Client: The City of Milpitas Category: Exhibits Location: Milpitas, CA Date: Fall 2022 Gizmo worked on interpretive graphics, accessioned objects, electronic media, custom elements, woodwork, minor restoration work, and 3D tactile elements. Includes all installation, project management, shop drawings and site visits. We worked with designers from The Sibbett Group to recreate the feel of the building from when…
Gizmo worked with artist Michael Arcega to create a unique water jet cut gate and hanging lanterns for the new affordable housing project built by Mercy House in San Francisco. Client: Mercy House Category: Public Art Location San Francisco, CA Date: 2022 A Sense of Community, “features a variety of unique Silk Road textiles patterned…
Using tiles that were hand made by Magnolia editions, Gizmo fabricated and installed this mural by artist Clare Rojas in the Chinatown station at the new SF subway station. Client: San Francisco Arts Commission Category: Public Art Location San Francisco, CA Date: 2022 A Sense of Community, “features a variety of unique Silk Road textiles…
Berkeley has long established itself as a leader in Civil Rights and counter-culture movements. Local activists have often used plants as a central component for healing, nurturing, and fostering strength across marginalized groups. Wildflowers, Bloom! is a simple and elegant theme that celebrates beauty, resistance and community. This artwork highlights endangered and useful flowering plants…
Client: Blessing Hancock Commission: City of Santa Rosa Public Art Program Category: Public Art Location: Santa Rosa, CA Date: December 2022 “Unum” is a large-scale public sculpture that now sits in The Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa, California. It is composed of stainless steel and LED lighting. The lattice consists of words from 32 different…
Artists: Jacqueline Metz , Nancy Chew Location: Beaverton, OR Date: 2022 “Puff” is an interactive, suspended, magical motion sculpture made from rearview mirrors outstretched from a stainless steel sphere. “Puff” hangs in the beautiful light-filled lobby of the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts and greets visitors by turning upon their movements using built-in motion sensors.…
Gizmo is so proud to have been involved in 2 of the 7 projects mentioned here. San Francisco parks do rock, and we got to provide the fence and gate system for Guy Place, as well as the Driftwood benches for the Presidio Tunnel Tops. Visit all of these new great places!
“Unum” is another really cool project brought about by the artist Blessing Hancock, whom we have had the pleasure of working with extensively in the past and presently on several other similar projects. A common Blessing Hancock motif that Unum has is the backlit metal text cutout face, typically composed of words, letters and sometimes…
Joey Sabatino will present “Evolving Your Toolbox 2.0” as an Industry Presenter on October 13th, 2022 at the McNichols Civic Center in Denver, CO at 1:50pm. Find the agenda here: CODAWORX Gizmo is a creative company dedicated to designing and building interactive objects and unique environments that astonish, educate, and inspire. Partnering…
The theme of this years Biennale Arte 2022 is “The Milk of Dreams”. It is the 59th International Art Exhibition held at the Arsenale and Giardini. This year includes 213 artists from 58 countries. Gizmo brought our team to the 2019 Biennale and it was such an inspirational trip that we have made it part…
