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10/08/2021

What is the relationship between environmental signage and architecture?

This question led the work of our Beijing studio for the Cloudscape of Haikou Library with MAD Architects. Overlooking Haikou Bay in China’s Hainan Province, the library appears carved from the natural world, with interspersed “gray space” creating light and openness. We developed a sleek and soft typographic language, and abandoned the use of standard arrow symbols, choosing, instead, to stretch the arrow to greater lengths in response to the building’s texture and curvature on light aluminum signage. Providing a design system that follows the architectural paradigm, rather than acting as a manual for the space. 2nd photo credit Arch-exist.

08/20/2019

We are accepting applications for environmental design internships starting in September. For more information on how to apply:

Open positions are listed below. When applying for a job please send a CV and portfolio in PDF format to [email protected] along with a letter of interest. Include the job title in the subject line of your email.  

05/08/2019

Congratulations to on its 275th anniversary. We are proud to be a partner in its momentous transformation. Our dynamic content system – an integral component of the redesign of – features digital displays that guide visitors throughout the building, announcing, updating, and previewing the constellation of activities. A special thank you to our close collaborators at .

04/11/2019

Our 24hr. Kitchen at features a 60-meter counter that weaves through three diverse kitchen scenes – Morning, Day, and Evening – showcasing an edible meditation on the raw and the cooked by . Open now through Sunday, 10AM-8PM, via delle Erbe, 2, Milan.
@ Brera Design District

03/27/2019

Our exhibition design, graphics, and branding for “KAWS: ALONG THE WAY” a survey of artist , curated by Germano Celant, featuring iconic sculptures and paintings, now open to the public at Hong Kong Contemporary Art .

We employed a simple unadorned gesture for the exhibition’s overall organization: XX. With this figural plan configuration, the artworks are freed from the gallery container within which they are exhibited, allowing them to be presented as individual works residing in one of six perimeter wedges. At the core of the exhibition, parallel mirrored surfaces dematerialize the notion of gallery wall to reveal an infinite sculptural landscape of characters within the world of KAWS.

Photography:
@ PMQ 元創方

02/22/2019

We are proud to announce that the Diner, our collaboration with Surface Magazine and Rockwell Group, has won the 2019 Frame Frame Awards Jury Vote for Trade-Fair Stand. Coming this May, The Diner by David Rockwell + Surface with 2x4 at NYCxDESIGN. Stay tuned for more info.
@ Milan, Italy

02/15/2019

We are happy to announce the new and improved 2x4.org. Content-focused, simple to use, and mobile friendly.

02/05/2019

新年快乐 / Happy Lunar New Year! The Chinese edition of Multiple Signatures is out now.

01/31/2019

This week we honor the legacy of design pioneer, Florence Knoll. An icon with an unerring and remarkably prescient vision. What today seems ubiquitous in the design of workspaces –research and planning, domesticity, soft spaces, humanism– can be traced back to the constellation of ideas, products, and systems produced by Knoll.

01/25/2019

Multiple Signatures Korean edition is out now. Published by . Translation by and .min.choi. Available in South Korea wherever better books are sold. Photo by .min.choi

01/15/2019

Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, Prada SS18 Women’s Show, and the Diner have been nominated for this year’s Frame awards. Visit frameawards.com/nominees now through February 18th to cast your vote. Link in bio.
Surface Magazine Rockwell Group