Paul Loebach, the world renowned, Brooklyn-based furniture designer, recently released his latest series of product and furniture designs. Called the Yee-Ha collection, Paul's newest work beautifully blends exaggerated decorative references and images of American cultural fantasy with traditional materials resulting…
Continue Reading →August 17th through 26th will see the installation of Mark Reigelman's "Stair Squares" on the cascading staircases of Brooklyn's Borough Hall. A study in human interactions with public furniture made possible by a grant through the Center for Craft, Creativity…
Continue Reading →This Saturday, Shepard Fairey's much anticipated exhibit at Jonathan Levine Gallery in NY will open to the public. E Pluribus Venom, which translates "Out of many, poison," is the title of his latest collection, and the politically-charged pieces blend a…
Continue Reading →Although the construction controversy at 123 W. 15th St. in Manhattan touches on so many property rights issues, I'm going to narrow the scope for this week's Talk Shop Friday post. Valhalla, as the owners the Rath Family has dubbed…
Continue Reading →Most of the buzz surrounding Uhuru, a furniture design shop based in Red Hook, Brooklyn has focused on its commitment to making environmentally sustainable designs -- something that has, of late, moved beyond a trend to a absolute necessity for…
Continue Reading →Whatever good or bad can be said about Angelina Jolie surely has already been written, but her sincere effort to portray Mariane Pearl, wife of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in the narrative film A Mighty Heart should be…
Continue Reading →NY Designs would be a great resource for a lot of people -- if only they knew about it. A one-stop-shopping destination for designers, NY Designs offers affordable studio space, workshop facilities, and classes to help designers to improve both…
Continue Reading →Murketing (penned by NYT columnist, Rob Walker) has a fantastic interview with one of my favorite gallerists here in NYC, Jen Bekman, focusing primarily on her new project 20X200. As the name suggests, 20X200 consists of print, photographic and mixed…
Continue Reading →Amelia at Twee Shirts sent both Josh and I a pair of her t-shirts "I Stomach..." last week -- Josh got the LA version; me, the NY -- and I have to say that it's the exact kind of tongue-in-cheek…
Continue Reading →It took me nearly two hours to get to Newark Airport from Midtown Manhattan on Friday evening. Had I not been flying with Silverjet, I would have missed my 7:30pm flight-- after all I arrived at the check in desk…
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