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Black Lives Matter

The shock, pain, and anger brought on by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery regrettably serve to remind us, practitioners, that our profession has repeatedly been complicit in supporting and implementing white supremacist systems, explicitly designed to subjugate black bodies in the public arena. Policing and mass incarceration, both enacted in… Read more »

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2019 Pool Party Coverage

The annual installation at pool at Manhattan Park Apartments on Roosevelt Island  was officially launched on Memorial Day. The installation, designed in collaboration with K&CO in 2015, enters its 5th year and features New York based artist Elizabeth Sutton, whose mural replaces the 2018 painting by Technodrome1.

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Photoshoot in Portland

Over the weekend, I spent an afternoon at our recently completed project in Portland with Sally Painter to document the space, and hereby present: random behind the scene shots…

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Construction Update: Portland Tech Office

Construction Update: our project in Portland is picking up steam, with work in the ceiling is wrapping up in advance of painting and acoustic treatments in the Portland Tech Office Pliskin Architecture is working on with GBD Architects. Check out the latest photos after the jump.

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pa|nyc Project Map Launch

It took a while, but with the help of Ori Raviv of lamalo.us, we’ve finally launched a new interactive project map to expand how our projects can be explored in our website. With projects broken up by status (completed, in-process, and unbuilt proposals), the map creates another portal through which people can discover our work.

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Linework Explorations

Looking back through several years of work, and through different project typologies, a slight obsession with linework explorations is evident. We like lines, so it seems, and here are some of my favorites from the last 4 years or so.

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Year 4 of MP Pool Party Murals

The 4th year of the MP Pool Party murals, the K&CO and pa|nyc designed summer installations around a pool on Roosevelt Island, opened this past May, with 2018 Artist Technodrome1. Similar to previous years, a limited palette of bright colors were used to bring life to the pool, with each year taking its own character… Read more »

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PAKCO Summer Excursion

July 2018 saw the first combined PAKCO Summer excursion, which included a day with roller coasters and an evening celebrating completed work, good food, and our growing team. Shortly following recent launch anniversaries, with the pa|nyc team entering its 6th year of existence and K&CO launching its 4th year, we were spent a sunny day… Read more »

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PA/KCO Office, Decorative Lighting, Round 1

Our shared office with K&CO got it’s first round of decorative lighting installed last week, adding another layer of personalization to our space. The largest addition to the office was the conference room, where two oversize dome pendants were introduced. The 4′ diameter lights, designed by Krista Ninivaggi, are pretty darn awesome, objectively speaking…

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Experiments in Hand Lettering

Our front entrance never looked better! K&Co + pa|nyc office updates: shot over the course of two days, this timelpase follows Jon Bocksel of Hand Signs as he installs hand lettering on our front entrance, adding a personal touch to our suite number and painting an elegant description to go with our neon signs.

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Acoustic Divider, Constructed

acoustic divider

One of the last pieces for the office we designed in Paris was installed last week – an undulating partial-height acoustic divider that breaks up one breakout space into 3 smaller, quieter meeting spaces. The office, designed in Collaboration with Atelier 208, was completed over the summer, with a few pieces remaining to be installed.