Contact:
Sarah Haun
Two Twelve Associates
902 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
212 254 6670
shaun@twotwelve.com
TWO
TWELVE PRINCIPAL ANN HARAKAWA TO PARTICIPATE IN PANEL DISCUSSION ON IDENTITY
OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
Event
on Wednesday, September 24 is Sponsored by the New York Chapter of the
American Institute of Graphic Arts.
New
York, NY,
19 September 2003
-- Two Twelve Associates, the New York
City-based
design firm, today announces that principal Ann Harakawa will be participating
in a panel discussion entitled, "Starting at Zero: Rebuilding the
Identity of the World Trade Center Site," on Wednesday, September
24, 2003.
The event is sponsored by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA/NY) and will be held at the Katie Murphy Amphitheater in Building D on the Fashion Institute of Technology campus at 27th Street and Seventh Avenue on Wednesday September 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
The panel will be moderated by Metropolis magazine editor Susan Szenasy, and will explore the roles and opportunities of graphics in (re)defining the World Trade Center site. As the site is reshaped, and as the buildings and memorial are designed and eventually built, they will acquire names: official names, corporate names, colloquial names. The panel discussion sponsored by the New York Chapter of the AIGA will cover the issues and interests involved in establishing the area’s new identity.
Ann Harakawa is an expert in identity, signage and print communications design, having led the development of graphics for clients including the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the New York City Housing Authority, Bellevue Hospital, Shea Stadium, and NYC2012, the city's bid for the summer 2012 Olympic Games. For this panel she will also draw on her experiences as a former downtown business owner. Two Twelve's offices at 90 West Street were destroyed on 9/11/01; the firm has since recovered and relocated to the Flatiron District.
Along with Ms. Harakawa, there will be three other panelists: Rick Bell, the executive director of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter; James Biber, an architect and partner in Pentagram; and Joshua Sirefman, Chief Operating Officer of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
The discussion
topic was the subject of front page article in the September 18, 2003
issue of The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/nyregion/18BLOC.html.
The event is open to the public. For further information and pre-registration, please visit http://www.aigany.org.
About Two Twelve
Two Twelve
Associates (http://www.twotwelve.com)
is a multi-disciplinary design company specializing in public information
design, the planning and presentation of complex information to diverse
audiences. David Gibson founded Two Twelve in 1980, and he and his partner
Ann Harakawa presently run the firm's New York-based operation. Two Twelve
offers a full range of services in print, interactive and environmental
graphic design for corporate, institutional and municipal clients nationwide.
Important commissions have included the design of the Census 2000 identity,
forms and canvassing materials; signage for Radio City Music Hall and
Grand Central Terminal; environmental graphics and marketing materials
for NYC2012, New York City’s bid to host the 2012 summer Olympic
Games; and the logo, print communications and exhibit designs for the
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC).
For further
information, please contact:
Sarah Haun, Two Twelve Associates
212-254-6670
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