Doon

We’ve never met Edgar Papazian.

But, let us tell you about him.

He was born in St. Ettiene, France, but he’s a U.S. Citizen. He’s half Armenian; in his case, this means his cultural roots—and the depth of history channeled through Mt. Arrarat—define aspects of his work, his belief in the importance of Architecture, and his understanding of Yergatakir.

He is kind.

He was educated at Yale and Columbia, thus the efficacy of his work lies in well informed and rigorous philosophy. His architecture is at once ancient and contemporary, precisely misaligned in certain cases. His work is tactile, poetic, subtle, and at once flagrant. He sometimes creates systems so that he may break them, as in his Armenian Holocaust Museum.

His firm is called Doon Architecture, and they have a new brand and identity by FÖDA Studio.

He lives in Portland.
Cheers from Austin.

Armenian Holocaust Museum, courtesy of Edgar Papazian, RA.

Yergatakir writing sample.

Textile woven pattern studies by FÖDA.







Logo and customized typeface, joined, shown above.
Screenshots from the website (which features separate atom and RSS feeds for both the client’s writings as well as his portfolio, a fully operable backside content management system, and elastic window size) follow:





The design team for this project was led by creative director Jett Butler in the spring of 2008. The logo was designed by Jett Butler with additional development by designer Melissa Martin, and production assistance from Sarah Emmons. The identity systems were designed by Melissa Martin and Jett Butler. The textile pattern was developed by Sarah Emmons and deconstructed by Jett Butler. Additional logo concepts were developed by designer Caspar Lam. Project research team included Caspar Lam, Sarah Emmons, Melissa Martin, Sean Lopano and Jett Butler. The website was developed by Caspar Lam at FÖDA Studio and John Hoysa for unsustainableDesign.