Out and About & On the Boards: Chemeketa Community College

Abby, Cherry and EA made a site visit to Chemeketa Community College’s Salem campus last week in preparation for upcoming work on several Chemeketa campuses. While traversing the campus via skybridges, Abby and Cherry were especially charmed with the iconic “circle in a square” chairs (middle left) and native American motifs incorporated into interior finishes and exterior facades of the Student Center. In addition to the Salem campus, AK will soon begin work on Chemeketa’s new McMinnville campus and its campus in Brooks, Oregon, having recently completed the Chemeketa Center for Business & Industry in Salem.

Out and About & On the Boards: Mercy Corps World Headquarters, Portland Oregon

Elizabeth and Karen visited the newly completed Mercy Corps Headquarters in Portland's Old Town neighborhood yesterday to review color and material samples for donor recognition graphics currently in development at AK. Upon arrival, they admired recently installed building signage and stairwell banners also designed by Anderson Krygier.

Out and About & On the Boards: Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon

Elizabeth and Cherry visited the Oregon State Hospital on one of Oregon's most beautiful October afternoons. While on site to study sight lines and scale issues for exterior signage, they also enjoyed the splendid fall foliage and historic features of the arboretum-like hospital grounds. AK is developing exterior and interior sign programs to accompany the hospital's major renovation and new construction slated for completion in 2011. Soon, no one will recognize the famous site of the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Jack Nicholson.

Out and About & On the Boards: Chapel Hill, NC

While on the East Coast last week, Elizabeth and Karen stopped in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to review installed signs and specialty graphics designed by Anderson Krygier for the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. Top left: view of the UNC Hospitals through a Cancer Hospital window. Top right: wayfinding sign. Center left: Pediatric infusion bays. Center right: Pediatric specialty graphics. Bottom left: Pediatric Clinic Corridor. Bottom right: rechecking the punch list.

Out and About & On the Boards: Washington DC

Elizabeth Anderson and Karen Fishel were in Washington DC last week as part of their work developing sign standards for the DC Public Library.
Above left: testing a mock-up for the Historic Libraries site ID sign at Georgetown Library; above right: trident finial design on the Georgetown Library's fence will be incorporated into a site-specific post design. Below right and left: AK is working with David Adjaye and his New York office to apply the new sign standards to two contemporary libraries, Francis A. Gregory and Washington Highlands.

In the Mail: Lower Columbia College

Lower Columbia College's elegant performing arts center features two theaters, a music recital hall and a soaring art gallery. At the main entry, a monumental 90" etched metal panel honors the Rose Family who were major contributors. Beneath a mural by nationally known painter Lucinda Parker, a lively donor wall sparkles in the light of two-story windows. Composed of four modular segments, different in size, finish and thickness, the panels are carefully aligned to the vertical cedar slats behind them. The wall will mark gifts to the LCC Foundation in support of projects throughout the campus.

Out and About: Adventures in Alaska

In the far reaches of Alaska to catch fish, glimpses of wildlife and glacial adventure, EA still found environmental graphics that caught her eye. Above, bears showed up for the spawning salmon in Prince William Sound; artful restroom sign in Halibut Cove on Cook Inlet; Homer and Valdez.

Out and About: SCUP Conference in Portland

Culminating more than a year of planning and a college term of rehearsals, the Opening Ceremony for the Society of College & University Planners' (SCUP) national conference dazzled attendees in Portland on July 19th, 2009. Performed by students in a collaboration of experiential learning involving Michael Curry, Portland State University & Portland Community College in a Movement Performance Workshop designed specifically for this event. Elizabeth Anderson and fellow host committee members planned and organized the opening event.

Out and About & On the Boards: Stanford University

On campus to present environmental graphics for two new buildings at Stanford University's School of Medicine, Abby-Sophia Alway and Elizabeth Anderson spent some time walking the campus, admiring the architecture, making friends with the sculpture and checking out the signs.

On the Boards: North Carolina Cancer Hospital

Large-scale photographic murals showcasing the amazing North Carolina landscape - from the ocean to the valleys to the piedmont - are currently in fabrication for North Carolina's new Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill. Shown above, a 3-panel study mock-up behind the welcome desk. Substantial completion is slated for September 2009.

Out and About: DC Public Library

Elizabeth Anderson and Karen Fishel spent the week of May 4-8 in Washington DC developing sign standards for the DC Public Library system. Standards will address the six new contemporary libraries, the six historic libraries and the many libraries in between. The week was filled with architectural work sessions, site visits and several staff and community meetings. In the photos above:
top row, right: Karen confers with Christiane DeJong and Cody McNeal of Davis Brody Bond Architects.
middle row: wrought iron studies from the historic library sites.
bottom row: Georgetown Library. At right, Karen stands in for a future free-standing site ID.

Happy Anniversary Lynn!

While in San Francisco, we honored Lynn Parsons, Marketing Consultant, with an early celebration of her ten-year anniversary with AK. Shown above, a festive dinner at Spruce, a lively new restaurant in Presidio Heights.
We began working with Lynn in August 1999.

