Former BED student’s tent design wins HEB-sponsored competition

Children enjoying birthday parties in the Houston area could find themselves underneath an H-E-B sponsored-tent with illustrations designed by former Texas A&M environmental design student Giancarlo Perossa ’01.

Perossa’s design, which got the most [votes] (http://www.discoverygreen.com/vote-4-art/) from three designs in an internet voting contest, was announced as the winning entry Sept. 16 at Discovery Green, a 12-acre park in downtown Houston that is co-sponsoring the contest.

He said his design, covered with illustrations of children dancing in front of an event stage, was inspired by his family’s experiences the past two years attending free summer music events at Discovery Green.

“It always brings me great joy to see my toddler and his friends dance without any inhibitions right in front of the stage,” he said. “It's moments like these that bring deep meaning to a place that serves a community. By the time we leave, exhausted children in hand, we find ourselves under a canopy of night sky and a matrix of lighted skyscraper windows that give us another glimpse of Houston's beauty and uniqueness.”

Perossa, a project manager at Houston’s [Smith & Company Architects,] (http://www.sc-arch.com/) has also contributed to productions at The Julliard School in New York and the Alley Theater in Houston as a scenic artist.

In addition to raising two boys, Perossa paints and illustrates in his studio or kitchen table; he’s had one solo exhibition in College Station and been included in many group exhibits in New York, Houston and College Station.