Simon Griffee Visual design, photography, writing, illustration

February 2020

Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, New York City, 2019

Published 2020 February 25

Feria di Sevilla, Seville, Spain, 2014

Published 2020 February 24

Via di San Gregorio, Rome, Italy, 2014

Published 2020 February 20

Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, 2014

Published 2020 February 20

Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy, 2013

Published 2020 February 19

Broadway, Upper West Side, New York City, 2015

Published 2020 February 18

145th Street and Broadway, New York City, 2017

Published 2020 February 18

Columbia University, New York City, 2018

Published 2020 February 18

At Quinn’s, Beacon, New York, 2019

Published 2020 February 17

Self Portrait with Amber, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2018

Published 2020 February 14

Thank You, Andrew Yang

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Thank you to Andrew Yang for moving the conversation about a universal basic income — or freedom dividend, as explained by the above graphic made by his campaign — forward. ¶ This planet urgently needs thoughtful, intelligent leaders like Yang, and I hope he becomes a member of the next cabinet, or mayor of a city like New York. ¶ Not right. Not left. Forward.

Zebras Drawing

Zebras pencil drawing by Simon Griffee.

Update 2020 July 16: Now available printed on on tshirts, masks, totebags, mugs, leggings, and more to anyone who wants to celebrate friendships.

Ensemble Échappé Posters

Ensemble Échappé calligraphic title made with a brush.
Hand-painted calligraphic brush title along with variations of a poster design for Ensemble Échappé.

The ensemble is performing two concerts and an opera premiere during a residency at Columbia’s Italian Academy

Ensemble Échappé curtain design.
With a photograph of the Italian Academy’s Teatro curtains.
Ensemble Échappé statues design.
With a photo of statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art at night.
Ensemble Échappé Strait of Dover design.
With a photo of the Strait of Dover from the air.
Ensemble Échappé notes design.
With a type design focussed on sound and color.

Corso Como Gallery, New York City, 2020

Published 2020 February 9

A pleasure to see Bruce and Sophie Gilden along with vintage prints of the photographs in Bruce’s book, Lost and Found, that I had the privilege to work on, at Corso Como gallery.

Sophie, Nina, Bruce and Nancy, Corso Como Gallery, New York City, 2020. And hello, Nancy! Bruce, Sophie and guests, Corso Como Gallery, New York City, 2020.

42nd Street and 5th Avenue, New York City, 2015

Published 2020 February 6

Torre dei Conti, Rome, Italy, 2020

Published 2020 February 6

Professor Ceen in his studio, Rome, Italy, 2020

Published 2020 February 2

A pleasure and a privilege to visit one of my mentors, Mr. Ceen, shown here with Giambattista Nolli’s Nuova Pianta di Roma, MDCCXLVIII.

Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, England, 2012

Published 2020 February 2

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