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Unique Twelve Poster Series Showcases Bay Area Creativity, Enthusiasm for 2012 Olympic Bid
May 8, 2002—San Francisco, CA: Joined by arts community leaders and BASOC officials, some of the Bay Area's most prominent designers today unveiled the first four in a new series of twelve original works that celebrate the San Francisco Bay Area's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. "The Bridge to the Future" series of twelve unique posters by twelve acclaimed Bay Area artists and designers will showcase the Bay Area's internationally renowned creative community and demonstrate the broad enthusiasm for the bid among Bay Area residents from many backgrounds.
"Our bid for the 2012 Olympic Games builds a 'Bridge to the Future' for the people of the San Francisco Bay Area, the USOC and the international Olympic Movement," said Anne Cribbs, BASOC President & CEO and 1960 Olympian. "We're so proud that twelve of the Bay Area's best artists and designers have come together now to celebrate ur bid for the 2012 Olympic Games through twelve unique visions of 'The Bridge to the Future' theme."
Each original work expresses the individual designer's vision and interpretation of "The Bridge to the Future" – the recently announced theme of the San Francisco Bay Area's campaign to be selected U.S. Candidate for the 2012 Olympic Games by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) this November. The twelve artists and designers were invited to participate based on their national and international design credentials.
"The Olympic Games don't just attract the world's greatest athletes, they also attract the world's greatest artists and designers." said Rick Tharp, principal designer of Tharp Did It, Inc and BASOC's "design umpire," who coordinated "The Bridge to the Future" poster series. "We're fortunate that so many of them call the Bay Area home and we're incredibly grateful that so many have been inspired to contribute their artistic genius to our bid for the 2012 Olympic Games."
All twelve original posters reflect diverse styles, approaches and interpretations of 'The Bridge to the Future' theme. Michael Mabry of Emeryville, Jean Orlebeke of Oakland, Michael Schwab of Marin County and Michael Vanderbyl of San Francisco designed the first four posters unveiled. The next four posters in the series will be unveiled at the opening of the Golden Gate Games on May 31st. The final four original works will be unveiled at a special reception in late June.
Design, Production, Printing & Paper Generously Donated
All publication and production for the posters series has been generously contributed by httprint, a San Francisco-based total solutions technology and services provider focused on the printing sector (www.httprint.com). Paper for the posters was generously donated by Sappi, the world's leading producer of fine paper (www.sappi.com). Dome Printing of Sacramento, one of Northern California's largest and most technologically advanced printers, has contributed all printing for the project (www.domeprinting.com). George Hirthler and Rebecca D'atilio of Helikon developed and helped organize "the Bridge to the Future" poster program concept (www.helikon.com).
"The Bridge to the Future" Series Prints to be Distributed throughout the Bay Area
The posters will be distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to merchants, businesses and the general public throughout the months of May and June. A set of exclusive, limited edition prints (25" x 36") – including some signed by the artists -- will be available for purchase through BASOC or online at eBay. While supplies last, individual display posters of each print (18" x 27") will be available to the general public at select events or at BASOC offices on a first-come, first-served basis. Complete sets of the entire series will also be available for purchase from BASOC. Postcard prints of each poster will also be distributed in restaurants and cafes around the Bay Area.
Arts & Cultural Legacy Proposals Announced
BASOC officials also discussed the details of proposed arts and cultural legacy programs included in the 'Bid Addendum' recently submitted to the USOC. Developed in recent months by a working group of arts community leaders from throughout the Bay Area, the plans include allocating $26 million to stage the Cultural Olympiad, which would begin four years before the Olympic Games in 2009 and engage the region's creative community in the preparation for and celebration of the 2012 Olympic Games. In each of the four years leading up to 2012, the Organizing Committee would award twenty grants of $50,000 each to commission original works by local artists and musicians. BASOC also proposes that $10 million in surplus funds from the 2012 Olympic Games will endow a legacy foundation to benefit arts and cultural programs in the Bay Area after the Olympic Games.
"Along with Sport and the Environment, Culture is one of the three pillars of the Olympic Movement," said John Killacky, Executive Director of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Chair of BASOC's Arts & Culture Committee, which developed the arts and cultural component of the bid. "We're committed to supporting that pillar by engaging the Bay Area's arts and cultural community in our bid for the 2012 Olympic Games today."
