopytman (left) has more than two decades of design experience in interface design for websites, software, and location-based experiences. Amy Siegel (right) brings over two decades of experience to the design of signage and wayfinding, environmental and print graphics. Read more…

Yankee Stadium in segdDESIGN

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.

RBS in the Times

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.

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Read a past Fresh post on RBS and find out more about the project on our portfolio page.

Fresh Press: One Bryant Park on Curbed NY

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.

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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 Stephen Sondheim Theatre (formerly Henry Miller’s Theatre).

Read the full article on Curbed NY. Read more detail on the overall project here and recent Fresh posts on the Stephen Sondheim Theatre here.

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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.

Fresh Video: C&G Partners Design Work at Yankee Stadium

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.

Henry Miller’s Theatre in Architect’s Newspaper

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.

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Read the full article online here. Read a past Fresh post on the project here.

Fresh Press: Yankee Stadium in Graphic Design USA

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.”

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See all Fresh posts on Yankee Stadium here.

Fresh Press: Yankee Stadium in Interior Design

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.

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Fresh Project: Henry Miller’s Theatre

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.

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Fresh Project: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

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.

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Fresh Press: 7 Winners in 7 Years from SEGD

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:

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Fresh Project: RBS

C&G Partners has just completed the sign and architectural graphics installation at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. The project was done in collaboration with Roger Ferris Architects and Hines Interests (with whom we also worked on a project at the headquarters of Gannett / USA Today). The signs and architectural graphics are carefully detailed, with reflective materials reminiscent of the building façade itself.

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More images to come. The project was lead by associate partner Amy Siegel with partner input by Keith Helmetag.

Fresh Press: Opening Day at Yankee Stadium

Local fans may not have cheered the final score last Thursday, but the Stadium itself got a lot of attention. Two of the installations conceived and designed by C&G Partners appeared in the sports pages of the New York Times that day in an article about baseball icon Yogi Berra. Berra, famous for his abilities and “Berra-isms” alike, is one of two players featured in a tableau of the “perfect game” that is the centerpiece of the new Yankees Museum.

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Yankee Stadium via Flickr

The fans have begun to make Yankee Stadium their own in the time-honored way: by uploading digital images to Flickr. Here are some of the images fans have been uploading thus far, all of which feature the signage and architectural graphics designed by C&G Partners. In one, the custom wordmark for the stadium itself, which was drawn by the firm, becomes the star of the show, appearing live, even bigger than normal, on the big screen during gametime. All pictures by fans.

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Yankee Stadium Sneak Peek Video Tour

A sneak peek video tour of the new Yankee Stadium is currently up in the “video corner” of the Yankee website. Among other things, the tour features the Great Hall banners, museum, large-scale signage, murals and audio programs designed by C&G Partners.

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