EatBHM article: Pie Lab

In 2009, I participated in Project M, a workshop for designers wishing to ignite positive social change. We created a community event called Free Pie, which formed the basis for our follow-on project, PieLab. PieLab has been nominated for a James Beard award in restaurant design, named one of the top 10 pie places in the U.S. by Bon Appetit, and continues to serve up social change with a delicious slice of pie.

~Adam Saynuk

Somewhat of an urban legend, I figured if I teased enough of my friends with the notion, I could eventually convince one (or a dozen) to join me in the hour and a half excursion to Greensboro, Alabama. Everyone loves the idea of pie…committing to the journey is a different ballgame.

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Jersey Journal: Adam Saynuk Micro Photography

In November 2010, I'm again taking part in the Hoboken Studio Tour. Some of the press and blog mentions I received from my participation last year (Tiny Lab art / Tiny Lab show) can be found here with other press articles. This year, I am hoping to offer visitors a different kind of interactivity with my macro/micro photography in a project called Mood Book. An online version of the Mood Book should make it's way to my website in the near future as well.

~Adam Saynuk

"Adam Saynuk is a photographer with big heart for the little things in life. His micro and macro photography presents everyday objects with a greater magnification to change the way we see them."

"'Mundane objects can be beautiful when viewed this way,' he said. 'We pass these things everyday but we never really look at them.'"


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The Hoboken Reporter: Showcasing art in the Mile Square; Hoboken’s art tour celebrates 30 years

In November 2010, I'm again taking part in the Hoboken Studio Tour. Some of the press and blog mentions I received from my participation last year (Tiny Lab art / Tiny Lab show) can be found here with other press articles. This year, I am hoping to offer visitors a different kind of interactivity with my macro/micro photography in a project called Mood Book. An online version of the Mood Book should make it's way to my website in the near future as well.

~Adam Saynuk

... One artist who will display his work at one of the over 41 stops along the tour is Adam Saynuk, of Hoboken.

Saynuk is a photographer, but this year chose a creative way to display his work to the visitors.

“I took my photographs in a standard way,” Saynuk said “But this time I’m binding them into a giant book, which will be 5 feet wide when it opens. The intention is that when people come up, they touch the art, open and close the pages, and leaf through it.”

Saynuk said he specializes in “macro/micro photography.”

“I photograph things that are very tiny,” Saynuk said. “The incredible thing is that you get a new view of an object. If you blow something up, you see it in a much different way.”

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Hoboken Office of Cultural Affairs: Hoboken To Host 30th Annual Artists Studio Tour

In November 2010, I'm again taking part in the Hoboken Studio Tour. Some of the press and blog mentions I received from my participation last year (Tiny Lab art / Tiny Lab show) can be found here with other press articles. This year, I am hoping to offer visitors a different kind of interactivity with my macro/micro photography in a project called Mood Book. An online version of the Mood Book should make it's way to my website in the near future as well.

~Adam Saynuk

I am mentioned as a featured artist in the Hoboken Office of Cultural Affairs announcement about the Hoboken Studio Tour.

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NY Times: Pie + Design = Change

In 2009, I participated in Project M, a workshop for designers wishing to ignite positive social change. We created a community event called Free Pie, which formed the basis for our follow-on project, PieLab. PieLab has been nominated for a James Beard award in restaurant design, named one of the top 10 pie places in the U.S., and continues to serve up social change with a delicious slice of pie.

~Adam Saynuk

ON A SUN-SPLASHED afternoon in August, blueberry pies and peach pies cooled on wire racks inside PieLab, a white brick cafe with floor-to-ceiling windows on Main Street in Greensboro, Ala. Behind a counter made of planks salvaged from abandoned sharecropper shacks, two young women slid pie tins into a double oven stack. At trestle tables, beneath industrial pendant lights, four young men, on lunch break from their G.E.D. classes, dug into slices of taco pie and made weekend plans.

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Taco Truck's "Can You Guess It?" Microphoto Gallery

In 2010, I was chosen to be the featured artist for the grand opening of the new Taco Truck store in Hoboken, NJ. I conceived and shot custom microphotos of their taco ingredients and the photos were used as part of the promotional campaign on Facebook ahead of the store launch. In addition, I setup MicroTaco, my online gallery of the full photo shoot.

~Adam Saynuk

Meet our featured artist, Adam Saynuk. Adam's microphotography highlights the many details of common objects which are easily overlooked, his large prints of tiny things inspiring viewers to a sense of wonder and discovery out of the mundane.

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Southern Living: The South's Best Pies

In 2009, I participated in Project M, a workshop for designers wishing to ignite positive social change. We created a community event called Free Pie, which formed the basis for our follow-on project, PieLab. PieLab has been nominated for a James Beard award in restaurant design, named one of the top 10 pie places in the U.S., and continues to serve up social change with a delicious slice of pie.

