nino giaccomo cocchiarella

the studio

Nino's has gone up the creek, Knob Creek actually...

And no I’m not talking about Knob Creek the famous Kentucky straight bourbon. Knob Creek gently flows from the southern edge of Monroe county Indiana south to the East Fork of the White River. Hoosier National Forest and Hardin Ridge Recreation Area are the source water shed for this pristine creek and Lake Monroe is just a couple miles away. That’s our new home and the new location of our studio!

Please make note of our new address:

NINO
Nino G. Cocchiarella
6425 Knob Creek Road
Heltonville, IN 47436

812-837-9000
Cell 812.455.7222

knobcreek/PDF maps/directions

Google direction:
from Evansville
from the East side of Bloomington
from the West side of Bloomington

good design is good business

I love to study a client's business needs and work to discover the inspiration that leads to great communication. I am also proud to provide my services at no cost to many arts and non-profit community organizations, as I believe they enhance the quality of life in any community. Preferring projects that are more socially responsible and/or environmental in nature (Think Green!) I desire to be part of a new green paradigm.

I believe that good design is good business – a concept that has naturally led me to work in ways that are friendly to my clients’ budgets, as well as the environment. That means I don’t waste resources – including paper, ink, my time or your money. I recently read a great artical by Cheryl Heller in Communications Arts (March/April 2007). Wise words and worth a read, but more to the point it's the way I have always done business. Not always "standard operating procedure" in the communications world - which is really too bad...

Where Is the Art of Communication?
Cheryl Heller
Originally published in CA March/April 2007

"Having the courage to say less
One of the things that we, as people who make things, need to think about is whether the thing we’re being hired to make is actually worthwhile, or if it could be done more simply. It goes against every instinct instilled in us to shrink our assignments instead of growing them, but just as companies need to think about the waste they produce, and find new opportunities through sustainable practices, so do we. By the way, hidden in the sentence above is the secret to where your new work will come from. This is the opportunity to evolve from being paid for how much you can do to being paid for how well you think."

technology that delivers
After 25 years in the world of commercial photography I still have a passion for the capturing of the moment—seeing—looking. But the world of photography is changing, moving faster and faster toward some digital vanishing point. The art of the dark room is soon to be lost. I too have succumbed to technology. I shoot with a Leaf Aptus 75/Mamiya 645AFD system but still find the most fulfillment in working with a large format camera and with Polaroid Type 55 positive/negative film. Learn more about the Leaf Aptus 75/Mamiya 645AFD.

The studio (my living room) 1992

The Evansville studio (in 2000)

The Evansville Studio, December 2005