Disco (aka Diamond Dog) — Attraction in Orlando

I love art and dogs so I was instantly drawn to this artwork. Disco is a 35 foot tall, 3,100 pound stainless steel Labrador Retriever who greets everyone as they enter the Lake Nona Town Center. This friendly pup was inspired by the Lake Nona community. His fractal, reflective surface is meant to evoke the water and waves of Lake Nona.

Disco is the work of Filipino American artist and Lake Nona resident, JEFRE. He started Studio Jefrë in 2008 after he had a heart attack at the age of 35 followed by triple bypass surgery which gave him a new perspective on life. He transitioned from urban planning to focusing on his art full time. He has gone on to complete large scale art works all over the world. About the artwork he has created, he has said ""I love public art just for the fact that it's actually public. That is my job: to create icons for cities that the public can view and appreciate, that tell the history of the city."

You can see more of JEFRE's work in the nearby Lake Nona Sculpture Garden behind the Lake Nona Wave Hotel. There are four pieces in the BAks series, Faith, Empowerment, Time, and Passion which represent the great qualities JEFRË thinks a city should have and which can be found in Lake Nona.

JEFRE is currently working on Wings of the Rainbow, a 49-foot-tall polychromatic sculpture in Osceola County's Brown Weiss Park on Lake Toho that will be a memorial to victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando. I have been a fan of JEFRE ever since seeing his work at the Orlando Art Museum and I look forward to seeing the memorial when it...

I was amazed to see this stainless steel Labrador Retriever sitting in the middle of the Town Center's main parking structure in Lake Nona! Disco measures 35 feet high and weighs 3,100 lbs! WoW.. what a beautiful sculpture!, It was designed by local artist Studio JEFRE, and inspired by the Lake Nona community. The reflective surface is meant to replicate the water and waves...

Diamond Dog is a cool public art installation in Lake Nona. It sits in the middle of the Marriott properties and right next to the Starbucks, adjacent to one of the parking garages. Lake Nona has a large quantity of public sculpture on open display, and it makes for a very pleasant walk around the area. I stayed at the Lake Nona Wave Hotel, about a 5-7 minute walk from...