The atrium of the Hilton Anatole hotel is impressively large, soaring more than 150 feet into the air. Owner Harlan Crow, a legendary real estate investor, needed to fill this vast space. What happened next was perhaps the most ambitious kinetic sculpture ever commissioned: the Nebula. Conceived and designed by artist Reuben Margolin, the sculpture…
By Matthew Bowden | Nov 14 Highlighting standout images from recent projects uploaded over the last month, we’re showcasing stunning photography on CODAworx that captures the beauty and scale of public art. Responder fuses architectural form, lighting, and symbolic meaning in a way that’s both elegant and functional. The biconical, open-structured form, combined with ripple-like lighting, evokes images of communication…
The term percent for art refers to a program, often a city ordinance, where a fee, usually some percentage of the project cost, is placed on large scale development projects in order to fund and install public art. The details of such programs vary from area to area. Percent for art programs are used to…
Gizmo recently invited a group of art students from the San Francisco Art Institute to tour and explore our fabrication shop. The students are part the Young Artist Program (YAP), which is an immersive summer program for young artists ages 13–15. When the kids arrived they met with Gizmo’s Production Manager Jeremy Kaplan. He talked…
Here at Gizmo, work and passion are one in the same. The fabricators are not just fabricators, they are artists, putting their heart into everything they do, striving for perfection. Gizmo creates and thrives off the inspiration and ideas of artists, museums, visitors centers, and companies who all want to improve their surroundings in an…