marcy koontz

Humanae  is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme.

(PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric code, allowing to accurately recreate any of them in any media. It is a technical industrial standard often called Real Color)

The project development is based on a series of portraits whose background is dyed with the exact Pantone® tone extracted from a sample of 11x11 pixels of the portrayed’s face. The project’s objective is to record and catalog all possible human skin tones.

Today was the final Saturday of the Cookie Throwdown 2012 hosted by Mary & the crew.  What a wonderful community event... cannot wait until next year. 

It also happens to be Mary's birthday, so the whole group came together and sang Happy Birthday to her.  We wish you much happiness and success in the coming year.  We all thank you for giving to our community and making it a better place to live.

Design Observer article by Will Holman

Thought provoking journey on ‘social design’ - expansive viewpoint from a personal + revealing lens. 

a civic design studio based in New Orleans that works to make cities more comfortable for people. Founded by Candy Chang and James A. Reeves in 2010, Civic Center blends art, design, education, research, and urban planning to create spaces and tools that help people navigate their cities and improve their neighborhoods. We believe that public spaces should inspire conversation, make the machinery of the city more accessible, and restore a sense of dignity to the public realm.  check it out here

PROJECT

Check out my friend Will Holman's new venture, Object Guerilla. 

Follow his journey into the dark heart of America's consumer-industrial complex, highlighting his own recycled furniture projects, small-scale architecture, and the role of design in fixing some of the seemingly intractable environmental and social problems brought about by our current oil-based, global economic system.