Alviso Adobe House

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…

Michael Arcega

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…

Clare Rojas

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…

Michael Arcega Wildflowers, Bloom!

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…

Puff

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.…

Art in San Francisco’s new parks

  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!

Blessing Hancock Sculpture Coming to Santa Rosa, CA

“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…

CODAsummit: The Intersection of Art, Technology and Place

    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…