Monday, June 30, 2014

LLGA Citymart Award Design...

One award, in a 'neighborhood' of awards...
A few images of a award design we made for the LLGA Citymart / Cities Summit event, which this year took place at the London City Hall - GLA (Greater London Authority) located a stone-throw away from the Tower-Bridge. 

The 3D Printed award, which depicts a somewhat abstracted and wire-framed set of buildings and public spaces, also include the letters 'LLGA' hidden within each of the design's five visible planes... 

Apparently London Mayor Boris Johnson thought the award design was, quote, 'one beautiful object'... 

Good times... 

You can read more about the event by clicking here... 


The award's building like elements spell out 'LLGA' in each of its five visible planes...

The top view/ plane of the award...



London Mayor Boris Johnson (left) handing an award to one of the winners...

Sasha Hasselmayer (right), one of the founders of the event and Citymart organization, with some award recipients...

Some additional award recipients...

Julia Hasselmayer (center), one of the organizers of the event...

The event took place at the London City Hall... 
London City Hall, designed by Lord Norman Foster, from the outside...

View from the London City Hall...

All photos provided by Citymart or sourced from the Citymart flicker page/ photo stream...

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Paolo's Leaving...

(Pseudo) Paolo posing...
Our dear friend and colleague Paolo Cardini and his family are leaving Doha's sandy plains for Rhode Island's greener pastures, where he's taking up an Associate Professorship at RISD

We wish him and his family all the best, though they will be sorely missed... May they bring the same catalytic spark and nous to their new friends in the States as they have bestowed on us here in Qatar over the past three years... 

Keep in touch Paolo, Valeria and offspring. Hope to catch up with you all soon... 


(Quasi) Paolo posing in mask (niqab)...