NYT: An Intermission for Renovation Begins at Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully goes dark only to come back more brilliant then ever. Can’t wait.
NYT: Cooper-Hewitt Is Determined to Expand, Despite a Host of Critics
They got an architect, a new curator and more money; very ambitious even though many say that they don’t have the audience…
NYS: No Stone-Throwing, Please
Its open, its open!!!
NYT: Room With a View of an Architect’s Retired Ideas
Richard Meier lets visitors into his Queens studio
NYS: Magic Marker On the Museum Walls
Something new at the MoMA
NYT: Outside the Box: Rethinking All Geometric Limits of Form and Frame, Floor and Ceiling
In a new exhibit at NYU we see how Brian O’Doherty blurred the boundaries between art and life
When my grandfather was alive he wore a beautiful all gold Boucheron watch. Thin, rectangular it is one of the most refined watches I have ever seen. At that time the watch was a symbol of elegance and taste. Now a days Rolex, Breitling and Bvlgari are some of the most beautiful watches on the market but also are the most purchased and shown off.
Then comes Marc Newson and his updated Ikepod, as recently reported by Cool Hunting. Seeing the new Ikepod reminds me of a modern version of the classic and eternally elegant Boucheron, Poirey and Cartier watches except updated for our times.
Our grandparents and parents generations had Boucheron and Cartier. Our generation has companies like Ikepod that take modern design and luxurious branding and allow us to look into the future of the luxury watch market.
Also have a look at a former post of mine on the Swatch Shadiness Skin.Beat watch. The ultimate elegant watch at a affordable price. Luxury doesn’t always have to be expensive
IHT: Milan’s surreal, supersized creations
Design continues to grow in popularity as seen at the Milan Furniture fair.
NYT: State’s Back at the Table in Planning Downtown
Spitzer wants to regain control over the development of Ground Zero’s cultural component
NYT: Riffing on Modernism: Through the Roof, Brancusi!
Brancusi in Harlem!
NYT: Empire State Building Seeks Best of the Brightest
Updating a landmark to 21st Century standards…
NYT: 2007 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music
Ornette Coleman (music), Cormac McCarthy (Fiction), David Lindsay-Abaire (Drama) among the winners
NYT: Flirting With Dystopia, Experimenting With Noise
Great review of the newest Nine Inch Nails album
IHT: Designing Japanese home products with a difference
Japanese designer blends all forms into one
NYS: Art in the Round
The Guggenheim opens an exhibit of its greatest work and its greatest artist. Also have a look at the NYT Graphic: Face-Lift for an Aging Museum, also very interesting.
IHT: On eve of Milan fair, much to celebrate
On the eve of the design fair their is a mixture of excitement on one end and worried questions on the other. I guess its all part of doing business.
NYT:Requiem for a Club: Saxophone and Sighs
Another one bites the dust, I hope this isn’t a sign for the future of music in NYC…ruled by money and not the music itself.
“Slow down” she said. Then she took my pen out of my hand to show me. She couldn’t put into words the movement she was describing.
On this Saturday morning in my intensive one-day calligraphy workshop, we were starting by relearning to draw a Roman Capital letter O. The instructor had sauntered around the rest of the class cooing encouragements at the other students work. “Oh, you’ve got quite an eye for this!â€Â, and “oh, good, wow, I can see you’ve done this before†and “okay, you’ve got it, keep going.â€Â
When she got to me, she stopped, cocked her head and stated quizzically, “it’s the letter O, they’re supposed to be round.†I stopped and lowered my head in a combination of embarrassment and frustration. “And you have way too many on your page already.†“Hereâ€Â, she said while taking my pen, “let me show you.†“Slow down†she said, while she, in my opinion, painstakingly slowly drew a perfect capital letter O on my paper, adding grace and fluidly to my page of awkward and side sloped ovals. “Yes, yes, you’ll get it, just……..slower.â€Â
NYT: Building a Paris Hall Around Its Audience
Jean Nouvel unveil’s the plans to his latest masterpiece for the Philharmonie de Paris. Check out the slideshow!
“Slow down†she said. Then she took my pen out of my hand to show me. She couldn’t put into words the movement she was describing.
On this Saturday morning in my intensive one-day calligraphy workshop, we were starting by relearning to draw a Roman Capital letter O. The instructor had sauntered around the rest of the class cooing encouragements at the other students work. “Oh, you’ve got quite an eye for this!â€Â, and “oh, good, wow, I can see you’ve done this before†and “okay, you’ve got it, keep going.â€Â
When she got to me, she stopped, cocked her head and stated quizzically, “it’s the letter O, they’re supposed to be round.†I stopped and lowered my head in a combination of embarrassment and frustration. “And you have way too many on your page already.†“Hereâ€Â, she said while taking my pen, “let me show you.†“Slow down†she said, while she, in my opinion, painstakingly slowly drew a perfect capital letter O on my paper, adding grace and fluidly to my page of awkward and side sloped ovals. “Yes, yes, you’ll get it, just……..slower.â€Â
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