Another Day is a New York-based art studio founded by Vicente Garcia Morillo and Eugene Serebrennikov. The artists began their creative partnership a decade ago, despite living on opposite ends of the globe and speaking different languages. Morillo, an award-winning artist and valedictorian from the Fine Arts University of Seville, caught the eye of Serebrennikov, a former Nike Art Director, who found his work online. The duo quit the safety net of their corporate jobs to form Burn & Broad, a creative studio focused on creating impactful designs for clients, and Another Day, the creative playground, focused on the duo’s artistic self-expression. Morillo and Serebrennikov’s artistic works span various mediums, including sculptures, paintings, and experimental creations. While the city is their muse, Morillo and Serebrennikov’s personal experiences equally influence their work. Learn more about Another Day’s NYC-inspired art in today’s Maker Monday.
“It’s a Sign” 2023
Andrew Joseph: Can you describe your design philosophy in three words?
Another Day: As an artist duo our design philosophy is rooted in a single word – Balance. Balance has been and always will be at the heart of everything we do – from how we work together, create together, communicate with one another, and operate in both art and business. We’re different people from different worlds with our own unique set of skills. However, there’s a magical chemistry that’s felt between us, and it enables us to blend our talents harmoniously. We are both equally involved in the creative process, from conceptualizing to executing, making the best of merging our skills in a balanced way. Together, our creative vision has always been singular but splintered across many creative directions and artistic styles. From fine art to graphic design, physical to digital – we choose not to operate in a singular creative lane but instead, pursue a wide range of disciplines – balanced at the intersection of art and design.
AJ: How do you approach a new design project?
AD: A strong concept is the most important ingredient in design. For us that comes from creatively ping-ponging ideas back-and-forth to one another. Sometimes that comes through in words, sketches, or inspirational references. A new design project is like making music, working through the melodies together before getting to the perfect sound.
“Rat” 2023
AJ: Can you describe a project that you’re particularly proud of?
AD: Over the last 2 years, Vicente and myself have been working towards building our dream project – our first major self-initiated venture together creating an exhibition and short film inspired by our experience navigating daily lives in a city of juxtaposition – New York City. We called the project A Beautiful Chaos and it’s our visual love letter to New York, flaws and all. As two immigrants (at different times in our lives) the city holds a significant importance to us as artists and friends and it has become both our muse and our canvas; which is why we’ve incorporated street relics and everyday objects often overlooked or discarded into our work, transforming them to reveal that beauty can be found everywhere and in everything.
The city to us represents – the chase of our dream. As artists and friends, our dream was to build a studio together at the intersection of art and design – Burn & Broad, our creative studio focuses on creating impactful visuals for clients, and Another Day, our creative playground, focuses on our artistic self-expression. This journey has both tested us and inspired us.
We’re proud of this project because we’ve been able to play, experiment, and push ourselves as far as possible across as many mediums as possible. Testing our limits, dividing our efforts across sculptures, paintings, film, photography, and experimental creations inspired by the city. With each new medium, we dealt with new problems. We broke sculptures, spilled paint, purchased the wrong fabrics, had equipment failures in the middle of shoots, and made countless mistakes and setbacks, but with each misstep, we’ve learned and tried to laugh through them or learn from them.
“Pigeon” 2023
AJ: How do you stay creative and inspired?
AD: Our curiosity leads us creatively through a wide range of mediums and disciplines. For us to stay inspired means to push ourselves out of our comfort zone and find unique ways to share our own reality.
AJ: How do you incorporate art into your designs?
AD: As creatives, Eugene and myself operate at the intersection between art and design. We can’t separate both because art and design come from the same source. That might be the reason that we convinced ourselves a few years ago to quit the cushy comforts and safety net of corporate design life in order to build this dream together – a studio balancing art and design. We created Burn & Broad, as our design studio for clients, and Another Day, as an art studio – a creative playground, focused on our own artistic self-expression, and not the clients. A creative house and a creative playground.
AJ: Best advice you’d give your teenage self?
AD: Always trust your gut. In art, business, and life, we’ve found that our gut never lies. Seven years ago, while living an ocean apart and not speaking the same language, Vicente and I left behind our cushy corporate safety net, paychecks, 401ks, and paid time off vacations because something deep inside of us was telling us to trust our gut and work towards building our dream studio together at the intersection of art and design. We haven’t looked back since.
About the Makers | “We started collaborating before ever meeting in person, living on opposite ends of the globe, and speaking different languages. Our journey from the very start has been a beautiful chaos. Over the last two years, we’ve been building Another Day, our creative playground of self-expression inspired by our experiences navigating daily life in the city of juxtaposition. New York City is our muse and our canvas. Our work incorporates street relics and objects often overlooked or discarded, transforming them into meaningful works of art and creating a visual love letter to the city, flaws and all. The art spans multiple mediums, including sculptures, paintings, film-making, and experimental creations.”
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