This past weekend I had the privilege to help install a chuppah for a marriage ceremony for close family. This chuppah (or huppah) holds a great deal of sentimental value to me, as it is the same one I designed for my own wedding six years ago. The wood pieces have held up pretty well... Continue Reading →
Following on from the Red Hook Pier photos from Halloween, I am posting a few other images of New York harbor. All images are from 2019 - the first six are from late May and the last two are from early June. The air is visibly much cleaner in the first photos; the views towards... Continue Reading →
Last week's post on the NYC lampshade showed not-quite-finished work, but work that had been refined and recreated in a long process of sketching and tracing while exploring typography and legibility. I wanted to share the process tracings, to show the different aesthetic directions driven by handwriting choices. It felt freeing to draw and explore... Continue Reading →
As part of a series of maps and sketches of neighborhood names and boundaries, I have started to make lampshades to hang from pendant light fixtures. The shades are made of trace (in the example below the trace is sandwiched around simple printer paper) held in shape with an embroidery hoop on either end of... Continue Reading →
Salem, MA - 2016 https://vimeo.com/175783307 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdM4bB1zOT0
Completed in 2018 and in partnership with Parima Sukosi, we provided design services to the Adams House (Arlington, VA) condo board for the renovation of their main entrance canopy, signage and lighting. We reviewed original construction documents and proposed exposing the existing I-beam supports of the canopy, and a painted perimeter C-Channel fascia to replace... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 