~Adam Saynuk

Freshly baked pies are signaling something sweet happening in this small town in Alabama’s soil-rich Black Belt region where jobs are drying up and storefronts shutting down. A group of young graphic designers set up the bakery, culinary school, and design studio on Main Street in a thrift shop storage site in the summer of 2009.

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Press: Viewing the world a little different this week - Louise Gale Blog

In 2009, I curated Tiny Lab, a display of my macro/microphotography at the Hoboken Studio Tour. In addition, I offered free microphotos of visitors' tiny objects as a way to share the wonder available all around us if we just look closely enough.

~Adam Saynuk

"...Studio Saynuk takes extreme close up photos of small everyday objects and when I stopped by the exhibit at the Open Studio day I couldn’t resist but to offer my favourite star earrings for them to experiment with and I love the results!"

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Press: A Gigantic Cough Drop – Part Deux - Andrew Mikhael Blog

In 2009, I curated Tiny Lab, a display of my macro/microphotography at the Hoboken Studio Tour. In addition, I offered free microphotos of visitors' tiny objects as a way to share the wonder available all around us if we just look closely enough.

~Adam Saynuk

"...Adam from tiny lab sent me two photos of my dusty old cough drop, that, after staying year in my coat pocket, managed to disappear before I could take a regular photo of it for comparison. But you’ve seen cough drops before, you know what they look like."

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Press: Hoboken Artists Open Studio Tour - Louise Gale Blog

In 2009, I curated Tiny Lab, a display of my macro/microphotography at the Hoboken Studio Tour. In addition, I offered free microphotos of visitors' tiny objects as a way to share the wonder available all around us if we just look closely enough.

~Adam Saynuk

"...got to check out some inspiring and fun art along the way. One of which was a photographer who was in his studio shooting small objects upclose. The result being a wondrous design which got his visitors guessing. He had huge prints of his work and it was fascinating stuff. He took a photo of my favourite star earrings so will see how that comes out and post it here, when he emails me back!"

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Press: A gigantic cough drop - Andrew Mikhael Blog

In 2009, I curated Tiny Lab, a display of my macro/microphotography at the Hoboken Studio Tour. In addition, I offered free microphotos of visitors' tiny objects as a way to share the wonder available all around us if we just look closely enough.

~Adam Saynuk

"... Even blown up to 30″x40″, its amazing to see how much detail and variation exist on things like tiny coriander seeds and thyme leaves. Many of the artists had wine, cheese and snacks out, these guys put out little cards with their macro images of wine and cheeses. I took the port."

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Press: Ready To Show Off - The Jersey Journal

In 2009, I curated Tiny Lab, a display of my macro/microphotography at the Hoboken Studio Tour. In addition, I offered free microphotos of visitors' tiny objects as a way to share the wonder available all around us if we just look closely enough.

~Adam Saynuk

"... The Monroe Center will have a lab where Adam Saynuk will display his work and show how zooming in on an object can completely change its look. His photography takes an object under high magnification and creates an abstract image.

You can bring an item about the size of a quarter or smaller and Saynuk will shoot a photo of it under a macro/micro lense for free. The resulting photo will be emailed to the visitor at a later time."

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Graphic Statement: Free Pie: Project M's PieLab

In 2009, I participated in Project M, a workshop for designers wishing to ignite positive social change. We created a community event called Free Pie, which formed the basis for our follow-on project, PieLab. PieLab has been nominated for a James Beard award in restaurant design, named one of the top 10 pie places in the U.S., and continues to serve up social change with a delicious slice of pie.

~Adam Saynuk

I first heard of Project M's PieLab and their latest project through friend and fellow designer Amanda Buck. The idea driving PieLab is simple: a neutral place + a slice of pie = conversation; conversation = ideas; ideas + design = positive change. In May, the first prototype Pie Lab opened in Greensboro, Alabama, where it has been very well received by the town locals.

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Fast Company: PieLab in Rural Alabama Serves Up Community, Understanding, and, Yes, Pie

In 2009, I participated in Project M, a workshop for designers wishing to ignite positive social change. We created a community event called Free Pie, which formed the basis for our follow-on project, PieLab. PieLab has been nominated for a James Beard award in restaurant design, named one of the top 10 pie places in the U.S., and continues to serve up social change with a delicious slice of pie.

~Adam Saynuk

PieLab, the newest eatery to open in Greensboro, Alabama, would be a familiar space to creatives who frequent their local cafes. It's a place you can order a slice of Chocolate Bourbon Pecan pie, maybe some lemonade or coffee, read a book, sketch a picture, review the day's headlines with your neighbors. Except PieLab is not really a cafe, it's a space created by fourteen designers as part of the design-for-good movement Project M, hoping to draw the community in to a neutral space for conversation and connections. And of course, because of one very obvious reason: Who doesn't like pie?


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