“The new park, which was funded by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, features amoeba-like driftwood benches shaped from cypress trees that have either fallen or had to be removed in the Presidio. The benches were shaped to mimic the hills of Marin serving as backdrop.” Joe Rosato Jr. Design was lead by James Corner…
Gizmo Art Production, Inc. completed the installation of Lucy in the Sky by artist Erwin Redl. This permanent public artwork is an illuminated installation comprised of hundreds of translucent 10 x 10 inch light panels, each containing an array of color LEDs. The light panels are suspended along the entire length of the concourse level…
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…
The Hollywood Park project is a large outdoor art installation in Inglewood, CA. The piece consists of thousands of aluminum bars situated on a building exterior. Each bar is attached to a custom designed bracket, allowing them to swing freely. Home
“In Gumnut Grove, older children ages 5-10 will have a dedicated space to engage in the type of unstructured, outdoor play that is far less common today than it was even a generation ago. Named for the seedpod of a eucalyptus tree, Gumnut Grove highlights and enhances BADM’s natural landscape with fun, age-appropriate features that…
Gizmo worked with the artist to develop the shape of the sculpture using 3d design programs. “One Oak, is a sculpture for public space in downtown Oakland, honoring oak’s importance to the culture of the native to the region Muwekma Ohlone tribes, standing in for the many oak groves in Oakland’s past and paying homage…
Gizmo has installed the first piece of public artwork along the San Francisco Central Subway line. The piece by Bay Area-based artist Moto Ohtake is called “Microcosmic”. The art piece is a stainless steel wind-activated kinetic sculpture mounted on a 40-foot light pole near 4th and Brannan streets; the site of a future platform station.…
In the coming months Gizmo will have the pleasure of once again working with artist Ned Kahn on two outdoor installation projects. The first of these projects in collaboration with Cochran Studios is “Cloud Veil” to be installed in Columbia, Maryland. “Cloud Veil” is a large metal ring 12 feet off the ground in a…
Partnering with world renown architecture firm Olson Kundig and National Design Award winner landscape firm Surface Designs, Gizmo Art Production, Inc. will be designing and building the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s new “Canopy Climber”, an exciting outdoor play space for older children. In the area near what is known as the “Tot Spot” (an outdoor…
Gizmo has had the exciting opportunity to work alongside Ned Kahn on his piece “Circadian Wind”. Gizmo will be installing this sculpture on a multistory parking garage in Los Angeles which will present our team with a challenging yet unforeign task of maneuvering the very tall parking garage in order to fasten the piece safely.…