02 25 2007:

late friday night, we relaunched arsnovanyc.com for new york’s feisty ars nova theatre. this is a project that’s been in the works since september of last year, and would never have been completed without valuable input from ars nova’s jillian apfelbaum, teresa bass, and chris sauvé.

the design is a partnership between chris and myself—chris had worked online before, but only in a flash-based setting, so it was my responsibility to take his rough sketches, then design with him to redevelop them in a way that responsibly calls attention to the work—not the medium. we redrew his sketch into a series of translucent panels, looking through the theatre company into the work itself. the entire site is run via a content management system, including the media players. this means ars nova can update their content without worrying so much about upsetting the design.

ars nova is the subject of an extensive profile in today’s new york times theater section. if you don’t have a nytimes.com login, you may download the article as a PDF file by clicking here. it’s a great read for young directors looking for new financial models.

-pk

02 18 2007:

the posters we made as valentines to our clientele have been quite popular—we’ve begin receiving requests for purchase. far be it from us to refuse. it’s a lovely piece of illustration and typography in pink on metallic cream stock; looks nice anywhere. if interested, visit the newly christened store.houseofpretty.com—we call it s.hop—to buy yours.

-pk