We recently created a website about our film and visualization services for Architecture and Urban Design practices. The website explains how our clients might use these services, gives an overview of our firm, and has several sample projects.

Sarah has been named Resident Director to the Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House II (neutravdl.org) so we will be living and working there starting October 1st.

We completed our Los Angeles River documentary at the end of February. To see the complete movie online, and to find out about recent press coverage and screening info visit our Los Angeles River Website. Next screenings will be October 24-26 during Mobius LA. This month's The Next American City has an article about the film.

We worked with arquitectura 911 sc on an exhibit for the 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. See a portion of the final clip here.

Los Angeles City Beat journalist Allison Milionis wrote an article about our Future of Filming Porposals.

Sarah gave a lecture at Georgia Tech's College of Architecture on Feb 14th, 2007.

An article about our Los Angeles River documentary was published in LA Architect's Jan/Feb 2007 issue.

We were featured in LA Architect's Nov/Dec 2006 issue "10 to Watch." Dowload article (pdf) Posted with permission of Balcony Media. The issue showcases the work of ten young Los Angeles design firms (including our friends MAKE Architecture.)

Class Act was the opening night film during the Artivist Film Festival held at The Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles.

Sarah gave a lecture at the ACSA West Conference in October 2006.

We created a video in collaboration with Graphic Design Firm INOX for TAG Heuer's Photography Exhibit held in NY during Fashion Week 2006.

Our documentary film "The Future of Filming in Downtown Los Angeles" was screened at "The Dark Side Club" an event organized by the Architectural Review and White Partners during the 2006 Venice Biennale. At the three-day event eight up and coming international architectural and urban planning studios explained their urban propositions to a panel which included architects Peter Cook, Odile Deq, Paul Finch, Wolf Prix, Richard Rogers, Bernard Tschumi, Rem Koolhaas, Nick Grimshaw, Rafael Viñoly, Louisa Hutton, Matthias Sauerbruch, Chris Wilkinson as well as critics Mark Wigley, Aaron Betsky and Tony Vidler.

We were awarded a Graham Foundation Grant to do a documentary film about the Los Angeles River Revitalization Project.

We were part of the “NEW BLOOD: Next Generation” exhibit at the Architecture and Design (A+D) Museum in Los Angeles, which ran from June 1st to September 20th 2006.

One of our proposals to the city (from our project The Future of Filming in Downtown Los Angeles) to develop a series of infrastructural nodes in downtown LA to provide power and water at key film locations in order to decrease the need for generators is moving forward. See Councilwoman Jan Perry's initial motion and DWP's response here, and a commentary about the proposal in blogdowntown.

In collaboration with Swiss graphic design firm INOX we created a 50-screen installation and short film for the Tag Heuer pavilion at Baselworld 2006.

We created the opening credits and other motion graphics for the film “Class Act” directed by Sara Sackner, which debuted at the Miami Film Festival in March 2006. Miami Herald Movie Critic Rene Rodriguez describes the film as: “a passionate and eloquent argument for the importance of arts education in the public school system, Class Act makes its case by showing instead of just telling. Director Sara Sackner travels around the country to interview teachers, students, principals, government officials and school board presidents about the increasingly dire funding shortage faced by music, drama and dance departments, using specific cases (like a tax proposal in California that was defeated by voters) to reveal the peril the programs face. With: Jay W. Jensen, Andy Garcia, Brett Ratner, Roy Firestone, Desmond Child, Adam Epstein.”

We produced a short documentary film on ASU's award winning Biodesign Institute by Lord, Aeck and Sargent Architecture and Gould Evans.

We designed the main gathering space and information pavilion nicknamed the “Nerve Center” for the AEC World Expo in Mumbai India, which took place in December 2005. We also participated in their exhibit “World Endeavors” and gave an hour-long lecture about our work at the event.

We just completed a new website for furniture makers ARK in collaboration with graphic design firm Looking.

The German Magazine Monu published Sarah’s paper on “The Future of Filming in Downtown Los Angeles” in their Spring 2006 issue “Denied Urbanism: Forgotten, Excluded and Repressed Forms of Urban Life.”

We developed the identity and environmental graphics for a new bookstore and cafe in Mexico.

We are working on the design of a house in Inyo County, CA.

Sarah Lorenzen joined the architecture department at Cal Poly Pomona in September as assistant professor.

Our film on "The Future of Filming in Downtown LA" was shown at the UIA 2005 Istanbul Congress in July.

Our work was featured in the December 2004 issue of Indian Architect & Builder.

Sarah's paper "The Future of Filming in Downtown Los Angeles" was part of the International Conference for Integrating Urban Knowledge & Practice in Gothenburg, Sweden.

We created a campaign movie for The Thacher School.

We were Archguide's site of the month in April 2005.

Read Sarah's article on multidisciplinary design at:
www.creativebehavior.com

Project Floratile by Konstantinos Chrysos, Marianthi Tatari and Sarah Lorenzen won a Designboom award in September.

The Architectural Review wrote a short piece about our website.

Thanks to HOW magazine for featuring our website in their "Top 10" sites to see this month:
www.howdesign.com

Thanks to www.americandesignawards.com for giving us a design award in August 2004.

We would also like to thank those who have featured us
on their website:
www.aecinfo.com
www.archguide.com
www.archinect.com
www.architectureweek.com
www.archpedia.com
www.arquired.com.mx
www.artistsregister.com
www.bd4d.com
www.coolhomepages.com
www.coroflot.com
www.creativehotlist.com
www.creativepro.com
www.design4design.com
www.designaddict.com
www.firmlist.com
www.howdesign.com
www.la-apa.org
www.newwebpick.com
www.pallapalla.com
www.pixelsurgeon.com 
www.wwar.com
www.siggraph.org/,
www.sapling.org.uk/
www.cgarchitect.com/
www.archguide.com/
www.designdirectory.cc/,
www.Plannet.com
www.reluct.com
www.dexigner.com
www.shift.jp.org/

We will be Area of Design's featured artist for August.
Check out our interview.

We received a number of design awards in July. Thanks:
www.creativepublic.com
www.netdiver.net
www.designfirms.org

Sarah Lorenzen will attend the 2004 Mayors Institute on City Design conference: “A New Vision of Excellence in Adaptive Reuse” to take place at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_Arc).

David Hartwell is working on a new interactive site for VivoMetrics to launch in June.

David Hartwell, Neuchâtel and Switzerland-based design firm Inox are developing the television advertising campaign for the 2005 World Cup in skiing to take place in Bormio, Italy. Tentative sponsors include Carlsberg Beer, Audi, Swatch and Milka.

David Hartwell and El Segundo-based design firm Looking are developing new exterior lighting, fountains and signage for ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.

Sarah Lorenzen is co-editing the Mayors Institute on City Design book for the upcoming conference “A New Vision of Excellence in Adaptive Reuse.”

Sarah Lorenzen receives a postgraduate Metropolitan Research & Design degree from SCI_Arc in May 2004.

Sarah Lorenzen participates in the group show “The Topological State of Beauty” exhibited in May at the Bank Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.

David Hartwell’s video for VivoMetric’s LifeShirt is shown at the 3GSM World Congress fashion show in Cannes, France.

Sarah Lorenzen’s project “Mobile – Arcade: A Project for Downtown Los Angeles” is shown at Intimacy Beyond Media ‘03 in Florence, Italy.

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