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Wednesday 24 September 2003
Katie Murphy Amphitheater, FIT Building D
27th Street and Seventh Avenue
6:30 to 7:00 pm wine and snacks reception
7:00 to 8:30 pm presentation
What are the roles and opportunities of graphics in (re)defining this city-within-a-city?
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.
Join a panel discussion sponsored by the New York
Chapter of the AIGA to discuss the issues and interests
involved in establishing the area’s new identity.
Related links
Envisioning Downtown
World Trade Center Endures. Read the Signs.
MODERATOR
Susan Szenasy
Susan Szenasy has been editor-in-chief of Metropolis magazine since
1986. She teaches at Parson’s School of Design and is a frequent
lecturer and panel moderator of broad-ranging design topics. She is
the co-founder of R.Dot (Rebuild Downtown Our Town) a coalition of
New Yorkers who came together after 9/11 to contribute their expertise
to downtown rebuilding.
SPEAKERS
Rick Bell
Architect Rick Bell has been in private practice and has
worked at the NYC
Department of Design and Construction. He is executive director of
the NY Chapter of the AIA and helped found New York New Visions,
which brings together professional and civic organizations assisting
with the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. He serves on the development advisory committee of
the LMDC.
Ann Harakawa
Ann Harakawa is a principal of Two Twelve Associates, a New York
City-based information design firm where she specializes in identity
and print communications, way-finding and signage. Her clients include
the LMDC and The Mayor’s Office, NYC 2012. 212’s offices
across the street from WTC Tower 2 were destroyed on 9/11. Fully
recovered, the firm is now in the Flatiron District.
James Biber
James Biber joined Pentagram in 1991. Since then his team has designed
award winning environments for numerous high-profile restaurants and
museums and a range of residential projects, custom furniture and
lighting for private clients. He has taught architecture at Cornell
University, Syracuse University and Parsons School of Design and
is a member of R.Dot.
Joshua Sirefman
Joshua Sirefman is the Chief Operating Officer of the New York City
Economic Development Corporation founded to help New York businesses
operate effectively and profitably. It has been instrumental in establishing
programs to help businesses rebuild after 9/11.
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