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5 Pointz Graffiti Museum

aly — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:03:21 +0000

Jonathan Cohen (Meres One) has taken a 5-story, dilapidated factory building in Long Island City, NY and is converting it into a Graffiti Museum called 5 Pointz. All works on the outside of the building are curated by Cohen, and he plans to raise funds to create a non-profit organization to give lessons at “The Institute of Higher Burnin’.”

Icons Cubed

aly — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:07:11 +0000

Sigal de-Mayo photographs iconic signage in iconic locations like New York then prints them onto the ultimate fashion icons of purses clutches and other accessories for a brand called Insider’s NY. The material is actually leather, which won’t please the cruelty-free aspects in us, and I’m not too sure about the environmental aspects of the processes, but they are made in NY, and many of the messages are positive.

New York Times Style Mag gets new online look

beth — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:07:22 +0000

T Magazine, aka New York Times Style Magazine, finally has a look that matches its content: fashion and style. It’s full of juicy images against a stark white backdrop. It’s a pretty flashy (no pun intended) site, with left to right navigation as opposed to top to bottom. My eyes start to cross a little bit with the motion though, especially the never ending ticker tape of their new blog “the moment” at the bottom of the page. I end up closing my page down to a small size just to get rid of that.

Check out the site. What do you think? T Magazine
And here’s their new blog: the moment

Japanese invade New York City! MUJI! MUJI!

ty — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:50:39 +0000

MUJI SOHO opens at 12:00 noon on November 16, 2007. If you didn’t know about this its not too late to get in line. I think I speak for all my Gamil family when I say, I have a love/conflicted relationship with creating products. The conflict resides in a pursuit of the authentic. While we continue to pursue sustainability in our work, a hungry mass-market favors consumption and we struggle with business models that sometimes beg for the newest rather than the greatest. MUJI has continued to define a model that I envy. Products that speak for themselves! They never put MUJI on the products or publicise the often noteworthy designers. Simple, rational, honest design that you need to want…look out IKEA.