Jake will be speaking at “Design Remixed,” a presentation sponsored by AIGA and Apple at the Apple Store in SoHo, NYC. He will be talking about the process of creating engaging projects that communicate with audiences throughout many facets of the profession, and presenting some related examples from Local Projects. The presentation is open to the public and will occur on Oct. 17, 2007, at 6:30 p.m.
Archive for June, 2007
Participatory media and jetBlue storybooth featured in June issue of Adobe Magazine
Published June 18th, 2007 in news. 0 CommentsLocal Projects was featured in the June 2007 issue of Adobe Magazine. In the article “The New Collaborators: Making User-generated Content Work,” Local Projects is recognized for creating environments that allow the audience to participate in content creation and become a part of the project itself.
You can download a free pdf of the magazine here.
Jake speaks at Postopolis!; describes Local Projects’ principles
Published June 11th, 2007 in news. 0 CommentsJake gave a presentation for Postopolis! at the Storefront for Art and Architecture about the driving concepts behind Local Projects. His presentation included his method of mapping personal stories to physical locations and how that will relate to the design of the upcoming World Trade Center Memorial Museum.
You can see the video here.
You can read an article about it here.
Thinc with Local Projects awarded World Trade Center Memorial Museum
Published June 6th, 2007 in news. 0 CommentsHello Friends and Colleagues–
We’re very honored that Thinc Design in partnership with Local Projects have been named as the designers for the World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Details are below.
We are also in the midst of a number of other projects, including media design for the National Museum of American Jewish History in a new Polshek Partnership building on the Mall in Philadelphia, and the new Museum of Chinese in the Americas, in a new Maya Lin interior.
Not surprisingly, we are hiring, see below. Since last July we’ve also had some nice additions to our team, including Burak Arikan and Bryan Ijeoma.
We hope all is well with you, and look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Jake Barton and Local Projects
Local Projects identified as exceptional candidate for World Trade Center Memorial Museum
Published June 6th, 2007 in news. 0 CommentsWorld Trade Center Memorial Museum Director Alice M. Greenwald said, “In Thinc and Local Projects, we believe we have identified an exceptional partner to help us deliver an extraordinary museum, one that can not only meet, but perhaps even exceed, the high expectations for the Memorial Museum dedicated to telling the story of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 that we are honored to create.”
You can read the Forbes news story about it.
We just launched the beta version of the Public Information Exchange for the Center for Architecture. The Public Information Exchange is a hybrid digital/physical interface designed to create an archive of NYC projects, proposals, programs and exhibitions presented or discussed at the Center for Architecture. It will stimulate and record feedback for architects, planners, public officials, and the general public on projects with city-wide impact. The physical interface, pictured here, has been designed by Grimshaw Associates, and will be launched in October 2007.
You can read about the project in a Metropolis Magazine editorial.
We launched three media pieces for the groundbreaking exhibition, “Slavery and the Civil War,” at the New York Historical Society. We created a series of monologues with Danny Glover as James McCune Smith, as well as two interactive experiences: an interactive voting theater based on the first African-American Political Conventions, and the Freedom’s Journal, which allows visitors to guest edit the first African-American newspaper in America.
You can see the New York Times Review here.
We’re looking for great people for positions including Senior Graphic Designer, Project Manager and Content Coordinator. If you know anyone looking for amazing opportunities to shape media in public spaces, please send them to Jobs at Local Projects.
Digital Storytelling Workshop with Hurricane Katrina victims
Published June 6th, 2007 in news. 0 CommentsJake did a workshop with Katrina victims through a project called “Digital Storytelling and Community: An Exploration of Home.” This initiative is a collaboration of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University and the Art Department of Xavier University, New Orleans, through ITP’s Technology and Social Justice Initiative. It is funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
You can see a write-up of this extraordinary program here.
Hello Friends and Colleagues–
Things are moving forward for Local Projects, with a number of new projects. I’m talking at two conferences in the next two weeks, and more and more, we’re developing media-storytelling collaborations with architects and exhibition designers.
We look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Jake Barton and Local Projects
