A heads up to all of our collectors/design junkie readers: Sotheby's will be holding an auction featuring the work of a very impressive line-up of designers on the morning of June 19th. Pieces from Chris Ferebee, Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid,…
Continue Reading →Many of you have probably noticed the posts by our latest contributor and new hand-on-deck here at JoshSpear.com, Heather Snodgrass. Born in Mackay, North Queensland, Australia (G'day, Mate), Heather moved to NYC in December '05, after four years in San…
Continue Reading →A friend of mine had a date last week (no, this isn't where I say it was a friend when it was actually me) and despite every factor that made it one of those horribly awkward first dates, namely them…
Continue Reading →When I first heard about Dwell's project and online miniseries, Building Green in Harlem, I had mixed reactions. At first I was nervous because, as a Harlem resident, I am hypersensitive to the various misinterpretations others have of the neighborhood.…
Continue Reading →This summer will see the launch of the Neptune Foundation's Floating Pool, an erstwhile Lousiana river barge taking its cues from turn-of-the-century public bathing pools which once skirted the waters of New York City. The longtime dream of Ann Buttenweiser,…
Continue Reading →GoodShape is the boutique design studio of Wayne Pate-- set up just over a year ago in NoHo, NYC. The idea behind GoodShape is simple: the studio was founded to create simple ideas from everyday items and hope the end…
Continue Reading →Cartel Goods just announced some new stock for Summer, and their latest batch of urban fashion is (as always) refreshingly tasty. You'll find plenty of new stuff from camp favorites like The Hundreds, Staple, Crooks, Rockers NYC, and J.Money in…
Continue Reading →This will be the last post about ICFF this year, I promise. There were just so many treasures hidden in the sea of eurotrash uh, trash that was too good not to share...after this we'll be back to the bite-size…
Continue Reading →If you're in NYC and, like me, feel that all your daily dietary requirements can be derived from martinis and pizza, you should come and check out Pause, Beyond Madison Avenue's creative industries' happy hour tomorrow night at Pizza Bar.…
Continue Reading →If there's anything that I learned during the two days I spent at ICFF, it's that I'm a little too obsessed with lighting. Sure, lighting is one of the most important, yet often one of the most overlooked elements in…
Continue Reading →