The art was so cool
Almost my favorite part of the show -- watching the artists build this enormous mural as people arrived down the escalator, stopped, and stared. And then giggling as the images were repeated throughout the show. This picture by Viktor van den Berg gives you just a glimpse -- it was huge (15 x 60 ft?) and close scrutiny was very well rewarded.
Gordon Haff: Art at VMworld
But there’s one other thing that I have to mention. VMware hired a New York artist named Brian Rea to handle the artwork for the show. His line drawings are omnipresent, incredibly clever, and add a real sense of style and fun to the show. Multi-core is a tree growing apple cores. Disembodied hands pat a Labrador for the “Hands-On Lab” sign. And a huge blackboard has been sporting an increasingly dense collection of pictorial jokes throughout the week. Kudos to the artist and to VMware for looking beyond the often oh-so-serious world of technology!
Some closeups of the banner images from Tony.
Posted by John Troyer on September 14, 2007 in VMworld2007
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That would be Gordon Haff, not Hoff
Posted by: SV Sleuth | September 14, 2007 at 10:56 AM
Corrected. Thanks.
Note to self: don't be reading Christopher Hoff and Gordon Haff and posting after midnight.
Posted by: jtroyer | September 14, 2007 at 11:28 AM
On the chalk wall, under the V, find a rendering of our hands on lab staff "tattoo", found on the sleeve of the hands on lab staff shirt. And below that, a rememberence of our dear friend, Binit. Kudos to Mike O'Reilly for making that happen.
Posted by: c@v3m@n | September 16, 2007 at 09:35 PM