It’s hard for me to walk into a museum without wanting to grab a painting, sprint past the guards, hop over the entry gate and free it from the white plaster walls. Besides the obvious ramifications of social scorn and MOMA membership loss, you know we’ve all thought it. Okay, maybe not every time you walk into a museum but I bet if fellow nature-lovers had the choice of viewing the Mona Lisa in an outdoor gallery in Provence vs. the echoing walls of the Louvre you’d probably choose the former.
Take it a step further and imagine art blending into a natural backdrop to the point where lines of art and nature blur completely. It’s the poetic contrast shown in installation art from North American artist Patrick Dougherty and Bavarian artist Nils Udo that keep me from jumping security checkpoints. Graphic design also offers a range of creative opportunities where billboards sit high above city skylines and laptops load websites from the hotel pool in Key West. It’s not that I can really compare this reknowned installation genius with my layered Photoshop documents but I can take what nature gives us and remember that color, texture & proportion are derived from the trees that sit right outside the office window.
Nature drives Rock + Feather, from our company name to the way we design around an urban setting. The juxtaposition of the city floor against the thriving parks and flowing Bay make every turn an artistic feast for the eyes. (It also might explain the high rent prices) If you’re interested in the installations art, make sure to stop by the Civic Center for a good look at the Patrick Dougherty installation “The Upper Crust”. In the meantime I’ve attached some imagery that is sure to keep the creative juices flowing…