Out and About: AK field trip to San Francisco

Anderson Krygier designed their own "annual conference" this year, traveling to San Franciso to visit recent projects and to see what's new in architecture, art and environmental graphics.
Highlights included:
top left: Karen Fishel admires Patrick Dougherty's Willow Sculpture installation outside City Hall.
middle: de Young Museum
bottom: Academy of Arts & Sciences tour with Jes Pederson, Webcore Builders

On the Boards: Salem Hospital Exterior Sign Program

Begun in 2002 and re-started in 2006, AK’s exterior sign masterplan for Salem Hospital is finally coming to fruition. The signs are currently in production at Creo Industrial Arts in Everett, WA, (top 3 photos).
When samples arrived at our Portland office, Karen Fishel, AK Project Manager, found the crates as well-made as the signs. At bottom right, Karen and Abby Alway shed light on the samples.

Out and About: Michael Curry Design Studio

Elizabeth Anderson and fellow host committee members visited Michael Curry Design Studio in Scapoose, Oregon in preparation for the Opening Ceremony of the Society of College & University Planners’ (SCUP) national conference in Portland, July 2009. Shown above: mock-ups, prototypes and full-size puppets are familiar images in Michael‘s studio. Following the tour, the group participated in a lively brainstorming session with Michael (far right).

On the Boards: Lewis & Clark Wayfinding Study

Wayfinding begins long before the first sign is sighted. That’s why, in a Wayfinding Study for Lewis & Clark in Portland OR, we looked at all the ways people get directions and find their way to and through the institution’s three campuses - from the website and marketing brochures to city road signs and campus landmarks.

Wayfinding updates will include campus improvements to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic circulation, new city road signs, gate numbers at key campus entries and a few new campus signs.

On the Boards: DC Public Library

Several new DC Public Libraries are case studies for Anderson Krygier in developing sign standards to serve all of the District’s 23 libraries. Shown above are two of four new contemporary libraries in the study. Georgetown will provide the first case study for historic libraries.

Out and About: Ramsay Signs

AK team members pay a visit to Ramsay Signs in Clackamas, OR to review signs currently in production for Clackamas County’s new Red Soils campus.

Upper left: Karen Fishel and Cherry Britton check progress on freestanding pedestrian and vehicular wayfinding signs .

Upper right: Karen and Joe Gibson of Ramsay Signs scrutinize paint finish on a perimeter marker.

Lower left: Joe demonstrates neon tube bending for Cherry while Karen and Abby Alway look on (lower right).

Out and About: Happy Anniversary Cherry!

The AK team celebrated Cherry Britton's 5-year milestone at Anderson Krygier with a festive lunch at Park Kitchen, a Portland restaurant, where we were greeted with "Happy Anniversary" menus prepared specially for our table. Yum!

In the Mail: The Armory

In the early 20th century, the Armory Building in Portland was a hub of community togetherness and creativity, a venue for events from wresting matches to John Philip Sousa concerts. One hundred years later Portland Center Stage's Gerding Theater draws crowds again to a robustly modern theater hidden inside its old shell. Re-imagining the 1891 building from National Guard Drill Hall to elegantly sustainable theater required considerable teamwork. Part of the team, Anderson Krygier designed a signage program contrasting the rustic raw brick and steel bracing with a sparkling sign program both timeless and contemporary, including exterior banners reminiscent of the famed Globe Theater in London.

Honor the site... it's our brand of environmental graphic design.

In the Mail: Sandy Boulevard Resurfacing & Streetscape Project

The “Sandy Boulevard Resurfacing and Streetscape Project” called for much more than asphalt. Beginning in 2005 the Portland Office of Transportation worked with community stakeholders with the twin goals of enhancing sense of place and providing needed infrastructure and traffic flow improvements in Portland’s Hollywood District. As EGD consultant, Anderson Krygier worked closely with the city and a citizen advisory group to develop a Hollywood District logo themed after the neighborhood and its vintage theater. The logo is used on city street signs and pedestrian maps throughout the business district, contributing to a friendly, walkable environment and a cohesive neighborhood identity.

In the News: Portland firm wins D.C. library work

Elizabeth Anderson was interviewed by the Daily Journal of Commerce for an article about our upcoming work on four libaries in the District of Columbia Public Library system. Click here for a link to the article.

Out and About: SEGD Annual Conference - Austin, TX

The annual SEGD Conference took place in Austin, Texas this year, so we packed our bags and headed South. We soaked up the sun, took in the city and absorbed lots of design inspiration.

In the Mail: OHSU Center for Health & Healing

OHSU’s Center for Health & Healing hums with activity. Ten floors of medical offices, four floors of research labs, a pharmacy and optical shop combine with a wellness facility used both by patients and the community. Plus, it’s the lower terminus of the tram to OHSU, giving it the feel of a transportation hub. For unimpeded sight lines, our 8.5’ laser-cut directional totems are visible high above the lobby activity. Elsewhere we developed custom fused glass disks as a wayfinding device to distinguish centralized waiting areas on each floor. Bold graphics, wavy lines and luminous disks draw inspiration from the river and the surrounding South Waterfront neighborhood.

Work with the architecture... it's our brand of environmental graphic design

In the News: Wayfinding at Kohler Pavilion: From City to Corridor

Check out an exciting article in Healthcare Design about Anderson Krygier's work at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.