Domestic Designer Vinyl Wallpapers

Posted on December 19, 2006 Under Art

Domestic was launched as an alternative to wallpaper, where wall space can become the field for a game of composition and narration into which a lot of effort and inventiveness can be put. Check out their collection for wallpaper ideas…

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Lady Sovereign + Zoo York

Posted on December 18, 2006 Under Design

I have to admit, it's hard to imagine making way for the S.O.V. on a skateboard-- seeing the biggest midget in the game doing kick flips and ollies isn't anything I've ever imagined. Humorous image aside (hey, maybe she can…

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Motomichi: Dream Texture Series

Posted on December 15, 2006 Under Art

One of my favorite Japanese designers (although now Brooklyn Dwelling), Motomichi, has a couple of gorgeous new prints for sale for the holiday season. He actually introduced these prints back at the Pictoplasma Conference in October, but hasn't put them…

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Alexandre Orion Metabolics Project: Photo Miami

Posted on December 15, 2006 Under Art

The origin of the word 'Metabolics' comes from the word Metabiosis, meaning intermediary symbiosis: a more indirect dependency in which the second organism uses something the first created, however after the death of the first. Alexandre Orion's work ingeniously captures…

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Lois Renner: Scope Miami

Posted on December 13, 2006 Under Art

While visiting the Scope Miami show last weekend, we had the pleasure of seeing some of Austrian Lois Renner's artistic photography. Lois tries to hurdle the limitations of media with his large format photographs, and breathes a mysterious living quality…

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Ross Ford Paintings: Miami

Posted on December 12, 2006 Under Art

Not all of the art gems we found while in Miami were at the organized fairs, or even at private showings for that matter; Josh and me discovered Ross Ford while walking down the pedestrian shopping plaza on Lincoln Road…

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Ryan Carr Johnson: Scope Miami

Posted on December 12, 2006 Under Art

We viewed a wealth of amazing work at the Scope Miami fair over the weekend. Young Ryan Carr Johnson's paintings were at the top of the heap for me. From what I can deduce, Ryan layers paint onto plywood and…

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Gregory Cohen: The Mobile Gallery

Posted on December 11, 2006 Under Art

I really need to give a nod for the ingenuity (not to mention the photographs) of Gregory Cohen-- this weekend we viewed his mobile photography exhibit literally across the street from Pulse Miami, running out of a souped up U-Haul…

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Ivy: The Art Coat Rack

Posted on December 11, 2006 Under Design

Ivy is a coat rack for people who hate coat racks and wall art for people who hate coats. Inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright quote; "A doctor can always bury his mistakes. An architect can only advise his client…

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Starn Studio: Snow Study V

Posted on December 11, 2006 Under Art

We hope you have been enjoying our 'wrap-ups' of Art Basel Miami events we've been posting. The wrap-up format has its advantages-- it allows us to bring a large amount and broad range of content to your attention all at…

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