Public Mechanics is a design + art studio led by Bruce Willen, focusing on experiential projects for public and cultural spaces. We collaborate with civic, arts, and design innovators to make memorable places and tell essential stories.
Our practice includes public art, placemaking, typography consultation, creative strategy, and branding for communities and cultural institutions. With each project, we take a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach that aims to deepen engagement with the places and people around us. We cultivate moments of serendipity, play, and discovery, to unearth lost histories and begin new stories.
Have an interesting project?
holler@publicmechanics.com
AIA
Arts Council New Orleans
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore Office of Promotion & Arts
Central Baltimore Partnership
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
DC Public Library
Greenbuild Expo
Gutierrez Studios
James Corner Field Operations
Mahan Rykiel Associates
Maharam
Maryland Film Festival (MdFF)
the Neighborhood Design Center
PI.KL Studio
Post Typography
Seawall Development
Southwest Business Improvement District
Topos Graphics
Union Craft Brewing
Unknown Studio
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Green Building Council
Waverly Main Street
West 8
Ziger/Snead Architects
Founder Bruce Willen has over 20 years of experience leading high-profile design projects that have shaped the visual language of Baltimore, the sustainable building industry, and beyond. Prior to starting Public Mechanics, he co-founded and led the acclaimed design agency Post Typography for more than 12 years. His designs and illustrations have appeared on multiple covers of Time Magazine, The New York Times, and ESPN, among others. His work has received numerous fancy-pants design awards and has been published in dozens of design periodicals and books from Phaidon, Taschen, and Rizzoli, as well as a Post Typography monograph.
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Email: holler@publicmechanics.com
