Book Design
2021
- While combating the COVID-19 pandemic, society questioned the role buildings play in supporting (or undermining) our public health. We worked with MASS Design Group and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, to design The Architecture of Health, a book that explores this question through the lens of hospital design and how this discipline has changed over time in response to healthcare crises and innovation.
- Historical imagery acts as footnotes to the text. The chapters are punctuated by photographic spreads that showcase detailed architectural plans from the birth of the hospital into the present day. The design and ideas within The Architecture of Health were translated into a physical experience in Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics, an exhibition put on by the Cooper Hewitt.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
MASS Design Group
Credits
Rick Valicenti: Design Direction, Design
Bud Rodecker: Design
Alyssa Arnesen: Design
Designed while at Span
Recognition
Society of Typographic Arts: STA 100
Exhibition Design
2021
Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics
We worked with MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to design the exhibition graphics. These graphics showcased the multitude of creative responses to the pandemic, ranging from medical devices, PPE, and rapid-response prototyping to mutual aid, open-source collaboration, and collective activism.
The pandemic revealed what some have known for a long time: breathing is spatial. Design and Healing revealed these implications at the scale of the body, building, city, and planet.
We worked with MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to design the exhibition graphics. These graphics showcased the multitude of creative responses to the pandemic, ranging from medical devices, PPE, and rapid-response prototyping to mutual aid, open-source collaboration, and collective activism.
The pandemic revealed what some have known for a long time: breathing is spatial. Design and Healing revealed these implications at the scale of the body, building, city, and planet.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
MASS Design Group
Credits
Bud Rodecker: Design Direction, Design
Alyssa Arnesen: Design
Rick Valicenti: Design
MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: Curatorial Team
MASS Design Group: Exhibition Design
Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution: Photography
Designed while at Span
Recognition
Society of Typographic Arts: STA 100
Selected Press
The New York Times
Forbes
The Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal
Metropolis