Installations
"Macro-Micro" installed in South Lake Union
What do Mark Twain, Marie Curie, and Nikola Tesla all have in common? They are all part of South Lake Union's latest design installation by Belle & Wissell titled "Macro-Micro", part of a series of artful and sustainable design projects commissioned by Vulcan Real Estate. This project is just one part of Vulcan's vision for the new Amazon.com campus in the neighborhood.
We invite you to come see it in person at this location.
The graphic metal sculpture, located on Boren Avenue (between Thomas and Harrison) is made from 8,640 multicolor, individual pucks-capable of being rearranged into future compositions to give this project an extended life (a total of 10,000 pucks were produced). The initial theme is based on "innovators", a reflection of the neighborhood's past, present, and future.
This Belle & Wissell design project was realized in collaboration with Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon.com, and fabricator McNae Metals
Giant mesh racks were made to hold and support thousands of metal pucks.
Since there was not an off-the-shelf option, McNae's solution involved marrying 10,000 studs with 10,000 pucks. No big deal.
Phew.
Once the pucks were joined, it was time to paint.
Mesh installed, pucks painted, next comes the paint by number part. Each puck was hand set in the mesh on site using a detailed grid guide.
The finished piece.
News
Programming Positions at Belle & Wissell, Co.
Belle & Wissell, Co. is looking for interface developers for full-time and contract employment. The scope of our projects is uniquely vast, so interest in new challenges across various mediums is key. We are currently working on: public art projects, museum media installations with software/hardware integration, single and multi-touch interfaces, programmatic motion design, WYSIWYG content management tools, projected works, experimental filmmaking, and 3D game engines.
If you can use 'interactive' as a noun and have experience with any of the following, you could be a good fit for our team: Flash/Silverlight, WPF, C++ (Cinder, openFrameworks), C#, and/or Unity (for media installations, interactive kiosks, and Web experiences). If you've got more, we'd like to know about it.
Email resumes and links to work samples:
info@bwco.infoPlease provide examples of practical experience that show past successful results.
News
Dog Green Productions and Belle & Wissell, Co. announce a historic partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Max Lewkowicz
646-290-6931
max@doggreenproductions.com
May 22, 2009 New York City/Seattle, Washington
Dog Green Productions and Belle & Wissell, Co. are proud to announce an
exciting partnership created for the advanced development and production of
historic media for educational facilities, museums, interpretive exhibits and visitor
centers.
Belle & Wissell is an award-winning art and design studio dedicated to
groundbreaking interactive design and media storytelling installations. The studio
has worked closely with cinematic storytellers Dog Green Productions to
produce interactive media and films for the American Battle Monuments
Commission (www.abmc.gov). These state-of-the-art media projects tell the
story of D-Day, the Normandy Campaign and the Battle of Pointe du Hoc.
Together, the collective team is now in production on new films and interactive
presentations for the future Pointe du Hoc interpretive center planned for the
Pointe du Hoc site in Normandy.
The Battle of Pointe du Hoc is the latest project. See the online version now at:
http://www.abmc.gov/pointeduhoc In 2007, Max Lewkowicz, historian, founder and CEO of Dog Green
Productions wrote, produced and directed all the media and films for the
Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Dog Green Productions specializes in historical-based productions and has
previously produced all the films and media for the Holocaust museums in New
York and Montreal.
"The goal of our new partnership is to offer a focused, single source of historical
media production which interweaves the various disciplines...film, video,
interactive presentations, historical research, still image research and document
presentation. The partnership allows for a uniform design, message, and style,
as well as powerful historic information-gathering and research resources. Belle
& Wissell and Dog Green Productions are now a unique single source for
museums and historical educational facilities to utilize in their quest for
educational excellence." Max Lewkowicz
Founder and CEO
Dog Green Productions
"With a shared passion for telling the tales of the past in new and exciting ways,
the partnership just came naturally. Both studios have a commitment to working
in close collaboration with their clients-and together have developed a
specialized creative process that is particularly suited for this type of work." Gabe Kean
Founder and Design Director
Belle & Wissell, Co.
About Belle & Wissell, Co.
Belle & Wissell is an award-winning experience design studio that specializes in
creating new types of audience experiences--in exhibit spaces, public spaces,
and on the Web. Founded by Gabe Kean in 2003 (formerly known as Gabe
Kean Design), the studio embraces its diverse commissions which include
complete exhibits, interactive art installations, retail environments, media kiosks,
and Web experiences. Some recent projects include a suite of interactives and
short documentary films for the new Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee,
media installations and touch-screen kiosks for the new Wing Luke Asian
Museum (a history and cultural museum in Seattle), and exhibition and integrated
media design for Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound (at Experience Music
Project in Seattle).
About Dog Green Productions
Dog Green Productions was founded by Max Lewkowicz, a historian and
documentarian who has won critical acclaim and numerous awards during his
long and distinguished career. The philosophy of Dog Green Productions is
based on merging uncompromising truth with powerful creative passion. From
the D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy to the first Jamestown Settlement in
Virginia, from stories of the horror of life and death in Auschwitz-Birkenau to
"Checkpoint Charlie" in Cold War Berlin, Dog Green Productions' primary focus
has always been on the historical, political, and sociological stories that have
been part of a continuously changing world. With that mission, Dog Green
Productions (named after a sector of Omaha Beach on D-Day) has produced
countless award-winning documentary films and interactives for museums,
television networks, exhibitions and interpretive centers located in places as
varied as South Africa, France, Israel, the United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, and
Japan.
The two companies plan to utilize their two main locations, New York City and
Seattle, as design, production and post-production facilities.
Contact Information
Dog Green Productions
51 West 81st Street, Suite 4J
New York, NY 10024
646-290-6931
www.doggreenproductions.com Belle & Wissell, Co.
6014 12th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98108
206-322-7908
www.bwco.info
Events
Mr. Wissell and Belle, revealed...
"The Story of Belle and Wissell: How It All Began"
Story Kit and Window Display Unveiling Party, Saturday, 12/13 at 6pmYou're invited to a special event on Saturday, December 13th at 6pm: the first public exhibition of The Story of Belle and Wissell, featuring original illustrated characters, "Belle" and "Mr. Wissell," and the beginning of their time travel adventures.
Working closely with collaborating artists, the studio designed a
one-of-a-kind, limited-edition Story Kit, which includes original Belle and Wissell artwork and artifacts, and a Window Display exhibit (in collaboration with artist Sven Sundbaum).
Contributing artists, Steven & Carmela D'Amico (creators of the "Ella" books), and live characters (Belle and Mr. Wissell) will be in attendance to greet you.
Signed limited-edition Story Kits will be available for purchase at the event.
Belle & WIssell, Co.
6014 Twelfth Ave South, Seattle, WA 98108 (in Georgetown)
206 322 7908 or visit us at:
www.bwco.info
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