169. The NFL Vince Lombardi Trophy (for Peyton Manning)
atelier ying, nyc.
Two giants hover over the intentions of this design. both are men of genius, with similarities.
I've long admired Peyton Manning
for his innovative qualities and his contributions to an intellectual approach to American football. At times he has been wrongly seen as eccentric, which only reflects upon the lack of intelligence and judgment of a few sportswriters.
Manning's innovative thinking has a resemblance to the conductor Herbert Von Karajan, another larger than life forward thinker.
Both Manning and Lombardi are family oriented men with a firm religious foundation. Lombardi went as far as to once have had intentions toward priesthood.
The proposed redesign of the Lombardi trophy is as a tool for creativity, things that I have been making all along to be used. They are essentially randomizing machines in the style of John Cage. The user inserts slides of plays from a game into the viewer (actual screenshots of plays from an actual game or diagrammatic screens from the playbook) and generates numbers which index to an assorted list of call symbols from Manning's list as well as those from other quarterbacks for Manning to modify and adapt. This randomizing factor (something that PG Wodehouse often used to generate names of characters for short stories) may provide surprising combinations that may befuddle the opposition defense in a game.
In the lower half of the enclosure is a dedication space to the noble devout Lombardi. The miniature chapel-like meditation space honors Lombardi's habit of Catholic examen and confession. In this respect it has qualities of a confessional (rear red curtain and subtle wood detailing). It also has storage for a memento in a space off to the side. The space can be viewed either from the back or the side via a mirror or via an eyepiece. The quiet, solemn atmosphere (naturally lit from a light bar) communicates to the owner of the trophy the importance of finding an inner peace before a major football game.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
169. The NFL Vince Lombardi Trophy (for Peyton Manning)
atelier ying, nyc.
Two giants hover over the intentions of this design. both are men of genius, with similarities.
I've long admired Peyton Manning
for his innovative qualities and his contributions to an intellectual approach to American football. At times he has been wrongly seen as eccentric, which only reflects upon the lack of intelligence and judgment of a few sportswriters.
Manning's innovative thinking has a resemblance to the conductor Herbert Von Karajan, another larger than life forward thinker.
Both Manning and Lombardi are family oriented men with a firm religious foundation. Lombardi went as far as to once have had intentions toward priesthood.
The proposed redesign of the Lombardi trophy is as a tool for creativity, things that I have been making all along to be used. They are essentially randomizing machines in the style of John Cage. The user inserts slides of plays from a game into the viewer (actual screenshots of plays from an actual game or diagrammatic screens from the playbook) and generates numbers which index to an assorted list of call symbols from Manning's list as well as those from other quarterbacks for Manning to modify and adapt. This randomizing factor (something that PG Wodehouse often used to generate names of characters for short stories) may provide surprising combinations that may befuddle the opposition defense in a game.
In the lower half of the enclosure is a dedication space to the noble devout Lombardi. The miniature chapel-like meditation space honors Lombardi's habit of Catholic examen and confession. In this respect it has qualities of a confessional (rear red curtain and subtle wood detailing). It also has storage for a memento in a space off to the side. The space can be viewed either from the back or the side via a mirror or via an eyepiece. The quiet, solemn atmosphere (naturally lit from a light bar) communicates to the owner of the trophy the importance of finding an inner peace before a major football game.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.