October 2008
54 posts
wish i could afford
Loeffler Randall’s fall collection
never thought I'd be quoting Prince Charles, but..
“It is not an exaggeration to say that we face the biggest challenge our planet has ever seen, literally a battle for survival.
Given the current turbulence in the international financial system and the immediate and damaging effect it is having on the whole world, the credit crunch is rightly a preoccupation of vast significance and importance.
But we take our eye off the climate crunch...
gravity's rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow, a 3-color letterpress print by Dan Funderburgh
cop it at I AM STILL ALIVE
NY MAG: The Knicks’ New Old Boy
More than 50 years ago, Donnie Walsh was a star guard in the Bronx. Now the blunt, jovial general manager is using his vast network in the city and the NBA to bring peace and—it is hoped—victories to a troubled team.
By Chris Smith
The questioners start out asking what every Knicks fan desperately wants to know: How the hell is Donnie Walsh going to turn this mess...
Petition for the immediate release of Esha Momeni
U.S. officials are looking into the arrest of an Iranian-American student who was working on her thesis project on women’s rights in Tehran. Esha Momeni, a grad student at Cal State-Northridge, was arrested on Oct. 15 for unlawfully passing another vehicle while driving.
She is being held in a section of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, which houses many dissidents and political...
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Michael Pollan : Open Letter to the Next...
Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have had to give much thought to, at least since the Nixon administration— the last time high food prices presented a serious political peril. … The era of...
Dave Eggers is the ULTIMATE super-hero.
office (a super hip design company) recently created a new series of posters for Dave Eggers’ 826 valencia tutoring center/super-hero supply store/…paradise.
in addition to 4 black, white and gold pirate-themed posters, office helped develop a new store identity and almost 50 new products, like ’scurvy be gone’ capsules. the posters are only $20 and the money goes to a great cause. click...
Watchwatch whole vid, or skip to 0:47 and check out a green roof, by alive structures!
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in...”
– Marcel Proust
Cody Hoyt
28-year-old American artist Cody Hoyt favors the use of silk screening, but also uses gouache, colored pencil, etching, acrylic, enamel, and photo lithograph and anything else he can think of.
CIEL rules the eco-fashion roost again!
All images by Ben Gold courtesy of Ciel
Taking the theme, Global Nomad, the Ciel SS09 collection is described by designer Sarah Ratty, as embracing “The halcyon traveler’s eternal summer. From Moroccan style striped overshirt’s and loungewear to a stunning collection of signature printed summer dresses, statement blouses, wide leg or pyjama trousers in fresh organic cotton...
saturday!
The Gowanus Harvest Festival brings the farm to Brooklyn’s famously industrial canal. Besides locally produced apples, pickles, cheeses (from Saxelby!), breads, and brews (Sixpoint), you can sate your inner child with pumpkin carving, a pie-baking contest, and pony rides. Toss in some live music from the Loom, Polkafinger, and Van Hayride, and you’ve got yourself a doggone county...
also..
the work of artist Jen Muskopf.
notice the startled alien in his front yard…
best comic book shop, ever.
Resembling a traditional study/library (that holds the book, that opens the wall, to your secret underground superhero lair) Secret Headquarters is for the detective/superhero in all of us. The owners Dave Pifer and Dave Ritchie carefully edit their selection of not only comic books but art books and graphic novels. If you’re in LA, check it out. You know, if you’re brave enough.
In the spring of 2009, Architecture for Humanity will be installing a cascading green roof and urban ecology learning center at The Point, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural, economic and ecological revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.
Why are they installing a green roof? -To reduce stormwater outfalls and improve water quality...
Raasta
I’m a sucker for this last dress, what a print. mmm. From Spanish designer Raasta.
how to: check your gmail without touching your... →
thank you, joe brilliant
yes, there is a man actually name joe brilliant, and it is he who is responsible for bringing these magical pandas into our lives. so thank you, joe.
“We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an...”
– -Stephen JayGould, evolutionary biologist (1941-2002)
images- housemartin
who would've guessed?
New in eco-hotels: sustainable room cards! Wooden key cards have been used in Europe for a few years, but are just starting to gain wide popularity. The Democratic National Convention in Denver this coming month will feature exclusively these sustainable cards for hotels. While it does not seem like such a small item would make a big difference, switching from plastic cards to biodegradable wood...
invaded!
INVADED PASSAGE / MUSEUMSQUARTIER / VIENNA 9-20-08
from the same gent who brought us the NY...
Olafur Eliasson’s Colour spectrum kaleidoscope, a 2003 installation.
nytimes gives props to the craft-ers
“Drawers, found on a sidewalk without their dresser, were used as wall mountings by Ms. Brumder.” Thinking Like a Student, NYT
this looks fun
“Every weekend, the courtyard of Habana Outpost is transformed into the hippest shopping location in Brooklyn with live djs, frozen mojitos, and New Yorks hottest designers. If you want to look fly and shop local, the Outpost Market is the place to be!”
I’m so getting Habana corn and staring at stuff I can afford this Saturday. woot.
me too, banks. me too.
banksy loves ny.