Here’s an update I did recently to the Advanced Electrical Services Group brochure to targeted it towards generator sales.
Again for this year’s Philadelphia Home Show, I worked with Advanced Electrical Services Group to prepare and install their booth. While much of the booth was reused from last year, literature and layout were updated.
Live performance visuals became a passion when I first discovered the art of VJing nearly eight years ago. I began working with live visuals through the use of VDMX, a powerful visual performance software that allows me to remix and create live graphics for performances. In the last four years I have moved towards creating my own programs that generate live visuals, analyzing audio and controller inputs to create a visual representation of the accompanying musical performances. In addition to graphical images I have started developing tools to control DMX lighting allowing my performances to expand off the screen. Lighting design has helped make my performances more immersive and reach out into the crowd rather than living solely on the screen.
In addition to visuals and lighting I have been working as a DJ for over five years now. Having a better understanding of musical performances has developed my visuals to work better with the music and live performances.
Here’s an update I did recently to the Advanced Electrical Services Group brochure to targeted it towards generator sales.
Again for this year’s Philadelphia Home Show, I worked with Advanced Electrical Services Group to prepare and install their booth. While much of the booth was reused from last year, literature and layout were updated.
For my interactive media class at Emerson College I experimented with processing.js to bring some of my resent work with particle systems and boids to a native web format.
In conjunction with Sparks Entertainment I controlled lighting for the Garnet Valley High School 2012 SophHop. …continue reading
For the 2012 Philadelphia Home Show I worked with Advanced Electrical Services Group Inc. to prepare a one of a kind booth to represent their work in electrical contracting …continue reading
Bridal show booth developed for Sparks Entertainment to present at the Wilmington Double Tree Bridal Show. Poster and stationary designed specifically for the event. Lighting design and control done through custom …continue reading
Hi. I’m Nicholas Lavella and I am a interactive designer, creative coder, media producer, and DJ. I am currently completing my final semester at Emerson College, where I will earn a degree in interactive media with a minor in political communications. Long before my time at Emerson I began working with both traditional and nontraditional digital media.
From a young age I have always been drawn to art, both as a spectator and a creator. Even after starting with drawing and painting I quickly realized that digital art was my true medium. After acquiring my first computer I quickly jumped from drawing and painting into video editing, graphic design and other media work. I truly began to create my own work when I discovered live visuals, creative coding and data visualization. For the last three years I have been learning and experimenting with creative coding as an opportunity to create my own work that displays realtime graphics and well as interactivity.
In addition to my interactive interests I have always been involved in the world of political communications. Throughout high school I was heavily involved in student government, holding many positions both within my school district as well as the state organization, Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils, where not only did I effectively work as a representative but also brought digital media to the world of political communications. I made use of video and online content as well as making use of social media to communicate and educate. After my first year at Emerson I realized I needed more than just an interactive media degree so I perused a minor in political communications where I learned both larger theories of political communication but also traditional and up and coming methods of integrating media into politics.
