It's limited by time and space. You can't always be everywhere at once. (This is why immersive environments work so well for spreading messages to large groups of people.)
It's also limited by our own ability to express ourselves in the moment. Sometimes it's easier just to point to something and say "Yes, that!"
Art helps us say the things that need to be said, when and where people need to hear it most.
Left to right: Gapingvoid CEO Jason Korman, Miami Beach City Commissioner Ed Tobin, Miami Beach City Commissioner Michael Grieco, Gapingvoid Director Laura Viberti, City of Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, City of Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales
While we count some of the largest companies in the world as clients, our studio is actually based in the seaside hamlet of Miami Beach. One of the nice things about being here in Miami, which is actually like a small town (pop 90,000 with 13 million visitors annually), is that we are privileged to interact with great local institutions like University of Miami and now, the City of Miami Beach.
At first blush, creative solutions for City government, Higher Ed and big business might seem hard to reconcile – I mean, what the heck do they have to do with our style of illustration? What are the ideas that bind these seemingly disparate organizations? [READ MORE]