“Everything is OK”

Description: Neon letters proclaiming, “Everything is OK” encourage the public to reevaluate their relationship to the status quo. Is everything ok? Does the term “ok” signify good or merely mediocre? Is mediocrity what we're being asked to accept? Below the typographic neon sign, rows of canned “products” offer the promise of instant “ok-ness.” The installation is equal parts commentary and reassuring mantra — an open ended caption our state of affairs and our state of mind.

Artist: Christopher Simmons is a designer, writer, educator, design advocate and principal of the noted San Francisco design office, MINE™. His design work has been exhibited in museums and galleries from Chicago to Japan, including the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Smithsonian Institution. Most recently he was selected as one of 12 designers to represent San Francisco Graphic Design at an exhibition at San Francisco's Museum of Craft and Design. Christopher is an adjunct professor of design at the California College of the Arts and a past president of the San Francisco AIGA (the professional association for design). On completion of Christopher’s tenure, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an official proclamation declaring San Francisco to be a city “where design makes a difference.”

Tim Belonax is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and a former Chronicle Books fellow and a member of the experimental design collaborative, Project M. Tim’s work has been recognized by the Pasadena Museum of California Art, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Graphis, Print magazine, STEP magazine, HOW magazine, Coupe, and GDUSA. His work was recently exhibited at the de Young Museum as part of Warhol:Live exhibit.

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