Spacial installation focuses on the similarities all cultures share.

Spacial installation focuses on the similarities all cultures share.

Industry

Independent & Public Schools

Discipline

Experiential Design

Client Name

Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

Bricolage Cafeteria Installation

We conceived and designed a 3-D installation in the dedication of Bricolage Academy’s founding board member Alan Philipson. Philipson’s common phrase “Let’s Do Lunch” was an invitational kickoff for a meeting of the minds. This entry wall to the cafeteria reminds the Bricolage community of the values we all share.

Good Deeds

Supports Local Education
Promotes the inclusivity of all voices, races and ethnicities
Incorporate local vendors and Installers

Credits

Scouting the Site for Opportunity Areas prior to Ideation and Design

How We Think > Creative Process

Research methods and design solutions can develop over weeks, months and even years. The goal here is to show a snippet of research, concept plus style, and a significant result.

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auditing, investigation and strategy

Discover Problems

Define Hypotheses

Identify Opportunities

Concept, visualization, and design

Develop COncepts

Design Prototypes

Implement & observe

HOW we SOLVED THE CHALLENGE CONCEPTUALly

Bricolage’s students from low-income families are given the same opportunities and held to the same academic standards as other students from middle or high-income families.

Unlike other elementary schools in the region, a meaningful dynamic is at play within this socio-economic, racially, and ethnically diverse community. Creating an installation that beautifully highlighted this concept of togetherness was the goal — celebrating our similarities and differences when seated around a meal.

Ideation and image sourcing for various spoons to be drawn

PROTOTYPE SKETCH FOR cafeteria installation

PROTOTYPE LAYOUT AND SIZING

How we solved the challenge visually

This mural is a joyous representation of Bricolage’s community eating together. Throughout history, no matter the dish, the geographic region, all cultures used spoons. Bee Wilson said it best: “Spoons hold up a mirror culture precisely because they are so universal. There are fork cultures, and there are chopstick cultures, but all the peoples of the world use spoons.”

Wilson, Bee. “What Your Spoon Says About You.” The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2012, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/what-your-spoon-says-about-you/263416.

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COLOR PALETTE FOR DIBOND MATERIAL

Initial diagramming and placement of spoons and typography

What Clients Say

Mary Louise goes beyond your mission statement to bring your space and materials life. With Bricolage, she stayed close to all of the school happenings – growth, evolution, successes, challenges, students, staff. It was her goal to truly know the school and to share in the experience so her work reflected the mission, values, and people of Bricolage. Her eye for style, color, photography and her personal relationship made Bricolage at home whether at Touro Synagogue, Holy Rosary, or the permanent facility, John McDonogh High School.

Holly Robbins Hermes

Chief Development Director

Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

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Our Role + Scope

Site visit & spatial Measurements: provide specifications and coordinate estimations
Concept & Prototyping
Press checks and installation supervision of quality control across all materials
Diagramming and Mapping
Installation

Credits

INSTALLATION
Crystal Clear Imaging

PHOTOGRAPHY
Craig Mulcahy

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Location

bricolagenola.org

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Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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