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015: Cristina Mazutis: Architectural Signage and Rebranding Red Elephant

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Episode • Aug 7, 2023 • 37m

On today’s episode of Architectette we welcome Cristina Mazutis. Cristina has a background in graphic design and is the business development manager for Red Elephant, a Texas-based company that focuses on the design and production of architectural signage. We talk about: - Cristina’s upbringing in Colombia, her start in graphic design, and how her organizational and management skills helped her grow into her current role - Why Red Elephant focuses on architectural signage and how they approach partnerships with developers and architects - The unexpected start of the company- how founder Indu Sanka transitioned from working for Southwest Airlines to opening a signage company  - Red Elephant's rebranding! We talk about the complexity of rebranding and how the company chose to change its name from FSGS to Red Elephant - We end by chatting about a few of Cristina’s favorite projects, like Pegasus Park, and all of the considerations that go into making sure a signage project is beautiful, functional, and code compliant Links: Red Elephant Website: https://www.fsgsgraphics.com/ Pegasus Park: https://www.fsgsgraphics.com/portfolio/pegasus-park/

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