San Francisco Bay Area 2012 Olympic Games
"The Bridge to the Future" Original Poster Series
About the Artists & Designers:
SHARRIE BROOKS, San Francisco An award-winning designer, Sharrie Brooks has designed for a diverse clientele including Coca-Cola, Coulter Pharmaceutical and Boeing. Her work is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. Her work has received many awards, including a Clio, and has been featured by, among others, Graphis and the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
DAVID LANCE GOINES, Berkeley David Lance Goines is one of the Bay Area's most renowned artists and is also a traditional letterpress printer. His writing and artwork have received numerous awards, most notably the 1983 American Book Award for his book, A Constructed Roman Alphabet. His artwork is represented in both public and private collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Internationally, his work has been featured at Museé de la Publicité, Palais du Louvre, Paris and at the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art in Hiroshima, Japan.
KIT HINRICHS, San Francisco A partner at international design firm, Pentagram, Kit Hinrichs has been an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. His work has been honored and published widely and several pieces of his work are part of the permanent exhibition of the SFMOMA. He is co-author or four books and he is a member of the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale.
MICHAEL MABRY, Emeryville Michael Mabry's work has been represented and received awards in several design competitions including the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the American Center for Design, Graphis and the San Francisco Society for Communicating Arts. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has been exhibited internationally. A book on his work: Michael Mabry: A Graphic Designer's Design Life has just been published.
JENNIFER MORLA, Emeryville President and creative director of Morla Design, Jennifer has collaborated with companies such as Levi's, the New York Times, Apple, MTV and Swatch. She has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where her work is on permanent exhibition, and internationally her work has been featured at the DDD Design gallery in Japan. Jennifer is an international lecturer and is adjunct professor at California College of Arts and Crafts.
JEAN ORLEBEKE, Oakland Before forming her company, Obek design, Jean Orlebeke worked as a graphic designer in Chicago, San Francisco and Tokyo. Her work has includes print collateral, book design, corporate and product identity for print and interactive applications, packaging and textile design. Graphis, Type Directors Club, the AIGA and the ID Magazine Design Review are among those who have recognized her work.
MICHAEL SCHWAB, San Anselmo Known for his dramatic perspectives, sensuous color, and bold, graphic images of archetypal people, Schwab has created national award winning brands, corporate identities and posters for clients including Apple, Levi's, Coke, Nike, Wells Fargo and Ralph Lauren. He is known for his work for the National Parks and the San Francisco Opera, as well as for his design work for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Michael Schwab has created work that has led to his becoming one of the leading graphic artists in the United States. A book of his work: The Graphic Art of Michael Schwab, is now available, published by Graphis.
WARD SHUMAKER, San Francisco An illustrator and author of three children's books (the most recent: In My Garden, Chronicle Books), Ward Shumaker has been honored with a Federal Design Achievement Award for his work with the National Design Museum for the show "Unlimited by Design".
TODD SIMMONS. San Francisco A multi-disciplinary designer, Todd Simmons has produced work for the Gap, Ralph Lauren, IBM and Coca-Cola, among others. His work has been recognized both nationally and internationally, featured in Metropolis and Critique magazines, and by the AIGA and the Type Directors Club.
SAM SMIDT. Palo Alto Sam Smidt is a leading West Coast graphic designer who operates a small studio in Palo Alto, California. His work is in the permanent collection of SFMOMA and was recently the subject of a feature article in Graphis magazine.
MICHAEL VANDERBYL, San Francisco Michael Vanderbyl established Vanderbyl Design in San Francisco in 1973, serving clients such as the Walt Disney Company, Esprit, IBM, SFMOMA, Sun Microsystems and Teknion Furniture Systems. Michael has been awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and has won both AIA and American Institute of Interior Designers competitions. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and presides as Dean of the School of Design at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
MIN WANG, San Francisco No stranger to producing work for the Olympic movement, Min Wang's designs contributed to Beijing's successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Min Wang is a teacher and lecturer in graphic design and his work is exhibited throughout the world in showcases such as the International Poster Biennial in Finland, the Biennian of Graphic Design in the Czech Republic, The Graphic Design Show in Beijing, China and in the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany.
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