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SFMOMA Magritte Exhibition Wins Graphis Silver
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The SFMOMA Magritte: The Fifth Season exhibition won a Silver award for Exhibition Design in the 2020 Graphis Annual design competition. "René Magritte: The Fifth Season" explored how Magritte balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy, to illuminate the gaps...
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Tokyo Vinyl Bars
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On a recent series of work trips to Tokyo, a Japanese colleague introduced me to the magical world of jazz vinyl listening bars in Tokyo. Its customary for patrons to subtly ask the bartender to play various records with minimal...
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SF Design Week 2019 and frog50
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On June 26th, 2019, I had the opportunity to speak during a special SF Design Week event since frog was also celebrating its 50th anniversary. The topic of the event was the SFMOMA Magritte project and collaboration. After frog President,...
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SFMOMA Magritte Wins Gold Muse Award in AR/VR
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The GOLD Muse award in AR, VR, and Mixed Reality went to @SFMOMA for “René Magritte: The Fifth Season Interpretive Gallery. ”The project was “absolutely incredible, a very playful exhibit that engages visitors.”
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frog 50th anniversary logo redesign
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As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of frog design, the firm asked frogs—both current and past—from around the globe to send their interpretations of the beloved friedolin the frog logo. My submission was in the medium of...
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SXSW 2019 Day X Night
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These are some highlights during the day and night from the absurdly expansive two-week SXSW conference, which as actually about 10 normalish-sized conferences mashed together into one. I presented within the AR/VR track of programming and was intrigued by some...
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SXSW 2019 Art Museums as Spaces of Digital Play
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On March 12, 2019, I co-presented a SXSW panel entitled Art Museums as Spaces of Digital Play alongside Sarah Brin, Creative Producer at Meow Wolf and Chad Coerver, Chief Education & Community Engagement Officer at SFMOMA. Many adjectives are ascribed...
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Speaking at SXSW 2019
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I interviewed my SXSW 2019 co-panelist Sarah Brin about our upcoming presentation with Chad Coerver, the Chief Content Officer at SFMOMA, titled Art Museums as Spaces of Digital Play which will take place on March 12th.
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Danish Design and Architecture
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We visited Denmark for Christmas and had the opportunity to visit some of the recent and notable architecture and exhibits. At the new Danish Architecture Center building a video entitled The Danish Model (below) explained how and why design is...
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10 Takeaways From XRDC and XR Immersive 2018
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On Friday October 26th 2018, I presented our IKEA AR project at XD Immersive, and on Tuesday October 30th I presented our SFMOMA AR project at XRDC. I met a bunch of interesting people and heard some intriguing presentations. The...
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