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We worked with the Foote School to redesign their main site. This website serves two functions – to attract potential parents and students to this K-9 independent school, but also allow current students to access teacher portals that have relevant academic information they require. Implemented by Finalsite.
“How Do We Memorialize the Pandemic?”
The Boston Globe | May 10, 2021
We were invited to submit a design proposal for a public memorial to The Boston Globe to commemorate the 1M US Covid-19 deaths.
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2022/05/covid-memorial/nilou-moochhala/
The founding concept of this installation is based on ‘light” pillars. These serve as a reference to ancient burial practices that commemorated dead through structures built above ground (e.g. Egyptian pyramids, Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, etc), and the use of light which is used in many remembrance practices worldwide. These ‘lit-up’ altars will use light as a metaphor for transcendence, and movement from this life to the next.
Each column represents a month in the pandemic. The installation will be created in concentric circles, the first year of the pandemic being the innermost circle of 12 pillars/altars, and moving outwards. The circles also signify 12 points of a clock-face - not only do we observe the passage of time from month to year, but also minutes to seconds as we physically walk through it.
Horizontal ‘day prisms’ laid out vertically within each monthly column are further divided into a 24-hour cycle. Each lit dot/circle point/stone) within these structures symbolizes an individual lost to Covid19. Each day had surges in Covid-19 deaths at diff times and this will be reflected in the way each horizontal ‘day prism’ emanates white light projected from within - brighter when there were more incidents, and lighter/softer when there were less.
UX / UI / Design
We were approached by the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) based in New York's Chinatown, to visualize a digital version of their main museum exhibition. This focused on the arrival, transition, and experiences of Chinese immigrants into the United States and consisted of visual, audio, and video materials. (Mockups only)
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Between 2000-2020, we have worked with the Yale Library system to create custom-based web templates – for their main front door, as well as for smaller collections and libraries across the university. These have included the Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color, Manuscripts & Archives, Beinecke, and many other digital collections.
UX / UI / Design / Code
We worked with the Arlington Commission on Arts and Culture to create UI & UX frameworks for a new initiative, Arts Arlington, who’s purpose is to be a cultural destination information portal. There are a number of different cultural organizations existing under this umbrella site – it also includes listings of events, creative institutions in town, artists opportunities, and more…
UX / UI / Design / Code
We have worked on numerous UX and Web projects for the Harvard Kennedy School. Our clients have included the Ash Center, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Consortium for Energy Policy Research, and Environmental Policy Program, among others.
Conference Presentation Decks
We worked with Elias Arts Sound Design in NYC to create numerous digital & interactive marketing materials for conference speaking engagements and other purposes.
Between 2010-2014, we served as a primaiy design consultant at the MBTA. Nymdesign worked closely with the development team to implement the integration of Google Transit onto the exisiting homepage, visualization of Service Alerts, and redesign of the T intranet.
