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Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Design, Illustration, and The Arts

 

June 1, 2009

 

Ligature Volume 9: Stacy Mar Out Now

 

An innovative micro-site by and about artists making unusual connections

 

SEATTLE, Wash., June 1, 2009 – Ligature Online (http://www.bigfigdesigngroup.com/1.0/Ligature/Ligature.html ) today announced the release of Ligature Volume 9: Stacy Mar.

 

From furniture to entertainment design, graphic to product design— artist/designer/photographer, triple-threat Stacy Mar brings a conceptual depth and a considered, sophisticated sense of design that shines through in every project she tackles.

 

Every kind of experience holds the possibility of artistic inspiration for Stacy Mar, whether she’s attending a violin recital or gallery exhibit, relaxing in a Paris café, or biking along Manhattan’s riverfront. She translates that inspiration into beautiful, original, and impactful graphic and industrial design, moving skillfully between the demands of two- and three-dimensional planes.

 

Mar’s work is a testament to the years spent honing her craft, and to her passion for people, culture, and art. When Stacy became the first female to win her high school woodshop class’s “Golden Hammer Award,” she never imagined that this was the start of something big.

 

Early dreams of becoming a medical illustrator led her to art school, where she discovered that industrial design appealed to her love for hands-on creativity, model-making, and technical drawing (and involved fewer internal organs). From there, she began a successful, wide-ranging career that spans the entertainment, media, and retail industries.

 

Her diverse portfolio includes award-winning furniture designs for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (2006 Elle Decor Design Excellence Award—take that, Golden Hammer), graphic and prop design for major motion pictures such as "The American President" and "City of Angels," and extensive work for The Walt Disney Company, producing logos and licensed goods for their consumer products division. She has designed for Dessin Fournir and its subdivision companies (Classic Cloth, Palmer Hargrave, Gerard, and C.S. Post & Co.), created store and fixture designs for Carter’s/OshKosh, developed the Canopy Furniture collection for WalMart, and, at eight, inc., contributed to the designs for Apple’s retail stores.

 

About Ligature Online

 

Each month Ligature Online hosts an artist whose work and way of thinking makes interesting or unusual connections; designer as storyteller, writer as illustrator, sculptor as playwright, or poet as seamstress. The format and content will be left to each artist, as Ligature is designed to provide a space for artists to present and discuss their own work in their own way. Artists slated to exhibit include Susan Andrade, Barbara Kosoff, Susan Benarcik Pete Benarcik, Dan Glassman, John Beach, Dave Straus, Miles Goodwin and Stacy Mar.

 

For more information, please go to:

 

http://www.bigfigdesigngroup.com/1.0/Ligature/Ligature.html.

 

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Media Contact:

Daniel Flahiff

Ligature Online

425-945-0162

daniel@bigfigdesigngroup.com

 

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