“Art is what you can get away with.” Andy Warhol
Manuel Olmo-RodrĂguez olmocs 2011
Pop Art Hostel Logo Design Development
The chosen theme for the establishment is wonderful! A colorful art movement known for it’s provocative and ironic use and combination of popular images from mass media culture and found objects.
Sources of Pop Art VI by Peter Blake, 1932
And we combine it with a historic, Old San Juan building‌ 131 Calle Cruz was home to Manuel Tizol Marquez, a renowned Puerto Rican musician and musical band director. His nephew, Juan Tizol, is well known for his contributions to the musical genre of Jazz.
Juan Tizol (left), his cousin Antonio Tizol (right) and his uncle Manuel Tizol (sitting), circa 1914.
We have the music from Tizol Family, art from the Pop Art movement and spanish colonial Old San Juan architecture and environment.
Juan Tizol
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Casa Manuel Tizol Marquez
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Casa Manuel Tizol Marquez Roy Lichtenstein
Andy Warhol
Eduardo Paolozzi
Many great ideas and colorful stories to tell‌ Tizol Family (Music, Jazz) Pop Art Movement Hotel / Hostel Accommodations + Colonial Old San Juan = Pop Art Hostel
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We can create a window to tell our stories and show the variety of imagery and history, or we can have a white canvas where we can combine all the stories and tell ours.
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Using the letters of the name and maximizing the viewing area within their forms becomes our canvas.
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Endless possibilities allow for multiple interpretations and uses. The stencil to comunicate our identity.
Pop Art Typeface
Designed by Manuel Olmo-RodrĂguez, 2011
Juan Tizol and his wife, Rosebud Browne, aboard the SS Olympic during the Ellington Orchestra first European tour, 1933.
Manuel Olmo-RodrĂguez San Juan, Puerto Rico 2011
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