Spacial installation focuses on the similarities all cultures share.

Industry
Independent & Public Schools
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Discipline
Experiential Graphic Design
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Client Name
Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

Spacial installation focuses on the similarities all cultures share.

Industry
Independent & Public Schools
/
Discipline
Experiential Graphic Design
/
Client Name
Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

Bricolage Cafeteria Installation

We conceived and designed a 3-D installation in the dedication of Bricolage Academy’s founding board member Alan Philipson. Philipson’s common phrase “Let’s Do Lunch” was an invitational kickoff for a meeting of the minds. This entry wall to the cafeteria reminds the Bricolage community of the values we all share.

Good Deeds
  • Supports Local Education
  • Promotes the inclusivity of all voices, races and ethnicities
  • Incorporate local vendors and Installers
Credits
Scouting the Site for Opportunity Areas prior to Ideation and Design

How We Think > Creative Process

Research methods and design solutions can develop over weeks, months and even years. The goal here is to show a snippet of research, concept plus style, and a significant result.

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auditing, investigation and strategy
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Discover Problems
2
Define Hypotheses
3
Identify Opportunities
Scouting the Site for Opportunity Areas prior to Ideation and Design
Concept, visualization, and design
4
Develop COncepts
5
Design Prototypes
6
Implement & observe
HOW we SOLVED THE CHALLENGE CONCEPTUALly

Bricolage’s students from low-income families are given the same opportunities and held to the same academic standards as other students from middle or high-income families.

Unlike other elementary schools in the region, a meaningful dynamic is at play within this socio-economic, racially, and ethnically diverse community. Creating an installation that beautifully highlighted this concept of togetherness was the goal — celebrating our similarities and differences when seated around a meal.

Ideation and image sourcing for various spoons to be drawn
Ideation and image sourcing for various spoons to be drawn
PROTOTYPE SKETCH FOR cafeteria installation
PROTOTYPE LAYOUT AND SIZING
PROTOTYPE LAYOUT AND SIZING
How we solved the challenge visually

This mural is a joyous representation of Bricolage’s community eating together. Throughout history, no matter the dish, the geographic region, all cultures used spoons. Bee Wilson said it best: “Spoons hold up a mirror culture precisely because they are so universal. There are fork cultures, and there are chopstick cultures, but all the peoples of the world use spoons.”

Wilson, Bee. “What Your Spoon Says About You.” The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2012, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/what-your-spoon-says-about-you/263416.

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COLOR PALETTE FOR DIBOND MATERIAL
COLOR PALETTE FOR DIBOND MATERIAL
Initial diagramming and placement of spoons and typography
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Photograph a sheet of aluminum dibond showing various spoons and colors
Layout of spoons across a cable hanging system to show color and pattern
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Upclose photograph of a spoon cut out showing the reflective quality of the dibond
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Timelapse video showing the installation team and wall of spoons hung.
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Upclose photograph of a spoon cut out showing the reflective quality of the dibond
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Upclose photograph of a spoon cut out showing the reflective quality of the dibond
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Upclose photograph of a spoons across a row held by cables
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View of the vinyl typography from a distance
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Side view of the cafeteria entrance showing the vinyl typography and spoons
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What Clients Say

Mary Louise goes beyond your mission statement to bring your space and materials life. With Bricolage, she stayed close to all of the school happenings – growth, evolution, successes, challenges, students, staff. It was her goal to truly know the school and to share in the experience so her work reflected the mission, values, and people of Bricolage. Her eye for style, color, photography and her personal relationship made Bricolage at home whether at Touro Synagogue, Holy Rosary, or the permanent facility, John McDonogh High School.
Holly Robbins Hermes
Chief Development Director
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Bricolage Academy of New Orleans
Our Role + Scope
  • Site visit & spatial  Measurements: provide specifications and coordinate estimations
  • Concept & Prototyping
  • Press checks and installation supervision of quality control across all materials
  • Diagramming and Mapping
  • Installation
Credits

INSTALLATION
Crystal Clear Imaging

PHOTOGRAPHY
Craig Mulcahy

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Location

bricolagenola.org

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Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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